Maybe because it would only take a 2nd round pick to get it done. But we would need to find a team that has their full mid-level to absorb his contract. Otherwise, it has to be an ending contract. The fact he has yet to play this year makes it even harder.
never say never, but I doubt any team would send a 2nd for him at this point. Blazers would probably have to be the ones sending a 2nd I guess you could wonder about Dallas since they were the ones that gave him that loopy offer sheet. But they are only 170K below the 1st apron and just added the cheaper Caleb Martin also...I'm still half-convinced there's a decent chance that Thybulle opts-out this summer and goes to another team
Assuming the Bulls get one and assuming you're saying the next three years: we have our two FRPs after the Bulls take the third one, we have a 2025 second round pick from Atlanta that only conveys if it's the 11th pick in the second round or better, we have a 2026 second round pick from Memphis that only conveys if it's 12th or worse, we have our 2027 second round pick that Charlotte has the right to swap with and we have Minnesota's 2027 second round pick without any protections. So likely two FRPs or maybe even three FRPs and at least one SRP with two other SRPs being possible. In 2028 assuming the obligation to the Bulls has been met or that we've missed the playoffs every season between now and then, we will have our FRP that we can swap with Milwaukee and our second round pick. In 2029 we have the best first round pick out of ours, the Bucks and the Pistons and we have the worst first round pick out of ours, the Bucks and the Pistons... we also have the worse of the second round picks between the Pacers and Wizards. In 2030 we have our first round pick with the rights to swap it with Milwaukee and we have the Knicks second round pick. In 2031 we have our first round pick and our second round pick.
We have none of our picks right now to trade because we still owe Chicago a pick. We can't unlock any other picks until that has been fulfilled. We have two Milwaukee swaps and we have the Boston and Milwaukee picks in 2029. We owe the second worst of the three picks to Washington.
You know who beats bad teams? Good teams. But our last 5 wins were all against playoff teams featuring multiple All Star players desperate for wins. Some All NBA players. Or is a streak not meaningful unless you only play OKC, Boston, and Cleveland? And after all, before this streak weren’t WE “bad and massively flawed”?
Nothing deceptive about the streak. The young players made leaps. Defense improved. And it’s not like we just got lucky. Most of the wins were blowouts.
We can trade one of those 2029 picks along with a 2030 or 2031 pick. If were going to be at the end of the lottery I'm fine with just making the playoffs and finally being done with this pick owed going over to Chicago. Then it also guarantees the 2028 swap with Milwaukee.
2030 and 2031 are tradeable but not both of them because of Stepien but yeah we don't have any FRPs that are tradeable until those two picks we still have the rights to in 2029.
