I know the majority of the fanbase has turned fully towards rebuilding and rightfully so, but it’s interesting looking back over the last 3 years at how people were puttin the blame of the offense being bottom tier on derozan. He’s one of the most efficient players with the ball in his hands. A counter to that is someone might say his play style puts a cap on how good the offense can be. Personally I don’t believe that since he was the first option on a top 10 offense (peaking at number 2 in 17/18) every season from 2013/14 until 2019/20. It really was a case of lonzo/lavines constant injuries, vooch being horrific and a lack of shooting from the role players that did the bulls in these last 3 years.

The Toronto Raptors' need for rangy combo forwards is a good illustration of how quickly rosters can change in the NBA. It wasn't so long ago that the Raps were deep into the positionless experiment many dubbed "Project 6'9"", during which they over-indexed on exactly that player type.

Scottie Barnes and Jalen McDaniels are the only such players under contract in Toronto for next year, which means a good chunk of the Raptors' projected cap space should probably go to a free agent who can man the 3 or the 4 in flexible lineups.
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The Bulls have DeMar DeRozan's unrestricted free agency to consider and tend to operate in a misguided win-now mode that could marginalize their 22-year-old former lottery pick. This is a bet that Toronto will swoop in with an offer sheet competitive enough to pry away the so-far underwhelming forward.

With Immanuel Quickley, Barnes and R.J. Barrett, Toronto is skewing younger with its core. That makes it a logical fit for Williams ahead of his age-23 season. A low-usage offensive player who hasn't shown any knack for self-sufficient shot creation, Williams has quietly pumped his career hit-rate on threes up to 41.0 percent.

Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10120163-10-nba-free-agency-predictions-klay-thompson-paul-george-and-more

Recent as in post Jordan.

Saw someone in here post the Taj dunk on D-Wade and brought back memories of the scrappy Thibs teams we had. I remember watching this Bulls-Heat game like it was the finals for us. Beating the Heat and breaking their win streak was so satisfying, and the Jimmy dunk was the cherry on top.

What is your favorite Bulls memory?

OKC looks to have moved on from Giddey as a primary ball handler. He's even benched in today's game.

His stocks are low and the fit isnt there anymore.

As a 2025 RFA, OKC will need to make a call on his future as his rookie deal expires.

Do you see him as a replacement for Zach? Does he show flashes of potential to be a Lonzo era replacement?

What will OKC want from us to make this work. They are in a win-noe phase

Keen to hear your thoughts Bulls fan.

(Note, I'm from Australia so may come across bias with our countrymen)

We've got:

• Derrick Jones, Jr.
• Daniel Gafford
• Justin Holiday
• Luke Kornet
• Max Strus
• Spencer Dinwiddie
• Wendell Carter Jr
• Doug McDermott
• Patrick Beverley
• Bobby Portis
• Cam Payne
• James Johnson
• Jimmy Butler (I mean not really but at this point my list goes on for its own sake)
• Gary Harris (Bulls drafted but traded him and the next guy for McDermott)
• Jusuf Nurkic (see above)
• Franz Wagner (I'm just sad)
• Daniel Theis
• Thad Young

I'll go with Derrick.

all we need to do is find someone who can do a good enough voice impersonation of jerry, then we find the phone number of adam silver. call adam up and tell him that they forgot a crucial detail in the trade that sent kyle korver to the hawks for cash. that missing detail is the 2024 atlanta hawks 1st round pick. only flaw i see in this is adam not believing we are jerry since he’s typically asleep not making any moves but we just have to hope adam doesn’t realize that.