My hot take on what I'd do in the off-season.

[NUMBERICA]

Ingles probably has to move to the bench though.

Ingles shouldn’t play one minute without Gobert on the floor. His contributions plummet without good players and particularly a reliable PnR big to play with. Rudy also benefits from Joe immensely.

Joe needs a god damn minutes-restriction come hell or high water (especially with the brainless extension he received). He should play the first and last six minutes of each half.

Bojan and/or Conley gotta come off the bench if we’re serious about having a good and balanced rotation. Too many mouths to feed and not enough defense to start them both.

 

[Eminence]

I'd rather gamble on OPJ. It's not much of a gamble actually given his deal would expire on the same day as Conley

I think I might prefer that one too, seems less appealing for the Bulls though.

 

[stitches]

Here's a question. Some peolpe here describe the Conley trade as the worst trade of the decade in the NBA(and Im not that far from agreeing with it)... DL got the time and chance to build up that team and had a several playoff runs with a couple different iterations of that team, but he never managed to build good enough roster to be true contender. So the question here is ... if we are going to go into a rebuild, do we want DL leading that rebuild or do we want someone else? I don't think this is an easy question to answer. I don't think DL has done a bad job with this team(and there are plenty worse GMs in the league), but when the time came for him to put the finishing touches on this roster he miserably failed. Conley has been atrocious trade, Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Mudiay were zeros for this team when playoff time came...

 

[NAOS]

I think I might prefer that one too, seems less appealing for the Bulls though.

Definitely

 

[Ujfanatic]

I'd rather gamble on OPJ. It's not much of a gamble actually given his deal would expire on the same day as Conley

Given that they both expire in a year I fail to see why Chicago would have any interest in this trade. Their team had plenty of needs, but an aging PG isn’t one of them.

 

[NAOS]

Here's a question. Some peolpe here describe the Conley trade as the worst trade of the decade in the NBA(and Im not that far from agreeing with it)... DL got the time and chance to build up that team and had a several playoff runs with a couple different iterations of that team, but he never managed to build good enough roster to be true contender. So the question here is ... if we are going to go into a rebuild, do we want DL leading that rebuild or do we want someone else? I don't think this is an easy question to answer. I don't think DL has done a bad job with this team(and there are plenty worse GMs in the league), but when the time came for him to put the finishing touches on this roster he miserably failed. Conley has been atrocious trade, Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Mudiay were zeros for this team when playoff time came...

At the very least, DL’s actions have made this a legitimate question for whoever is paying attention.

 

[jom2003]

Given that they both expire in a year I fail to see why Chicago would have any interest in this trade. Their team had plenty of needs, but an aging PG isn’t one of them.

because they do need veteran leadership and some PG help. Coby White is a scoring first microwave typa guy who can't playmake for others. Kris Dunn can't stay healthy and struggle to stay on the floor. Sato is a good player so versatile that he struggles to get his coach's attention throughout his NBA career.

 

[infection]

We don't have the ability for any big moves. I think a couple tweaks can help. I think if they were willing to move Conley for OPJ, that'd be pretty huge. Not a ton of incentive from Chicago's end, but certainly an argument if they wanted to make a push that having Conley lead the team would have more benefit than a secondary guy like OPJ. Could look at a three-way or maybe throwing in a piece like Tucker as a bone to Chicago.

Solve the backup big situation. You can do that with either Favors or Udoh. It doesn't matter. Bring back Neto. Let Ingles be the PG, whether that's starting or bench. But OPJ solves a lot of starting unit issues.

Mitchell
Royce
Bojan
OPJ
Gobert

Dunn?
Clarkson
Ingles
Udoh/Favors

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Here's a question. Some peolpe here describe the Conley trade as the worst trade of the decade in the NBA(and Im not that far from agreeing with it)... DL got the time and chance to build up that team and had a several playoff runs with a couple different iterations of that team, but he never managed to build good enough roster to be true contender. So the question here is ... if we are going to go into a rebuild, do we want DL leading that rebuild or do we want someone else? I don't think this is an easy question to answer. I don't think DL has done a bad job with this team(and there are plenty worse GMs in the league), but when the time came for him to put the finishing touches on this roster he miserably failed. Conley has been atrocious trade, Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Mudiay were zeros for this team when playoff time came...

Root for the Thunder tonight. Maybe we can poach Morey.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Third?

Well, I assumed you followed my idea of trading the 2nd for the 3rd and a hornets young player... Or I miss typed the number.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Here's a question. Some peolpe here describe the Conley trade as the worst trade of the decade in the NBA(and Im not that far from agreeing with it)... DL got the time and chance to build up that team and had a several playoff runs with a couple different iterations of that team, but he never managed to build good enough roster to be true contender. So the question here is ... if we are going to go into a rebuild, do we want DL leading that rebuild or do we want someone else? I don't think this is an easy question to answer. I don't think DL has done a bad job with this team(and there are plenty worse GMs in the league), but when the time came for him to put the finishing touches on this roster he miserably failed. Conley has been atrocious trade, Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Mudiay were zeros for this team when playoff time came...

1. This roster wasnt fully healthy. Missing the 2nd leading scorer is a big deal
2. Mudiay was never added with playoffs in mind. He was a regular season depth addition and he played well for that.

 

[Ron Mexico]

We don't have the ability for any big moves... I think if they were willing to move Conley for OPJ, that'd be pretty huge.

Lol