It was clear last night that the Bulls are making a concerted effort to shoot more threes and at times it looked pretty good with Coby driving and dishing, and guys swinging it around the perimeter for the open shot. But DeMar just doesn’t fit with that approach. It’s not his game and he never looked comfortable being part of those sequences. (Patrick Williams isn’t a great fit for this either but you can maybe live with him as the worst and most reluctant shooter on the floor.) It didn’t surprise me at all when I saw that DeMar was -29 for the game despite having decent numbers.
I love DeMar and I’ll always have a place for him in my heart after his late game heroics two seasons ago, but he’s on the last year of his deal and he doesn’t fit the offensive gameplan. And most importantly, he still likely has some trade value. So I say trade him while we can and get another shooter into the lineup. Even if it’s Torrey Craig or Jevon Carter but ideally someone better and younger than them we could get in the trade.
They won’t get much for DDR, just FYI. Maybe a protected 1st and salary filler.
I don’t think that moves the needle on any rebuild except it starts the tank now instead of after this season.
You’d have to trade LaVine too. You won’t get much for LaVine given his contract and age either, though. Plus you’ll start the tank so like Washington, the leverage is low since you’d be broadcasting LaVine is for sale.
This idea that we HAVE to trade DDR NOW or we’ll be stuck for even longer in a tank or basketball hell is weird to me. A firesale is gonna net the Bulls maybe a few protected 1sts and some 2nds, maybe a young player with promise.
DDR isn’t going to net much. LaVine is going to have the same trade value now as the summer. Caruso will have similar trade value in the summer as he does at the deadline. Trades NOW as opposed to the summer isn’t going to net something more that would quicken a rebuild vs. playing out the season.