12-01-2025, 05:49 PM
(12-01-2025, 05:04 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Say we allow the Bulls to keep a S5 of Giddey, Dosunmu, Buzelis, AD, Vucevic. We take White, Collins, Huerter and Essengue.
I think it´s more than fair to ask for the 2026 and 2028 1st unprotected and the Bulls need to have enough confidence that they make the play-offs this year, otherwise what is the point of the trade?
I think they´ll still lose in the play-in and you got your lotto pick. 2028 is also a better year than 2027. The older Vucevic/AD get the worse this Bulls team becomes.
I'm buying all that you mention in the first two paragraphs. I brought up Essengue several days ago and don't know how he became untouchable in the G-league all of a sudden. It will be hard to develop him on a team with Davis, Buzelis and Williams.
I will point out that an unprotected swap in 2028 is almost as good as an unprotected Bulls pick. In both cases you get the unprotected Bulls pick. The question is really how badly you want the last pick in the first round from OKC.
I can argue both sides of the 27 vs. 28 thing. We don't have a pick in 2027. Having one opens up some things we can't currently do. But, waiting until 2028 gives Flagg a little more development time. By then we might want to use some pick capital (unprotected picks from Chicago and LA) to acquire whatever else we need to go along with Flagg and our 2026 pick(s).