scs787 Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 20 hours ago, The Beast said: I am a bit behind on the times, but I have questions about NBA free agency. What are Bird Rights, the amnesty provision, max deals, mid level exceptions and is the veteran’s minimum? What other types of contracts should I be aware of? Why do teams do sign and trades instead of just outright sign free agents? Also, why are first round picks dealt like crazy and what determines if a pick can be top 10 protected or not? 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 5 hours ago, scs787 said: 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 That’s okay, I just must have missed the last CBA. I agree that the NBA transaction rules are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 10 hours ago, The Beast said: That’s okay, I just must have missed the last CBA. I agree that the NBA transaction rules are weird. The fact that teams have to hire capologists is one of those things that I find highly amusing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scs787 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 38 minutes ago, scs787 said: 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. The problem is that he has next to zero leverage. No team has the cap space to give him a $30 mil a year offer. Sure, he can take the QO and bet on himself, but then he'd also be risking a guaranteed $125 million to maybe make $30-40 million more. Kuminga's in a similar situation and I think the deal he gets will affect Giddey's contract. The longer this goes on the less the Bulls end up paying him. I don't think the Bulls should lowball him, but if he's asking for $30 mil this off-season, nobody but the Bulls can give that to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 44 minutes ago, scs787 said: 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. Remind me to play poker with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scs787 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 12 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Remind me to play poker with you. 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 9 minutes ago, scs787 said: 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? Giddey for sure. The teams who can use him are caplocked and he has Kuminga in front of him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scs787 Posted Friday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:43 PM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted Monday at 05:14 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:14 PM On 7/11/2025 at 4:43 PM, scs787 said: 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. Got to see my first summer league games live this year(we saw about 5) and it's a great time if you're a hoops junkie. GA for the days so you can watch as many games as you want, you'll run into a bunch of players if you enjoy that kind of stuff. The gym the Bulls played in on Friday felt like a high school gym so the atmosphere was actually pretty cool. Fun stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted Monday at 05:35 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:35 PM On 7/11/2025 at 5:43 PM, scs787 said: 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. For some reason, NBA League Pass won't let me watch fucking Summer League. If Summer League is getting blacked out, there's a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scs787 Posted Tuesday at 09:23 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:23 PM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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