What do you propose they do then in the off season? Vuc is a FA. Do they re-sign him or do they trade him now? Same goes for DeMar. Keep him for another year or maximize his trade value now?
I probably do agree with you that AK doesn’t do anything right now, but I think that’s a mistake. Most GMs don’t accept defeat when it comes to their own decision making. Most GMs will try to make it work with “their guys” even if it is highly unlikely. If another GM were hired in place of AKME (not saying that’ll happen), they would in all likelihood make some major changes. It’s always easier to make bold and aggressive moves with another regimes players….but it’s usually the right move to do so.
To your last point first, just look at what AKME did with the previous regime's players. Of course now we can laugh at them for being fools in hindsight as Lauri tears it up in Utah while the Bulls look like they're priming the Magic for several shots at the tank for Wemby sweepstakes, but that's too harsh a take imo. AKME went bold when they took over and it didn't pan out.
Franky, I agree with you in that waiting til the offseason is too late, but that's just how I feel it will end up.
Vuc I think you might still be able to S&T somewhere for an equivalently meh return. He's not as worthless as Bulls fans think him to be, but we're not getting anything near what we gave up for him.
Similarly Demar is going to fetch you something half decent. The tricky thing will be finding a team that feels like he can give them some extra oomph to get over the hump and contend for real that also has a draft pick that we could use right away. Like Dallas or something (idk if they actually have a pick and Demar is probably actually a terrible fit there).
You're probably stuck with Zach like it or not. I don't think it's franchise crippling, and given this is a rebuild effort anyway, Zach just gets to again be the best player on a bad team. Perhaps down the line he can get moved too, but I don't see him going anywhere for a few years.
You can move Caruso anywhere you'd like, but just not sure what sort of return you'd get for him. May you take a flyer on some young guy not getting any PT that you feel could do something given minutes, kind of like we see with Bol Bol in Orlando now (wow Orlando suddenly looks like they have an amazing FO doesn't it). You could even try to move him for a bad contract and a pick as in this scenario you've offloaded Vuc and Demar elsewhere.
The rest of the guys are inconsequential returns really. Who knows what Coby gets you, he's been on the trade market for like 2.5 years. Their contracts are all small and interchangeable anyway.
I've ignored Lonzo, he's probably untradeable.