J. Kyle Mann

All right, well, if some of these teams that we've been talking about prioritize picks, let's talk about a team that doesn't give a shit about any of them.

We're talking about the Chicago Bulls.

Well, they care about seconds.

They loaded up with nine second-round picks is what they came out after trading Kobe White, Ayo Desumu, and just like 30 other guys in separate deals where they may have taken someone back or they're dumping someone.

It was just a real flurry of activity.

I find myself, unfortunately, in the usual position where I almost want to see the ray of hope in the midst of all this shit right now.

No, I'm like, I'm somewhere in between.

I went up to the line and decided to walk back from it.

Jesus Christ.

If you look at how everything lays out now that the dust has settled, they basically have Jaden Ivey, Anthony Simons, and a bunch of other guys who may or may not be on the team, plus those nine seconds for White and DeSumo.

Now, I do think if we're thinking long term, I would rather Ivey and bring back Simons than White and DeSumo.

If we were, if it was a two for two, you had to have both, which it isn't, this is just like a false binary, but I actually like betting low on Ivy.

So it just wasn't ready for where the pistons are right now, which is to go on a finals run.

But if you give him time to work back from his injuries, all of a sudden you might have the downhill attack with force combo guard.

That is a higher level than what white and Desumo will get, which is a little bit more speed base, more flow base on and off ball sort of stuff.

And Simons, I think I can take it or leave it, but I do think he has shown that he can fill it up in this league.

And the Bulls like to play in a way that I think befits his general style.

And so I like Ivy Simons and stuff more than I like the other two guys.

The process to get there is insane.

Like, I don't know why they didn't show a lot of moves here, all this other and all this other stuff that's happening.