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I've floated this before, knowing it would never happen. Now if Rose has another ACL tear (god, please no), I wonder if it's at least a little more feasible.

Do we live in a world where we could get Deng in a sign and trade for Williams, Shabbazz, and a future first? My guess is the contracts don't match, and they're not going to take on Shved as well. Maybe those two without a pick for Gibson, but that makes a little less sense (he's better than Cunningham, but more of a pure PF). If the Bulls think they can't keep Deng, and if the season looks bleak if Rose is really out, they might just do it???? (pretty please)

Deng would fit in great here. He can play the 3 and 4 easy, plays both ways, and does everything well. It would be weird not to start him, but I could see leaving Brewer in the starting lineup because he's playing great for us, and then make Deng a super-sixth man. Bring him in and swap out Brewer, Martin, or Pek, and just slide everybody else (since Brewer can play the 2, and Love can play the 5).

Rubio
Martin
Brewer
Love
Pek

Deng (getting all backup minutes and the 3 and 4 and maybe even some at the 5)
JJ (backup PG)
Bud (when he's back for shooting)
Cunningham (when needed)
Dieng (not too many minutes)

That rotation could be pretty good.

If by some crazy chance that we do acquire Deng, we start him without question. He's a back-to-back All-Star and one of the best (top-5) wing defenders in all of basketball. His BBIQ is extremely high and he's a better shooter than Brewer. He'd definitely start for us and in my opinion, we'd have the best starting five in basketball with Deng. Rubio, Martin, Deng, Love, Pek. That just looks amazing on paper. I doubt we'd be able to make that trade happen, and I'd also want some confidence knowing we could re-sign him after this year.

If we can send scrap for a starter, Flip does it without hesitation. Its a Pipe dream but Deng with his defense, IQ, Length and athleticism woud be a terror in a lineup which already has two extremely good inside out player in Love and Martin. Williams, Barea, a future #1...immediately!

meniscus tear for rose....smh