BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are trading two-time All-Defensive guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Josh Giddey, sources tell ESPN

[tremonthustler1]

So is just Giddey. You have to honestly think about why a young contending team would willingly give up their 21 year old starter who they just drafted a few season ago for a guy 8 years old with severe injury concerns. What does that tell you about how they felt his development was going or projected to go....mind you they know him best

Because OKC was ready to have him be 6th man and Giddey balked at that according to Lowe. OKC is gonna have to make some tough decisions anyway. I'm sure they love Dort but once Chet and J-Dub are extension eligible, Dort is out the door. God forbid one of their future picks hits, that puts someone else on the chopping block. When SGA gets super maxed, many of their bench additions will have to go elsewhere. For Giddey to stick around, among other things, he would have had to have outplayed at least Jalen Williams. Furthermore, OKC keeps trying to draft a 3/4 lanky toolsy versatile guy that if all goes well, woulda eventually made Giddey expandable anyway. Poku, then Dieng, now they'll probably look to get Salaun. They have a type.

 

[Left.A1]

Fair and it's something everyone wanted the Bulls to do for a while but they haven't.

If they're finally ready to tear it down, Giddey's salary isn't gonna be a deterrent.

This is bad GM'n logic. You don't just sign bad deals or overpay players or add unnecessary money to your books becuaee "hey we got the money so why not" that's how you end up with toxic assets on your books. You HAVE to manage with a more coherent vision then that and this front office has consistently show the inability to do so.

If they get him at a decent contract, great. If not, in a year or two the Bulls will be financially able to do whatever.

And you would have then completely wasted an opportunity to capitalize on a highly coveted asset in Caruso. They better hope this kid learns how to shoot a basketball man.

 

[tremonthustler1]

And you would have then completely wasted an opportunity to capitalize on a highly coveted asset in Caruso. They better hope this kid learns how to shoot a basketball man.

They already did. I'm not even arguing whether they shoulda struck while the iron was hot.

 

[Deafheaven]

If they intend to bottom out please please keep Vuce. there is no more worthless a player to help with such a task.

let demar walk. trade lavine for whatever. idc.


Giddey may be decent here hes young but the team as constructed makes little sense.

 

[dizzy4111]

I can tell you right now that Caruso is even more impactful than what your expectations are. Until he’s on your team and you watch him nightly, it’s hard to understand. He’s an an absolute game changer defensively. His point of attack defense is wild and dude can switch all the way down and effectively guard 4s. He’s an even crazier multiplier when you put him by other good defenders, the brief time we had him and Lonzo, they were like dobermans on the perimeter, and the Bulls were leading the East standings.

You can see guys are afraid to put the ball on the floor when he's guarding them

 

[Hersh]

on the markonen front... jazz also have kesslar supposedly available..

making the move for both markonen and kesslar prob make em the favorites no?

 

[Left.A1]

Because OKC was ready to have him be 6th man and Giddey balked at that according to Lowe.

So the franchise that drafted him apparently realized that he was no longer good enough to be a starter for their team and he was a headcase about doing what's best for the team? How does any of this make him look like anything more than a risky gamble moving forward

OKC is gonna have to make some tough decisions anyway. I'm sure they love Dort but once Chet and J-Dub are extension eligible, Dort is out the door. God forbid one of their future picks hits, that puts someone else on the chopping block.

This is a good problem to have for OKC however. Look at what they just did with a top 6 pick from a just a few years ago. They flipped one asset for an even better one. They can continue to use their picks and young players as a bank the same way homeowners use equity on their properties to cash out. They're in an incredible position.

When SGA gets super maxed, many of their bench additions will have to go elsewhere. For Giddey to stick around, among other things, he would have had to have outplayed at least Jalen Williams. Furthermore, OKC keeps trying to draft a 3/4 lanky toolsy versatile guy that if all goes well, woulda eventually made Giddey expandable anyway. Poku, then Dieng, now they'll probably look to get Salaun. They have a type.

If Giddey was good enough they would have prioritized keeping him and at the end of the day they did not. I don't mind Giddey (outside of the weird off court shyt) as a player generally speaking but I am as usual confused about the logic of what the bulls just did in using on of their best assets to gamble on a guy like him who has really record scratching limitations as a player and is on the brink of immediately needing to be paid. It's just head scratching but at least it seems to signal they're about to blow this shyt up and tank to keep their pick from San Antonio.

 

[GoldenGlove]

giddy is a shot creator. Caruso would go through whole games without looking at the basket.

I bet giddy balls out in Chicago

You didn't watch Caruso play last season huh?

 

[GoldenGlove]

CBS gave the thunder an A+ for the caruso trade and the bulls a C-.

bleacher report gave the thunder and A+++++++ and the bulls a D-

USA today gave the thunder an A+ and the bulls a D+

NBA trade grades: OKC gets one of NBA's best role players in Alex Caruso, while Bulls land work in progress

Caruso gives the Thunder yet another versatile wing

www.cbssports.com

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...iddey-trade-between-chicago-bulls-okc-thunder

Alex Caruso, Josh Giddey trade grades: Who won the Bulls - Thunder deal?

Who won the trade that sent Alex Caruso to the Thunder and Josh Giddey to the Bulls?

ftw.usatoday.com

the general consensus is the bulls got fukked and AKME is

Analysts and the consensus is panning this trade. AK must really think their development staff can improve Giddey's shot. Giddey's advanced stats are not bad either, so the idea that Chicago is going to extend him for cheap is not happening with him approaching a "prove it" year.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Also,

Exactly. And this indirectly tells DeMar to move on. If they still are adamant on retaining DeMar after bringing in Giddey, I'll be even more confused.

 

[GoldenGlove]

If they intend to bottom out please please keep Vuce. there is no more worthless a player to help with such a task.

let demar walk. trade lavine for whatever. idc.


Giddey may be decent here hes young but the team as constructed makes little sense.

For entertainment purposes, a Vuc trade would be glorious

 

[Deafheaven]

For entertainment purposes, a Vuc trade would be glorious

Who would take him. Hes useless, and a bytch spiritually. top 5 worst contract in the L and it aint 5

 

[iamduval]

You didn't watch Caruso play last season huh?

We played yall 5 times unfortunately. Stop acting like this nikka jrue holiday

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Bulls FO is ran by a bunch of idiots.

 

[Art Barr]

This is a goofie ass send off trade for okc.

Caruso is fool's gold.

I am Convinced okc just be doing shyt.
While having and showing.
no lack or regard.
As well as...
no idea.
wtf.
they are even really doing.





Art Barr