> Interesting theory passed along by a Western Conference team official regarding the Chicago Bulls and the similar-to-Toronto anticipation among rival teams that the Bulls will decide to trade various core players before the deadline: “The word out there is that every time the Bulls get close to breaking the team up, they get a big win that changes their mind.” Since surrendering 150 points to struggling Minnesota on Dec. 18, Chicago has quietly gone 8-3.
[Source (Paywall)](https://marcstein.substack.com/p/nba-trade-deadline-one-month-away)
by iksnet
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Seems like quality decision making process there
Parity is overall of course a good thing, but it also pushes some teams to delude themselves into thinking they are one move away or one streak away from being good, while they should think the opposite.
Bulls are in a very good position to blow it up cause Demar aint getting and younger and Lavine is building his value back up
If only they had their pick outright instead of top 4
Outside of a groundbreaking offer, I just can’t logically see why the Bulls would make a big trade before the season is over. The magic own their pick, and so the bulls have nothing to gain from blowing it up early.
The pick is top 5 protected and they aren’t even a bottom 10 team record wise. To try and tank for that top 5 pick… That is so risky it spills over into stupid territory.
If you’re gonna trade somebody, why not see how the lottery shakes out first?
They can’t be that dumb right?
They have to be able to see that they’re not one Lonzo Ball away from being a contender. Plus DeRozan and Vuc are 32 and 33.
Herb Simon syndrome
I don’t understand the desire to blow it up.
A team of Lonzo, DeMar, Lavine, Vucevic, Caruso with some solid bench pieces is a very intriguing team.
Just get everyone healthy and improve the roster this summer.
Is this a theory (“interesting theory”) or a rumor (“the word out there”)?
Reporters should be clear about whether they’re reporting a rumor about what a team is actually doing (which implies the rumor began with someone who has actual knowledge) or whether they’re reporting speculation.
a franchise that thought lonzo ball would stay healthy and nikola vucevic was worth wendell caterer and two firsts can’t really be trusted to make logical decisions
I don’t really believe this lol
I’m not involved at all and I know that’s exactly what’s happening.
This is wild speculation from opposing front offices to make the Bulls look bad. From an unbiased point of view, there’s no good trades out there for them and they would be better off hoping Lonzo comes back
We were only going to blow it up if we kept losing like we were before. Which I was in favor of for the tank. But we’re winning and the front office is more unlikely to do anything crazy.
If they were it would’ve had to happen in the off season.
The concern is we spent too much on Vooch and could lose him for nothing and DeMar regresses next year.
That’s actually hilarious
Seems like a horrible way to run a team.
Honestly trading our older stars for guys on Zach’s timeline isn’t a bad plan but it will wait until the season is over.
This theory is lacking the interesting part
I don’t think this is how GMs or front offices think… “oh wait nvm, we won tonight”. These rumors are so dumb, I could see where they aren’t even getting these rumors from unnamed gms
Upcoming Celts blowout
Sounds like they have zero plan, that how you get yourself fired from a GM position.
The bulls are dumb enough this could be true.
I don’t know about the front office but this describes the way the bulls subreddit is pretty well lol.