2022-2023 Bulls IGT Megathread

[Scoot26]

I only saw the 4th Q, Bulls were up 10-11 most of the beginning of 4th, Grizzlies cut it to 3 at one point before the Bulls went steal crazy (or Grizzlies turnover prone, whatever you wanna call it) and then the game truly just changed. Suddenly Bulls were up 20 in a matter of minutes.

As clone said, Coby looked good minus that one missed layup that was a gimme. He then couldnt find his assignment on defense after that miss and it led to a three.

Since the All-Star break, Zach LaVine is averaging 28.3/3.4/4.6 on 55/43.6/88.4 shooting splits. If he had played like that prior to the All-Star break he likely would have been selected to the game this year. I know early in the season he had the knee recovery thing going on, but I felt like that hasn't bothered him in some time, even prior to the All-Star Game.

Either way, good to see him playing that way to close out this year. Kind of plays into our other thread of I'm okay putting him on the market this off-season, but I'm not just trading him as a dump trade. Return would need to be solid of unprotected draft pick(s), young assets. Obviously to get salaries to match, some bad contract would probably have to come back, short of trading him to a team with cap space. I'm more likely to just roll with Zach though in any rebuild vs trading him.

 

[clonetrooper264]

Classic Bulls fashion, follow up their great game against Memphis (well great half) with 2 disappointing losses. Locked into 10th place so the rest of the regular season doesn't matter. Probably losing immediately to whoever the 9th seed is...and there you have your season folks

 

[Scoot26]

Classic Bulls fashion, follow up their great game against Memphis (well great half) with 2 disappointing losses. Locked into 10th place so the rest of the regular season doesn't matter. Probably losing immediately to whoever the 9th seed is...and there you have your season folks

 

[Enasic]

Even more classic Bulls fashion….Bulls played the Hawks at the UC without Trae Young and the Bucks were without Giannis and essentially Middleton

Also, not sure why the Bulls ever let Bobby go. They also could have signed him a couple of seasons ago. Ironically, he’s exactly what this team needs. Could have signed him over Lonzo and drafted Halliburton. I know, I know…..hindsight. Unfortunately, hindsight is more fun to talk about than this current mess of a team

 

[clonetrooper264]

Portis is an interesting case. He had that face punching incident early on in his career, I think that followed him for a bit. He played ok here on the whole, had decent numbers and such. Got traded for Otto Porter which I guess I am not even sure why they went for Porter in the first place but that is what it is. Then he signed with the Knicks after his rookie deal expired for 15M, pretty good money. To that point he had played pretty solidly so fair enough to me. He kinda disappointed with the Knicks though so they declined the team option they had for the next year and then he winds up on the Bucks for near the minimum. They win the chip and he's a major part of that which turns into...a 2 year deal for 4M each? Hometown discount I guess, but then as we know he declines that 2nd year player option and gets the 4 year/50M deal which he's currently on. Well deserved.

Other than that year with the Knicks, Portis has had a pretty solid career. Nothing really outstanding, but solid numbers all around. He's improved his 3pt shooting as well which has really helped out the Bucks. A pretty good role player and arguably one of the better 6th men in the league.

I suppose at the time of his trade to the Wizards Bulls had Lauri and just drafted Wendell. Perhaps GarPax didn't see the point in paying Portis while having those two. Fast forward to a couple years ago (which I am interpreting as the 2020-2021 season), they had money tied up in Thaddeus Young, still had Wendell and Lauri and Daniel Gafford going into the season. Not really much need for Portis, though of course that year he came cheap off a down year. Imo if the Bulls really wanted to keep him they would've never traded him to the Wizards, but if we presume he's worth 15M coming off his rookie deal, that's a pretty hefty price for a role player at that time (happens to be more than he currently makes as well). I suppose it really depends on the price he would sign for at that time and then you're really shifting the course of Bulls drafting after that so who knows what happens for all those without hindsight

 

[Enasic]

Portis is an interesting case. He had that face punching incident early on in his career, I think that followed him for a bit. He played ok here on the whole, had decent numbers and such. Got traded for Otto Porter which I guess I am not even sure why they went for Porter in the first place but that is what it is. Then he signed with the Knicks after his rookie deal expired for 15M, pretty good money. To that point he had played pretty solidly so fair enough to me. He kinda disappointed with the Knicks though so they declined the team option they had for the next year and then he winds up on the Bucks for near the minimum. They win the chip and he's a major part of that which turns into...a 2 year deal for 4M each? Hometown discount I guess, but then as we know he declines that 2nd year player option and gets the 4 year/50M deal which he's currently on. Well deserved.

Other than that year with the Knicks, Portis has had a pretty solid career. Nothing really outstanding, but solid numbers all around. He's improved his 3pt shooting as well which has really helped out the Bucks. A pretty good role player and arguably one of the better 6th men in the league.

I suppose at the time of his trade to the Wizards Bulls had Lauri and just drafted Wendell. Perhaps GarPax didn't see the point in paying Portis while having those two. Fast forward to a couple years ago (which I am interpreting as the 2020-2021 season), they had money tied up in Thaddeus Young, still had Wendell and Lauri and Daniel Gafford going into the season. Not really much need for Portis, though of course that year he came cheap off a down year. Imo if the Bulls really wanted to keep him they would've never traded him to the Wizards, but if we presume he's worth 15M coming off his rookie deal, that's a pretty hefty price for a role player at that time (happens to be more than he currently makes as well). I suppose it really depends on the price he would sign for at that time and then you're really shifting the course of Bulls drafting after that so who knows what happens for all those without hindsight

These are good calls. The Bulls did always have a stacked front court under GarPax. Still would love Portis on the team. His 4/5 versatility, 3PT shooting, and heart/toughness/intensity (aka The Norm Van Lier factor) is sorely needed on this team.

 

[clonetrooper264]

These are good calls. The Bulls did always have a stacked front court under GarPax. Still would love Portis on the team. His 4/5 versatility, 3PT shooting, and heart/toughness/intensity (aka The Norm Van Lier factor) is sorely needed on this team.

Oh for sure, current Portis on this team would be immensely helpful. If nothing else he fills two gaping holes, shooting and rebounding, all in one player.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

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[knoxville7]

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That is rough to know the “big 3” had a pretty healthy season and still stunk it up

 

[clonetrooper264]

lol Mavs and Bulls both tried to lose this game, Mavs tried a bit harder

Bulls/Raptors matchup is locked in so we already know how that's going to go. Time for a long offseason

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

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[clonetrooper264]

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They were not good, but hey, at least they played!

Zach could've had more games if they didn't rest him early in the season too

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

They were not good, but hey, at least they played!

Zach could've had more games if they didn't rest him early in the season too

He played in 94% of the games.

Lonzo Ball is the difference between the 3rd seed and the 10th seed.

 

[knoxville7]

He played in 94% of the games.

Lonzo Ball is the difference between the 3rd seed and the 10th seed.

It’s certainly clear they miss having a PG that can distribute the ball where it needs to go, hit open 3’s, and play great defense

 

[SilenceS]

Did people just forget the Bulls are playing a play in game? lol

 

[wonky73]

Did people just forget the Bulls are playing a play in game? lol

Watching.

 

[knoxville7]

Did people just forget the Bulls are playing a play in game? lol

No, just most don’t care

 

[wonky73]

Going about as expected

 

[Axl Rose]

FVV shot 34% from 3 this year but of course he's Curry against us.

 

[knoxville7]

Zach Lavine showing a desire to keep playing at least. Keeping them in it in the 3rd quarter