I'll start by saying you guys are getting two really good people. Dunn and LaVine had two of the biggest hearts on the team. They played hurt. They never had any locker room issues. Most of all, their former teammates don't view this trade like a grand slam because top to bottom they're all gonna miss them two. You guys will grow to like them at least as people. I'll be rooting for them to succeed in Chicago because they're gonna wanna show out. Wade can serve as a good mentor to both of them.
Dunn is an NBA level defender now. Probably the third best one on the team. He's very advanced in that department. However, and this will hurt, I don't think he's cut out to play PG. He was so clueless and tentative on that end that it's as if he never played it before. He might wind up being a Marcus Smart or even a Tony Allen as a top notch defensive specialist. That's his value. Sadly he might be better off the ball because most nights he was outplayed by Tyus Jones. I wish him well though and I know he wanted to make it worse. This trade hurts Thibs because he was invested in Dunn and had he shown more with the opportunities he had, perhaps he stays, but Thibs couldn't defend the season Dunn had. He'll improve, but he'd need to win MIP just to get back to the level he was at a year ago.
As for Zach, I wish some players had the attitude he has. He wants greatness. He's an alpha personality. Maybe at most he misses two weeks of the regular season coming off the ACL. That's how determined he is. You guys will max him out and he'll run with it. He won't cheat you on the effort he brings. It's the talent part that's the issue. 3 years in, and the numbers showed the team was significantly better without him, and for the $$$ he wanted to command, it's tough to justify it (long story short, he'll get paid what Jimmy gets now). I don't know how the backcourt will look with Wade, but DO NOT use LaVine at PG. It's not fun, but every coach he has had keeps trying it. Hopefully Hoiberg realizes that it's not meant to be.
In a perfect world the team grows with all the youngins involved and intact, but when Jimmy Butler is out there, don't sleep. They slept once. Can't do it twice. It's like when a old lady offers you something. At some point you'd be rude NOT to accept.
Lucky, once in a lifetime type talent. Had his knees not turned 40 when he turned 21, he would be in rarified air.
I love Rose just as much as the next guy, but he's not a once in a lifetime talent. There were a couple of guys in this draft that played like him. The Bulls just wasn't able to em. When is the last time the Bulls got a top 5 pick?
They sold dude for 3.5 million just to resign niko
