Will the Chicago Bulls trade anyone? What are they doing?

Will the Chicago Bulls trade anyone? What are they doing?

To wrap this one up we’re going to Chicago and I’m gonna give you two guys one of whom everybody wants Alex Bulls just don’t want to trade and the other one to my knowledge the Bulls have absolutely no traction on and I don’t even know if the Bulls want to trade or

Not Demar de rozan Demar de rozan Alex Caruso and Demar de rozan neither right you know I don’t know it just feels like the Bulls are doing what a lot of these teams are doing that we keep talking about which is like Chase play in glory the play in

It has done so much uh it actually has maybe we should just talk about that like hasn’t the playin like really impacted uh the deadline a lot feels like U but at least the Bulls are doing it it’s funny I watched them beat Minnesota that was last night last night

Yeah and you’re watching and it’ be admittedly it been a minute since I locked in and watched a bulls home game when you’re kind of taking in the environment and and this has been a discussion all week long the idea that that the Bulls even with their mediocrity from a business standpoint

Don’t have the incentive to blow it up because those Bulls fans you know thank you to MJ and the six titles like they remain rabid and you watch that game yeah they do how about when they were booing you know a widow recently so yeah

That was that was that was untour um but they you that Minnesota game it’s just coming through the television just how lit that place was and Caruso is making big plays at the end and and uh and dear is is getting his name called for the uh

The failed game winner in regulation and um it was a little bit of a capsule if you will of why they are hanging on here uh you know we know the backstory when our tourist carnus comes from Denver to Chicago and gets a lot of Praise early

For putting together a team that was making some noise and they have just been floundering since in mediocrity um and and I’m with you though that it feels like they will choose to continue doing that and dear is the one for me not to to interject here too much but

Like you know we focus so much on Deonte Murray like dear’s a guy that that a contender should and you know could pivot to that would help um and even Fred I know we’ve talked offline about how the Nicks see dear and I get it like

The Knicks don’t want to take the ball out of Jaylen brunson’s hands that applies to Demar that applies to dejonte um the Lakers whoever else man like my goodness like thear still got a lot left uh you know I was reading some stuff today about just the analytics on

Him with the bulls the last couple years he’s been helping that team win on a pretty high level whenever they do win uh and and could help somebody it is a little strange that there’s not more noise you know surrounding him I think the thing with DeMar is because of the

Style of player he is this is more of a commentary on his style than his quality because of the style of player he is he’s someone who’s a lot easier to incorporate over an offseason than he is mid-season yeah because He commands the ball because his shot profile is

Unconventional in today’s day and age and to be clear I’m not even critiquing him for the shot profile because he has found a way to make it work he gets to the line all the time he has turned himself into a fantastic mid-range shooter he he is is an efficient player

It’s just that the shot profile is not of something that you’re going to teach so now all of a sudden when you get dear you have to realign your offensive ecosystem and maybe your defensive ecosystem because he’s not a defensive minded player and that can be hard to do

In the middle of a season when everyone’s got their groove and everybody knows their roles and all that kind of stuff where it’s easier to do when you have an offseason you can map out a whole offense that’s going to include him and you can work on it

Through training camp and preseason and figure out how to do it and I think that’s something that a lot of teams consider when they talk about trading for Demar in the middle of a year as opposed to over and offseason he’s unrestricted coming up I guess it’s

Possible the Bulls just hold on to him and resign him and trudge forward it it’s a weird situation one can I say one quick Bulls thing before we wrap of course yeah props to Kobe white yeah my goodness how I I think he should be in the MIP conversation yeah he is he

He has my goodness how much better has that guy gotten since November 22nd he’s averaging 23 five and six he’s taking eight threes a game and shooting like 42 43% on those his his efficiency numbers are absolutely through the roof he’s playing winning basketball like the

Bulls are sneakily on a nice run all that winning they’ve done without Zack LaVine well it it’s happening in part because Kobe white has been amazing he’s he’s really become one hell of a player and by the way on that contract three years 33 million that what a steal like Kobe White’s

Career could have gone either way he could have just been this microwave bench scorer who didn’t really give you much else and now all of a sudden he has transformed into a very good starting guard and clearly clearly worked his ass off he totally changed his game and he

Is such a good player is still really young he he’s going to have he might end up with hell of a career you do wonder my final bull thought there and I wish we had our guy Darnell Mayberry on here to break it down because he covers the

Bulls and so close to him you wonder like Fred you mentioned dear is unrestricted Kobe white is emerging Rising um there was a fascinating moment in that game I mentioned against Minnesota where they you know I think bus call time out they got time to

Figure out what they want to do with the end of regulation and the Bulls uh commentators talked about how they were you know speculating like well you know of course you got deara Rosen but is this a past the torch moment Kobe white is cooking like is

This is this call going to Kobe white and when they said it I thought it was fascinating because when you put yourself out there from a commentary standpoint before the play you were on the risk of of having it go completely the other way and in fact that’s what

Happened Demar got the call um I wonder how you know from Billy Donovan in the front office and that whole group you know moments like that where is Kobe white been so good that you I mean listen with Zack LaVine out I know like you’ve already lost Firepower so it’s

Not like Kobe’s going to carry the entire Squad um but it does feel like you know his emergence could force you know certain decisions yeah huge game last night in the comeback over Minnesota 33 in that one down 23 man yeah like he he he is playing amazing

Basketball the Bulls should be investing they’ve already invested another contract in him which is if this is the player that he is that is one of the most team-friendly contracts in the league three for 33 who a guy’s going to give you an efficient 225 and six is

Unbeliev that’s less than the mid- level like that’s unbelievable value uh and you’ve already got the financial investment in him like you got to give him the resource investment too because he has been really good you gotta see you got to see everything that you have with him give him every opportunity to

Succeed he’s he’s showing that he deserves it

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