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They'll very likely extend Caruso for something reasonable. He's 30 and still has several years of good play left in him. Also provides them Dort insurance if they want to move off of him after next season They also literally have the most picks out of anybody else in the league because they...

I haven't been paying enough attention to see the MAGA fans you're talking about. But I will say this, just objectively speaking Clark is a likable individual and Reese acts like a scandalous ghetto queen. And she gets a pass because of her skin color. I also appreciate greatness and Clark is...

Giddey is a good tank commander though. Just young and flashy enough to sell some tickets while you sink to a 20-62 record. Very much a 2022 Keldon/Devin vibe. Agree with objective here though - seems like CHI could have held out.

Ya that’s fair - he wasn’t unplayable in the NBA so there is some context and he should do better with CHI so it’s not that. I just feel it was awful value for CHI even if I understand getting Giddey for Caruso from just a player perspective makes sense.

OKC knows after this last playoffs that their time is now, not 2 years from now. Presti knew he couldn't afford to extend Giddey given the fit, and Giddey wasn't providing positive value in high-leverage moments either. Caruso significantly increases their championship equity for the next year; if...

I dont think Keldons value is lower than Giddey after what we just saw and Giddey netted maybe the most coveted role player in the league straight up. One that reports said was getting multiple first round picks offers including top 10.

OKC is trying to win a title and has a million firsts - who cares about burning someone like Giddey you know doesnt work when it comes to winning time when you have tons of guards anyways and who cares about a “rental” when the guy is in his prime still and replaces a guy who you cant play anyways...

My issue isn't trading Caruso, it's not getting the most out of their leverage. OKC doesn't have room for all their future firsts, and they have 10+ extra seconds on top of their own. OKC is more desperate as they're trying to win a title, Bulls should have squeezed them. Doing the deal this...

Giddey was unplayable because they run an SGA-dominant offense where they had to stick Giddey in the corner. It's not like he's an awful basketball player. He just didn't work there. I'm not sure about the fit with Chicago, but he's 21 years old, fills the stat sheet fairly well, and can...

Johnson is not a p-n-r initiator, he's not a spacer, he's not a rim runner and he's not a defender. What he is, is a younger veteran, net negative player, without a defined role. I'm no Giddey fan and don't like the trade for the Bulls, I'm just saying there's a difference here.

The fact anyone here can look at the situation and argue CHI didnt need to get a pick or that its no big deal are just strange to me and makes sense on how they value players/picks

Caruso is better, but he’s also older. This is a one year move, since OKC is headed for cap jail very soon.

:lol Mavs :lol people that thought they had a chance

Interesting. I’m pretty sure that was him in the Salaun video TP posted on his Insta. Some speculated it was Devin Carter.

Nah. It’s just shows you it’s situational. Keldon has shown playmaking stretches, better 3PT shooting stretches etc….you can make any narrative work. Fact is, Giddey value had tanked pretty good Im guessing situationally and Bulls just sh*t the bed some (even if I don’t think getting Giddey is bad;...

I get that Presti-suckers just reflexively... suck Presti's tadger, but while this looks great in the short term, dunno. Again feels a ton like the Gordon Hayward trade where he's losing assets for things that either won't work, don't really do much different, or don't last long.

:lmao At pandering to a cult of brainwashed scumbags who hate your people.

Because Caruso is better, Giddey was unplayable for OKC when it matters and they had to trade him since they are a title hopeful team and they have a ridiculous amount of picks and Caruso was a very valued played by virtually any good team?

Caruso is one more year at less than $10 million. I'm sure he's looking for a payday, as he's worth way more, while OKC has a nasty horizon coming up on players coming due.

I would not be surprised if he is one of the picks.

Why do people think this move for the Bulls is for tanking purposes? They could have easily traded Caruso for future picks, instead they got a player of value back who can help them now. Not saying it was a good move but Giddey is still a net positive player albeit marginally.

I think neither team wanted to pay their player, and while Caruso is objectively better, he’s also objectively 30 and on an ending contract.

Caruso is 30 years old and provides what OKC was already very good at -- perimeter defense, shooting, and scrappy play. He'll do well in the platoon. What wrecked them in the POs, though, was getting destroyed inside. I figure something's coming down the pipe there. Otherwise, they traded a 21...

Replacing a guy that was unplayable in their last series with one of the most coveted 3&D players in the league coming off a 40% season shooting from 3 shouldn't help them much Not to mention the off court baggage Giddey brings with him and the fact that it didn't take a single pick from their...

He was extremely good, carried a show most of the time he was in one.

And the reason people don't call Reese out for what she acts like towards Clark...a jealous, ghetto queen is because she's part of the "culture". Blacks automatically have her back because they share the same skin color and they make up the majority in professional basketball. You really think...

I knew this false equivalency was coming from you. Giddey still has the sheen of a relatively high lottery pick, youth and even though he can't shoot or defend, he's a much better creator for self and others, as well as rebounder than Johnson. That can always be marketed to treadmill teams...

Episode 6: I Love Everyone Episode 7: Fuck everyone I hope you die

While Caruso has a lot of pluses, his minuses are that he’s 30 already, and he’s a rental.

What does that have to do with anything?