Nalod wrote:Jimbo, with all due respect if he is not carrying the bulls witht that massive contract, the first year of it by the way, then what is he to do here?
You look at that contract? You understand his knee is not great this year?
Put Beal in this same catagory and file it away as "Not our **** contract to worry about".
sure we all want an instant upgrade. RJ is that. "but he might not be". True, he is 22.
Lavine likley costs RJ and two first round picks, perhaps protected.
Im good with Grimes and RJ and let this team grow up organically!!!!
Keep drafting and understand some will exceed, and some will fail.
No to lavine, and no to beal. Bulls made their bed and they can fester in its own stench. Really, look up the contract. You'll puke.

Agreed. With Lavine and his knee and massive weight of that contract that can easily become the albatross that folks were thinking Julius was at the end of last season. Could Zach have a similar resurgence in a new environment..possibly...but I am not keen on paying $200 mill over the next 5 yrs to find out..specifically when the player has a history of knee problems...

Knixkik wrote:I’ll be honest, I know we aren’t used to being decent, but I’m having a hard time adding a player to this starting 5 that’s not a top 10 guy. Like Levine is a really good player, but how much better does he make this team when replacing grimes with him? The talent is better but then you factor in fit and the ball being taken out of Brunson and Randles hands. So you sell the farm and hope the talent offsets the fit issues for what has been one of the best starting 5s in the entire league. I’m just not sure it’s worth it for anything less than a franchise player. I’d rather leave the starting 5 alone and try to make some major upgrades to the bench (without selling the farm) with the possibility of the ceiling being similar.

All of your thoughts and I'll highlight 2 that I really like.

I'd even go with a top 20-30 guy in a trade but get what you mean.

Also, any player trade that moves Grimes out of the SG spot would be an awkward fit. He will guard SF types this year just for the learning curve but he is 100% more suited for POA SG/PG types and that's to the Knicks advantage.

martin wrote:None of us really know the worth of what the Knicks' FO would have moved Randle after last year but probably a lot more than giving him away or attaching anything to his contract; Leon's team just wouldn't have done that.

But it is WILD to me that for the right deal, teams could have had him in the offseason and now that would be a no-go?

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Randle once again altered his game. He mostly eliminated iso mid-range/ long twos from his shot diet and his 3pt shot has come around. He’s attacking the basket and getting to the line when he’s not at the 3pt line. He’s learned how to play off of another ball dominate player Brunson. There was always a concern that in order to make good use of him, you have to run the offense completely through him. He’s learning to play off of others. Changes his trajectory a fair amount.

Then we have to think about the multiple draft picks we have. Need room in case we find a young lavine or OG type player. But this FO will find a gem like they have before. So need room for that gem. Maybe another grimes who will provide some impact in his first year.

I’m all for building a championship team. But it’s hard to predict which way the FO should go because we are more than 1 player away from making it to the eastern finals.

I’m excited about who we pick in the draft and what type of player will this FO draft. Or will they trade out of the draft and add more vets. Will be an interesting off season for this FO.

Question is would swap Barrett for Lavine and that's a hard call given Bulls will ask for more than Barrett.