Elias Schuster

And, you know, the All-Star break, I'm enjoying it.

How could I not be?

I think we all needed a break after what was a chaotic trade deadline and what has been another underwhelming season in a lot of ways.

So I welcomed this All-Star break with open arms.

Yeah, I think it's well, what's interesting, right, is that the NBA just decided to throw out that $500,000 warning to the Utah Jazz about how to handle things moving forward here.

So I think that there's, you know, I think the Bulls themselves, right, they've shown over these past few years.

Even though this trade deadline may suggest they're willing to take a big step back, this doesn't necessarily seem like the organization that will go as aggressively in the tanking direction as an organization like Utah.

So do I expect guys like a Josh Giddey, even Trey Jones, Jalen Smith, do I expect these guys to play?

We still don't know, but if they want to evaluate these young guys, they have to see how they fit.

with some of these other pieces that could be around.

I mean, Jalen Smith's under contract next year, so seeing how he might fit with some of these guys is important.

So I expect him to be on the floor.

Does that mean I expect him to win many games?

That's a different question.

Yeah, I definitely understand that point.

I think especially in this draft, you want to be up there.

A lot of people have kind of already made the comment, if you were going to decide to go this tanking route, which is a phrase they'll never throw out there, but go this rebuilding route, this should have been done before.

That's the biggest problem is,

is once again, whether it be waiting too long to trade players, they've just waited too long to maybe start this new era.

So that's going to be something to watch moving forward is whether or not, I think where they go from here and what direction they set is going to be important for this off season.