Doug wasn't getting time anyway, replacing him with a guy that wouldn't get time, we don't lose anything.
And with the logjam at the 4/5 and thinness on the wings, trading Taj may be the right move.
If we ended up with
Noah/Nurkic
Gasol/Mirotic
Butler/MDJ
KMart/Kirk/Gary Harris
Rose/Brooks
Not the same at all considering that Taj would more than likely still be here. A more fitting comparison to the amount of playing time that Nurkic would've seen, with all things considered, is with Bairstow. And given the fact that Nurkic would be riding the pine here as well, Bulls fans would then just come up with another scenario of how we could've had so and so instead of Nurkic to shore up whatever deficiencies we have at the moment. This discussing has taken place damn near every year. From the likes of drafting Jimmy and not moving up to take Marshon Brooks, to drafting Snell over Tim Hardaway jr last year (TJ been basura this year too), to now drafting Doug. Hindsight is
almost always 20/20 - I say
almost because of that 2011 draft
. Did I like the fact that we gave up 2 1st rounders for Doug? Nah, I said as much during that time. I especially didn't like it considering how long we waited to get one of those picks via the Tyrus Thomas trade with the Bobcats.
We stuck with Doug now, especially since he's coming off a surgery. You could always hope that Thibs somehow changes his philosophy and starts logging a rookie major minutes, and during that time, Dougie ups his trade value
.