Score callers sound off on Bulls' direction after recent trades
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What are the initial thoughts on the Bulls' recent trades?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
The great Kevin Harlan.
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You will hear Kevin Harlan with us today at 1 o'clock, so we'll get Taco Bell updates, E-Moss, and more right here on 104.3 The Score. This is Rahimi Harris and Grody, and we're going to go to the phones because the Bulls are making deals, but have you figured out a direction yet? 312-644-6767. We start with Anthony in Plainfield. Anthony, you're on Rahimi Harris and Grody.
Good morning, guys. Thanks for taking my call. So a couple things, and I should start with saying I have not been a fan of AK upper board management for years. What they have done has been brutal. They obviously waited too long to get things going here. With all of that said... these last two weeks or this last week or so, we've collected nine second-round picks, and we've gotten a few players, for a bunch of players that have no future on our roster. All I've heard is we didn't get first-rounders for Io, we didn't get first-rounders for Kobe. But if you look back at all of these drafts, and you're on draft night, and you're seeing these teams in the mid-late 20s, All they tend to do is trade out of those slots, and those second-round picks we're acquiring for guys like Ayo, those are going to be future first-round, late-20s picks if the Bulls decide they want to go that route.
So they have plenty of options now that they have all of the picks. I don't look at this as we didn't get a first-rounder for Ayo. As a matter of fact, I think we got maybe two late first-round picks for Ayo if the Bulls, again, decide to do it that way. Okay, I think you're putting a lot of blind faith in AK because he's not proven he can do anything, really. I would ask you this. Why not keep Io, sign him to a deal, and have him as a future asset while also helping your team? That's the issue I have with it. You had his bird rights. You could have kept him, and he was fine. I don't understand why you get rid of him in this manner. So, Marshall, I understand. Io is a really good player, and keeping him on your roster is keeping you in the middle of the pack, right?
Like, they are picking a lane to get bad.
Why are fans frustrated with the Bulls' management decisions?
And, like, again, going back to the whole thing with what you're talking about with AK, I agree with you. Do we trust him to make decisions? But also, if you keep Io and you re-sign him and you look to trade him in the future, do you really think he's going to trade him at the right time for the right capital then? So you don't trust him?
Well, here's part of my issue, Anthony, and I appreciate you calling, is that you're assuming the Bulls are going to flip guys like perhaps Colin Sexton or Anthony Simons, who are quality players. And they're the ones on expiring deals. Io's having a career year, but because of how he came up, like you mentioned the bird rights, he's going to be a more flexible contract. Now, Io's older than, quote, the timeline, end quote, if you look at 26. But as we've just mentioned, Anthony Simons, Colin Sexton is 26. Colin Sexton is that same age. So, you know, I don't necessarily know that... You think that they're going to get bad enough, but Colin Sexton, Anthony Simons, and Jaden Ivey can play. Like, Jaden Ivey's a shot creator.
I don't know that you're going to get as bad as you want to get keeping those guys here, unless you're talking about next year tanking. And I don't see that being the case in this.
There's no evidence that they're willing to tank, first of all. And we'll see by 2 o'clock today if they're more willing to tank.
We're going to hear from Arturas Karnaschovas at 3.30, and that's when I think we get a lot more answers.
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