AbeVigodaLive wrote:Phenom's_Revenge wrote:Gers should take advantage of the current climate of free agency. 2 of the best guys remaining have little prospects. We know the Wolves have to add a "Minnesota" tax to get free agents. I say swing for the fences and do a sign and trade Kelly Oubre for Taurean Prince. That should get Oubre close to where he wants to be. Prince could be useful to GS while not being long term salary and they have shown a willingness to help players get what they want.
Then I'd offer Juancho, Culver and Layman for Markkanen. That should be ballpark salary he wants. The Bulls could use some bodies to fill out their roster anyway. Throw a second their way or a heavily protected first maybe.
Then offer Okogie to replace Josh Richardson in Dallas for WCS or maybe some other big and a late first.
Bring back Vandy and JMac.
Towns/Naz/WCS
Markkanen/Vandy
Oubre/Jaden/Bolmaro
Ant/Beas/Nowell
DLo/Jmac
This could be a chance to upgrade the talent level even if it's not a perfect match but this team isn't in a position to overlook talent.
Again... WHY would Chicago who is ALL IN on making the playoffs willingly get worse? None of those guys are even rotation guys in the playoffs.
They'd be better off letting Markannen walk for nothing.
And they'd at least try to land him on a one year qualifying offer first. That's a possibility here if the market dries up completely. At the very least, they can trade him for SOMETHING that's an actual asset.
[Note: And Bullock replaced Richardson already in Dallas. Nobody wants Okogie for much of an asset either.]
Well Chicago is getting likely a first for facilitating a move for Markkanen, who they may not want to keep. There is also the option of moving those contracts onto OKC but that means the pick goes there instead. In that case the Bulls get a TPE which may be more to their liking. Then they specifically target players from teams that dont want Markannen. Still seems doable to me.