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Its tempting with two firsts and some expendable draft capital in Dunn/Valentine/Portis
I think the key to trading up this year for the Bulls comes down to how GarPax feel about the back-up plan.
Bamba/Portis Jr are high upside guys who fulfill a function and could fit a plan, to where if that is the direction they go, or Doncic for that matter...its franchise direction choice and its hard to fault what they end up doing here.
But how do they feel about the back-up plan? It might be doubtful but possible one of those two reaches us at 7, so if you really like Trae Young or Bridges...like if Paxon for instance really has had a crush on Bridges for a while, and bridges is the "back-up" worst case scenario at 7, then it makes for less incentive to move out of that spot. Stay there, get your guy all along (speculated to be Pax's guy), or on the chance Porter Jr slides just that much you get a great value instead of losing a Dunn who has a role and Valentine who has a role off the bench and is kinda a clutch shooter and good passer. Portis is only alright too, and they could certainly float Portis to remove the stink of last year.
I would offer teams the two firsts and Portis to move up to spots 3-5 for Porter Jr. If they don't accept be ok with Bridges or Bamba, maybe a crush on a PG if they have one.
Doncic at 3? Then you can throw in Dunn probably as you have made a franchise PG decision. And that mght be a smart move too, if the future of East matches up with Ben Simmons, having our own 6'8" PG might be interesting.
I think the key to trading up this year for the Bulls comes down to how GarPax feel about the back-up plan.
Bamba/Portis Jr are high upside guys who fulfill a function and could fit a plan, to where if that is the direction they go, or Doncic for that matter...its franchise direction choice and its hard to fault what they end up doing here.
But how do they feel about the back-up plan? It might be doubtful but possible one of those two reaches us at 7, so if you really like Trae Young or Bridges...like if Paxon for instance really has had a crush on Bridges for a while, and bridges is the "back-up" worst case scenario at 7, then it makes for less incentive to move out of that spot. Stay there, get your guy all along (speculated to be Pax's guy), or on the chance Porter Jr slides just that much you get a great value instead of losing a Dunn who has a role and Valentine who has a role off the bench and is kinda a clutch shooter and good passer. Portis is only alright too, and they could certainly float Portis to remove the stink of last year.
I would offer teams the two firsts and Portis to move up to spots 3-5 for Porter Jr. If they don't accept be ok with Bridges or Bamba, maybe a crush on a PG if they have one.
Doncic at 3? Then you can throw in Dunn probably as you have made a franchise PG decision. And that mght be a smart move too, if the future of East matches up with Ben Simmons, having our own 6'8" PG might be interesting.
