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Please be real Austin Booker. Guy got so much hype last year and he looks physically bigger this year which is what he needed to do. Even if hes just a stud situational pass rusher that could be huge. Outside of Booker, without a lot of the starters out there the game was kind of a nothingburger....Trapilo looked good but he didn't come in till way late in the game so the quality of the D out there is not what he's gonna face in real games.

Hypothetically this should give the Sox some added leverage in a Tauchman trade too you would think.

I mean...I don't necessarily think Billy has been the issue here. I guess he can get some blame for the team defense, but the style of play he brought to the team offensively was exactly what you want in the modern NBA. Bulls were 6th in scoring last year.

I was in Vegas last year while summer league was going on. It was first time in Vegas so I didn't really wanna spend the time at a game but was hoping to run into somebody, butttt, I didn't. One of these years I'm gonna go out there. Sooooo, Noa.....oooof. At least he was willing to contest that dunk I guess. He's definitely gonna see some time in Hoffman Estates and that's fine. He hasn't been god awful but not surprisingly as an 18 year old not named Cooper Flag, he's not ready. Loved seeing Buzelis continue to be ultra aggressive. He flashed a lot of that last year and man, he NEEDS to be a guy this year. IF Giddey is the guy he was post Zach trade, and Matas takes the step we hope, there's no reason they can't be an actual playoff team. From there you can figure out what you wanna do with Coby and Vuc money to build around those 2.

Who's excited for summer league action tonight??!! 😂😂 Just me??? Lol. Really excited to see Essengue. If he comes in confident and aggressive I think he'll carve out a role fairly early. He drew fouls at a really high rate last year and that's something the Bulls didn't do as a team. Also, I really hope Yuki makes the team, if for nothing more than to play the Scalabrine roll. Memphis fans loved him and I'm sure Chicago will as well.

Who's making the bigger bet here? The Bulls betting on Giddey not being worth more than 30 million a year or Giddey making the bet he will be?

Unpopular opinion...If Josh Giddey only wants 30M a year, I'm making the move right now. IF, and again I'll emphasize the IF, he plays like he did post Zach trade, he's getting a max contract next year. Giddey was really fucking good down the stretch, and it really wasn't empty stats either.

NBA is so weird. I just learned that Golden State can only take back half of whatever they sign Kuminga to in a sign and trade. So there goes the rumored Vuc for Kuminga deal. Pwill even makes too much sadly. So we're basically talking Coby for Kuminga as the only real possibility, which I'm not sure I do. Sorry for not responding to the rest of the post, there's a lot there. Lol

I wonder if Ayton is willing to take the MLE. That's really the only true game changer they might be able to afford.

Facts. That's also not what got this conversation started and I never said they did.

I mean they kinda are, Lakers traded away players and recieved back players who had expiring deals, which is what they did with Zach. They had Randle come off the books as well which is what will happen with Vuc. Lakers didn't clear all the space in one offseason, they had a plan and executed. Unfortunately Vuc is not Anthony Davis as well.

Except they must have created the space or in the case of Luka matched the salary in a trade. A quick look see says the Lakers had 61 mill in cap space the year they got LeBron. Luka like I said they matched with Davis salary.

I mean, when's the last time they've actually had the cap room to land a guy?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Jaren Jackson gets traded this year, he loses bird rights and the team he goes to has to be under the cap to resign him correct? 2026 seems to be the next legit time the Bulls can make a legit free agent swing and JJJ might be the big fish out there. He from Indiana so I wonder if he's a Bulls fan. I believeeeee they could legit resign Giddey AND White AND sign a big time FA.

FWIW they deal had them taking on Marcus Smarts contract as well with the 1RP. Probably still coulda woulda shoulda done that.