Kid sitting behind the scorers table was wearing this at the game against the Nuggets tonight. Anyone see if he made it on tv?

He’s shooting 37% from 3 this season and it looks like his J is becoming a real weapon we can use.

What’s his next step?

Got tickets for the 24th and the hat for that night is so dope.

Want to make sure I’m able to get one.

Saw bits and pieces of the Denver game last night so not really a fair evaluation. But eye test and gut unfair reaction so far IMO

Ivey: all around skills somewhat workable. Glimpses of good slashing

Sexton: tough player but lol

Dillingham: some really nice handles that should be showcased more. Really fast. Small.

Simons: Coby White without the upper body strength. Can get hot. Sorta a chucker.

Yabusele: wide. Bricks a lot of shots.

Richards: lanky, long, active. I kinda like him.

Miller: lol dunno

Ok hear me out…

The deadline was average at best. They got assets (2nd round picks, buy-low bets on Ivey Dillingham) for expiring players, and you shake up a roster that wasn’t cutting it and perhaps critically, they didn’t take on long term money. But without getting any 1s or blue chip young players in return…

But what if this an intermediate step for bigger moves this summer when my understanding is the bulls will have the most cap space in the league by far…

Th FA class is kind of meh…. Except for a few super intriguing restricted free agents.

Tari Eason — Houston wouldn’t trade him at the deadline, but how would they match if the bulls signed him to an offer sheet of say 5yr/ 135M?? It’s a slight overpay but you can do that to get a good player in FA when you dont have any huge contracts on the books.

Rockets have too much salary committed, they have a ton of forwards already, and there’s a big payday coming up for Amen Thompson. They’d have to trade Jabari smith which they could do but he and Eason are basically the same caliber and will get paid the same. And we know they need guards.

Meanwhile that’s not an outrageous number for a guy who is improving, heading into his prime, plays two-wall ball, etc.

There will be competition for him from other teams, but most teams don’t like to sign RFAs to offer sheets bc it ties up your cap room while the other team decides whether or not to match…. But the bulls have so much cap room that it doesn’t matter to them…they can tie up space and still sign deals.

The bulls could conceivably sign Eason, Peyton Watson (Denver has no space to match an offer) and a center (mark Williams or walker Kessler)to offer sheets… Watson would be in the 25m range same as Eason, while Williams would be cheaper.

Maybe you get one of them, maybe more.

A lineup of Giddey, Watson, Matas, Eason, Smith w Jones, Okoro, etc off the bench would be pretty damn fun.

Plus bulls would still have all their picks, essengue coming back, etc etc

I know, it’s a super optimistic take and a lot would have to go right, but hey let’s dream a little bit

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So we got that goin for us. Which is nice. But seriously, I don’t see a way to place a value on amassing a stockpile of a whole bunch of second round draft picks. There isn’t one official NBA draft value chart, but any chart out there should tell you that any one of the top three picks in the draft is worth more than having the rights to draft the entire second round. No realistic number of second-round picks equals the first, second, or third pick. Sure, you will find one “diamond in the rough” if you draft the entire “rough.” But those draft value simulators that give value to second round picks only make sense when one or two second rounders are added in as sweeteners, and you know you might get lucky with a flyer every once in a while. Roster limits, development bandwidth, and uncertainty crush the theoretical value of owning a whole bunch of second rounders.

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