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[Chicagojk]

You mean we sign Randle in FA instead of trading for Porzingis. We keep Brunson instead of trading for Kyrie. We spent our saved 1st round picks on Anunoby and Markkanen instead of Porzingis, Kyrie and Wood. We sign Hartenstein with the MLE instead of Delon Wright. Even without the benefit of hindsight, most of these decisions seem pretty straight forward. 

Markkanen/Randle/two first rounds pick for 32M or Porzingis for 32M
Brunson/DFS/first round pick for 40M or Kyrie for 40M

Add Doncic/Anunoby and that´s four f´n All-Stars plus two ALL-NBA defenders, all of whom basically begged to play in Dallas (except for Anunoby). But yeah nobody wants to sign here.

Doncic/Brunson
Anunoby/Hardy
DFS/Green
Markkanen/Randle
Hartenstein/Kleber

 

It is depressing how many opportunities we have had to updgrade our talent.   Some just bad luck, some just poor front office.    Hopefully they have no more gaffes.   Can't afford them any more.

Lauri is a fascinating what if.   If you remember, the Mavs had interest and supposedly Lauri had interest going to Dallas.   The issue is he was a restricted free agent.   I remember asking the board if you would give up Maxi and I believe a future first for Lauri.    Most said no.   A few years later and that appears to be a steal.  Who knows if they offered Maxi or if Chicago had any interest in any of our parts.   He was solid in Cleveland the next year but has made a huge jump the last two years in Utah.


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The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired forward Lauri Markkanen in a sign-and-trade agreement from Chicago, Cavaliers General Manager Koby Altman announced Saturday from Cleveland Clinic Courts. In a three-team deal, Cleveland traded forward Larry Nance Jr. to Portland and a protected 2023 second round pick (via Denver) to Chicago. The Bulls also received forward Derrick Jones Jr. from Portland and the Trail Blazers’ lottery protected 2022 first round pick as part of the trade.