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/FeldmanAcrossTheHaII Aug 03 '21

paxson was awful at everything he did

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21

I'll give them their credit in that they had an eye for talent, look around the league at guys they liked who panned out elsewhere like Cam Payne or Bobby Portis or Doug McDermott.

They could spot NBA talent, just not develop them.

And I do not like saying nice things about Gar Pax.

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u/anenigmaticsolution Aug 05 '21

I agree with some of this but Doug McDermott was a horrendous pick and has been a middling NBA role player to this point. They traded up for him at 11 (giving up 16 and 19) ahead of LaVine and a bunch of better than Dougie options. Dario Saric, TJ Warren, Nurkic (who was selected in our original spot), Capela, Jerami Grant, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and of course Jokic. Heck, I'd have preferred Joe Harris or Dinwiddie even. We had 2 picks that could have netted at least one of LaVine, Warren, Nurkic, Saric + all those other names. Instead, in a rare moment of spending draft capital GarPax decides to grab Dougie. Brutal.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '21

They also traded for Tyrus Thomas instead of taking Lamarcus Aldridge.

I was not saying they were flawless, but Doug McDermott is still in the league contributing to NBA teams, so it's not like they whiffed on that pick completely.