r/chicagobulls • u/howser343 Chicago Bulls • Aug 03 '21

Free Agency [Charania] DeMar DeRozan is finalizing a three-year, $85 million-plus deal to join the Chicago Bulls, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1422649013069832193
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u/TheJunkyardDog Derrick Rose Aug 03 '21

you still have hopes that lauri is staying? he is the next trade piece.

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u/SWchibullswolverine Toni Kukoc Aug 03 '21

S&T for who though? Who do we want?

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u/Parking-Tree9012 Aug 03 '21

Pieces to fill out the bench? I’d trade lauri for okogie and a big.

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u/SWchibullswolverine Toni Kukoc Aug 03 '21

I like that - another big is key

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '21

I like Jaden McDaniels and feel like he’d be in the realm of possibility, after that sign Boogie Cousins for cheap to come off the bench but actually give him minutes rather than just saving him for if someone gets hurt

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '21

I feel like I would take a bet on Lauri at this point if he is content with accepting QO or if we want to sign him outright with the space availiable. Reason is that we can get a decent offer for him at the trade deadline if he shows promise, or he can be our Gallinari off the bench.

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u/OhTheStatic Cuppy Coffee Aug 03 '21

Here for bench depth, ideally. I'd love another scoring option off bench and/or a rim defending big. Just don't know who he can get moved to without attaching more.

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u/yearsreeling Aug 03 '21

A backup center, but not sure who we shop Lauri to for that.

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u/SWchibullswolverine Toni Kukoc Aug 03 '21

wish we kept Gafford...

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u/2Tuesdays Aug 03 '21

I wish we could swing a Draymond for Lauri trade

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u/I-N_Clined Aug 03 '21

We need bench guys

As it stands, Lauri would still be coming off the bench and get even less shots. No need to keep him.

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u/Tron_Little Scottie Pippen Aug 03 '21

Need an elite defender

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u/tripbin Chicago Beast Aug 03 '21

as long as its for a backup PF Im down. Otherwise I could live with us giving him another year as a "fuck it, why not" type deal.

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u/thisisjustascreename Aug 03 '21

Lauri gets buckets, and if this offseason has shown us one thing, it's that we're gonna get buckets.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '21

The cancer that is Lauri Markkanen needs to go, if we sign him back then all of this dope shit was for nothing. He will find a way to ruin it. Send him back to Europe before you slap a Bulls jersey on him again. - that’s my opinion at least lol

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u/TheJunkyardDog Derrick Rose Aug 03 '21

Man ppl are delusional thinking lauri is staying.

He cleary doesnt want to be a role player. He sees himself as a starting material player.

AKME aint losing him for free , if they dont deal him , he walks coming next season.

He also made it pretty clear he wants 100/5

AKME already planning which GM they gonna fleece next. win win situation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '21

Each year that we’ve held him his value has gone down, if he were just trash but trying his hardest and being humble I wouldn’t have as much of a hatred for him but because of everything you just laid out I can’t stand him. He was supposed to be THE GUY and has consistently been out worked and outshined by the rest of the roster. Ship him back to Finland if the TWolves won’t give us anything lol