Justin Verrier

Now I'm not so sure because they really have tested the gods here.

Rob, is it still like the Pacers deserve the number one pick more than any other team?

Or what do you think?

Well, the other team on the other end of the spectrum, which we talked about before about teams who might be fucked by the flattening of odds, which seems to be in the offing here.

The Bulls might be the biggest loser of any changes coming down the pike here because they've seemingly missed the window to outright tank.

They're just bad enough to be like the eighth worst team in the NBA.

Yeah.

Obviously haven't been a draw in free agency.

The trades have been perplexing, to say it best.

But man, I just don't... The Bulls, it seems like their situation, Rob, got worse with all these new things kind of in the ether.

I didn't think it was possible, but I feel worse about them even since the deadline.

Just doesn't... Like, where's the feeder system in order to flip this around?

I guess to play devil's advocate on myself, I do feel like Bezelis, Giddy, and something else is at least the foundation of a competent team.

Like, that seems more intriguing than I thought I would feel about them going forward.

The fact that they haven't gotten anything out of Asenge this year because he was injured, like, definitely is a little bit more mixed.

But...

But zealous, I think we would all agree is probably the nicest thing we could say about them because he's taken a step forward, especially late in the season as like a real deal guy.

I don't know what his ceiling is ultimately, but him and Giddy is also quietly playing even like marginally better than he did last year.

Yeah.

Nobody wants to give him the credit, but I will.