Bulls Making MASSIVE Changes…

Bulls Making MASSIVE Changes…

We’ve discussed sack LaVine trade rumors heavily over the past few months and we’ve even mentioned Rosen V and we haven’t really touched on Lonzo ball well this video today is going to discuss about how Lonzo ball could now as a player that could put us in the other direction instead of having to

Rebuild it could be a quick retool in us to being a playoff Contender right away this is your host Joey Mercer this is another episode of bulls digest and before we get into it there today I just want to say that about 85% of you that watch these videos are not subscribed so

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There today and that is Bulls targeting Brogden so we haven’t really mentioned that at all I mean I think we briefly touched on it a little over a month ago but there was one analyst that actually came out speculating that this is the direction that the Bulls should be going

As opposed to just blowing things up there could be something small that they could make a move for while getting rid of some pieces that right now don’t look like they’re going to turn into anything for immediate success uh that being one piece being Lonzo ball and some other

Things that we’re going to mention later on this video but let’s get right into the title of that article this one I found on Yahoo sports under Bulls wire and said Malcolm Brogden to the Chicago Bulls why one analyst thinks it’s a good idea now this analyst is from Bleacher

Report and we’re going to discuss why this one we I don’t fully agree with but I will give you my full take on what has been broken down by Zack Buckley of course this says well many NBA analysts have the Chicago Bulls as sellers what if they flipped the script and added

Veteran talent instead this is exactly what Bleacher Report Zack Buckley has in mind for the bulls with a deal that has them picking up Portland Trailblazers floor General Malcolm Brogden so nobody has really mentioned about Brogden going to the Bulls I believe this is the first time

That I’ve like seen it just on its own article about it I mean people have talked about uh PL for the Bulls to kind of blow things up we’ve just discussed them here and brogen had been mentioned as a guy that you could get and then flip again but they haven’t mentioned

Him as being a guy that can make us uh have a deep playoff push and that’s where it’s mentioned differently here which is really what Drew my attention to this article in the first place next thing we saw on it was brogen’s numbers don’t jump off the page at about 15

Points of five assists plus he’s a 31-year-old with a history of various ailments notes Buckley he should not cost a premium saying that he offers playoff experience fits honor off the ball and adds value on both ends of the floor so he isn’t someone Portland would

Just give away either now I’m not sure sure about that Portland did get Malcolm brogon in there to help kind of Mentor the guys just get some value back for uh pieces they had to trade uh in that Drew holiday deal where they had to flip him

Again but I don’t really think that Portland is looking to hold on to Brogden by uh all accounts I think it’s been difficult because of the injuries um the history with brog with injuries we didn’t know what was going to be like coming into the season he has been very

Good so far and we thought the field goal percentage of course would take a dip and it has a little bit but nothing too drastic just because uh the shots he’s getting are definitely not as good as the ones he was getting in Boston when he won Sixth Man of the Year last

Season next thing this article we saw was but given reports that Chicago is trying to avoid a full rebuild while changing their identity Brogden could be a veteran connector in Chicago and his versatility should allow him to fit with anyone according to the BR analyst and

You know that is true he has been this league for a long long time he won Rookie of the Year in 2016 to 17 and he was a fringe Allstar when he got moved to the Indiana Pacers he then goes to the Boston Celtics and despite injury

Woes becomes a player that is really a huge part of their bench winning Sixth Man of the Year and they go in a very deep playoff push into the Conference finals last year it was definitely a lot of help for Malcolm brogon he’s a very Savvy player that I enjoy watching play

As well it’s no secret that he is a great shooter albe it a different unorthodox form he definitely gets things done from behind the ark now when we look at his field goal percentage this season in just a minute it’s lower than you would think it should be but

It’s not that bad it’s definitely able to go up a couple percentage points then be very solid and the three-point shooting is still very good considering the types of shots that he’s having to take next thing we saw on this and the last thing we saw in the article was the

Deal which would have Julian Phillips Lonzo ball and a Blazers first round pick headed to Portland might see this as a cost cutting opportunity give him balls insurance covering his salary as well as regaining control of their pick If This Were amenable to Portland and we are not

Sure that it would be this is not a terrible plan for a reto now I understand the Bulls have this Trailblazers pick I’m not sure uh the details behind that exactly how it’s going to work out if the Bulls are looking to keep that it really depends

On the goal that the Bulls are looking for at the end of the season do they want to be in the playing again just hope for the best then have that pick do they want to flip it right now back to Portland get brog and make a deeper push

In the playoffs hopefully or do you just want to rebuild and keep Julian Phillips hope Lonzo ball comes back from injury and then hold on to the pick and not do any of this honestly I don’t think it would be worth it moving this Julian Phillips has shown a few signs of being

Something nothing that I wouldn’t trade him of course on making a big playoff push I definitely would move him for that but I don’t know if brogen’s going to be enough to move him a first and then Lonzo I understand Lonzo is almost like just an expiring contract at this

Point because he’s probably not going to come back anytime soon and we don’t know what he’s going to be like when he comes back however I do try to keep optimism in that but it’s definitely a worry in a trade so that’s why you’d have to add in

The first there on top of that but I’m not so sure if I love this move but these are the numbers rogon’s put up and he can bring a lot to the table so I’ll let you guys make a decision for yourselves on that sorry you can see last season in

2022 23 at the age of 30 and it’s good to mention as well brog almost 32 you can see that in 67 games he comes off the bench every gamees not starting that right there the 26 is the minutes per game only playing 27 this uh year and he

Hasn’t started in 14 of those so interesting look there having him come off the bench for some of those games for scoot uh then when we can see 48% from the field last year Al be it once again on an attempt and a half less per game his field goal percentage has

Comeone down 4% which is a bit of a dip however it is because he’s on the Trailblazers not getting his good looks not around other guys to take pressure off of him when you have Tatum and brown out there obviously those guys are much better scores than anybody the

Trailblazers have next to uh Brogden their best scorer is probably Jeremy Grant which is not all that great at the end of the day um and 41% for three this year on more attempts almost an attempt more down from 44 that’s not as big of a

Dip when you look at he’s making more threes still over 40% that is crazy efficiency it’s just from two he’s nowhere near as efficient a lot more attempts uh coming from uh to this season as opposed to last year as well uh just about one more a game when you

Look at the average but then we look at the free throw shooting and he’s down to 80% from 87 this was the guy that was really hover around 90 just a few years ago now down to 80% so that’s something that’s taken a dip which doesn’t really have any explanation for something to

Worry about maybe he’s getting banged up a little bit more but we can see he is putting up about the same amount of points per game of 15 he is putting up uh 3.5 as you can see it there is the rebounds per game so Less on Portland

Aton’s out there of course and the Celtics didn’t really have a center so a lot more guys getting more boards over at the Celtics uh last season and the 5.2 is assist so assist that gone up one and a half fair with the ball in his

Hands as much as it is but yes still a 31 years old a very productive player that the Bulls could acquire and he can make an instant impact if we’re looking at making that playoff run if we aren’t stay away from this at all causes but it

Is an interesting to point that we could move Julian Phillips who might not be anything at the end of the day we don’t really know and it was a late pick then Lonzo ball who we don’t know when he’s coming back what he’s going to be like

When he comes back and then the first round pick which is the Trailblazers to begin with which would be the real caveat of this trade but it could be worth it if you can get a solid playoff push or maybe just one next year if we

Can get the right pieces in place for next season this has been your host Joey Mercer I hope you all enjoyed the video there today and if you did make sure to go down below like the video comment on the video subscribe to the channel and

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In this video your host, Joey Mercer, discusses the recent reports of Malcolm Brogdon joining the team and changing the outlook for the teams future.

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