04-10-2024, 05:48 AM
(04-09-2024, 04:43 PM)youzigizag Wrote: Small uneducated scouting of Caruso on my part:
Can dribble safely (Mavs dont have dribbler issues anymore)
Can facilitate on offense
Cant shoot reliably
Can be an absolute dog on Defense
Are those qualities(if accurate) enough to surpass Green's 3point shooting and hustle?
Are those qualities enough to surpass Exum?
Factoring cost to acquire and contract cost...is Caruso's game needle moving enough?
I understand he is a better player, but is he worth the cost of business to acquire?
I love Caruso's game...just dont know if it makes sense for us
The biggest problem with Caruso is his price. The Bulls are without any direction, without a lot of picks and Caruso is basically their biggest asset. They were rumours around TDL that they want multiple FRP for him (2+) which isn't worth it.
If we are going to do business with the Bulls i would do it for Patrick Williams. I think he have all the tools to become a younger version of Jerami Grant here. He is restricted FA this offseason, so will be interesting to see what would Bulls want for SNT. They have some big decisions to make in this offseason (Derozan, Lavine trade...)
In my opinion we should wait a little bit before trading future FRP's. 2025 draft for now looks interesting on 3-4 positions. There are 3-4 high ranked prospects and as we see every draft few of them falls also to the end of 1 round.
We can't forget that we also have Raptors 2 round pick next season which can easily be in the range of 30-40, so if some player falls a little bit we have some assets to move up on the draft.
In the next 3-4 years we will also have in my mind to have future FRP's prepared to trade when we will need to find replacment for Kyrie, to maximize Luka's era in Dallas.
Looking at this offseason i will call it succesfull if we can just resing DJJ.
I also checked a little bit teams and potential trade targets who could be gettable this offseason without sending a future FRP'S to get them.
East:
Atlanta: No one. Specially after a good strech of Murray.
Boston: No one.
Brooklyn: Cam Johnson maybe. Depends on the price, he is having a really down year.
Charllote: Bridges fills what we need, the problems are off court.
Chicago: Patrick Williams.
Detroit: No one. Grimes looks like Josh Green 2.0 to me.
Miami: No one.
Orlando: No one.
Milwaukee: No one.
NY: No one.
Cleveland: No one.
Indina: No one.
Philadelphia: Maybe Tobias Harris. Depends on the price.
Toronto: No one.
Washington: No one.
West:
Portland: Grant
Utah: John Collins. But he is not what we need.
Other western teams i didn't search because i don't think they would make a trades with us.