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Prediction: 10 germans, 6 Superman punch, 4 spear and 3 F5s. 1,2,3 after the 4th spear.

1-14 protection, but that’s possibly the deepest draft in NBA history so it’s still valuable pick. Great trade by both sides.

35 PAs over or under for Madrigals first pro ball strikeout? He’s at 22 right now.

Lauri/Lavine/Carter/Hutch amounts to about $32.5 mil. Cap hold for a FPR (6-10) is about $5 mil. These are all but guaranteed to be on the books. Then you have FAs like Portis, Valentine, and Dunn, the $3 mil owed to Asik if you decline his option, and the $3.5 mil for roster space hold. Let's say if you got Felicio off the books completely, renounce Portis and Valentine, you still have about $50 mil on books and on cap hold. That leaves us about $58 mil cap space. Max deals are either $32.4 mil or $37.8 mil (KD only), so we could still get 2 max players if we convince them to take a slight discount, or sign them for full value if we trade away Dunn.

I think the biggest difference is Hutch has potential to be a good defender.

2 max requires about $71m cap space. They could meet it if they renounce Valentine, Payne, Grant, and stretch provision Felicio. Now they’re at around $50m, which is well short. You can use the capulator below to run the numbers for different scenarios. http://www.shamsports.com/capulator

I want to believe that they truly believe in Lavine and that the rest of the league is sleeping on him, but I highly doubt it. The fact that no one else other than Vlade Divac of the world offered him a contract says something. Also reports from earlier were internally they are mixed on him and didn’t want to pay what he was asking for until someone gave him an offer sheet. I don’t think you would do that if you think that player will be a star.

There are already a lot of rumors Jimmy and Kyrie wants to play together so the seed is already planted. Staying in the East would be ge smart thing to do for them, and Boston may be the only contender the Bulls have in the East. I’m not going to go into a lengthy debate on why the Bulls is preferred over the Celtics or vice versa, but we should be in the running. Now we’re out of the running unless a miracle happens. The bigger issue you mentioned is by signing Lavine, the Bulls have acknowleged they had trouble landing stars in the past and are willing to settle for paying big bucks to 2nd and 3 tier players. Rather than correcting the issue which is the culture and the image of this franchise we are choosing to not even cross that road. It is an incredibly irresponsible thing to do because in the NBA the teams with the most stars are the only that will go deep in playoffs.

No you said "risking", meaning we had to the chance to make playoffs before rebuild. Rebuild or not, this team had a slim chance of making playoffs let alone go far in it. Re: personnel, if you haven't notice the type of moves and draft picks we're making pre-rebuild vs. post rebuild has changed (clearly RH has more control now), then you haven't been paying close attention.

The issue isn't Lavine himself. Lavine might turn out to be a 23-5-4 player (with bad defense, bad team basketball, and lots of bad shot attempts), it is that we effective taken ourselves out of signing 2 max deals next summer (class of Jimmy, Kyrie, Leoard, KD, Klay, so on), and AD sweepstake in 2020 (hard to imagine AD coming here without a true perimeter star player). I know we haven't had luck in landing max level players in the past, but given up prematurely and throwing $20m at Lavine is just a lazy move.

Fixed.

It's a combination of people expected to see results immediately and people like Greg who would rather watch 80 win teams year in and year out hoping to sneak into the playoffs than watch rebuilding teams that has a chance to grow into a perennial contending team.

They weren't making the playoffs before the rebuild?

JR isn't a bad owner, I admire his commitment to win for both of his franchises. But his loyalty to his employees is a double edged sword and it's incredibly frustrating in the current landscape of the Bulls. Guys like Robin Ventura and Gar, Pax clearly aren't the right person for the job and would have been let go a long time ago by other franchises.

Is there a more frustrating owner in sports in JR? All of his employee has lifetime job security so why make the risky moves? Just remain at status quo so we can make a 1st round PO appearance in a couple years.

Do you want to be the Astros, or the Blue Jays. Do you want to be the Cubs, or the Mets.

I didn't check the math, but it was mentioned earlier that max we can offer Bush is $450k. Since him and Martin were only $170k vs pool, the max we can offer right now should be $280k.

I just saw that on PG as well. Del Castillo is ranked 136th in the the 2018 HS class, seems like a projectable catcher from the report. While there is not scouting report on Montgomery, he is ranked 81st in the nation. For comparison sake, fellow HS lefty Drew Rom who is ranked 84th went 4th round to the Orioles and signed for $650k. Looks like it will be a long shot for these two.

Insane! I'll admit I know nothing about the other two, but surely would be fun to hope we can sign another one.

That worked out incredibly well for the Sox. Not sure how much Martin is above slot, or if he is. If he isn't, we could possibly throw another $290k to Del Castillo or Montgomery to see if they bite.

If you are Cousins, this is the perfect plan. This is basically a throw away year, no one is giving him the max deal until proven fully healthy. So why not take your time to recover, come back 2 months before playoffs and get that ring with Warriors and move on.

Harvin Mendoza is the Gavin Sheets of rookie ball. Still only 19 years old despite being 3rd year in pro ball. If he continues to get the XBH, he will be an interesting name to follow.

OTOH, if the kid really believes in his ability, he shouldn't be worry about being blocked by the likes of Laz Rivera, Yeyson Yrizarri, or Mendick in the minors. Madrigal is our only real infield prospect. If we're talking about the majors, who knows if Anderson will still be on the roster 5 years from now or that Jr himself still plays SS.

Looks like Sox signed Braves 2016 3rd rounder (80th pick overall) Drew Harrington. Doesn't look too impressive as a starter prospect, but if he fails as a starter with the Sox, I think he's still worth following as a lefty reliever guy. https://www.talkingchop.com/2016/6/10/11904246/2016-mlb-draft-braves-select-drew-harrington-with-80th-overall-pick

So for the 2nd year in a row the Sox has offered the most signing bonus to college guys drafted after the 1st round, guys who aren't universally viewed as first rounders. It isn't just slightly overslot, they're over by a huge amount. In Sheet's case, that could be late 2nd/ early 3rd money to a HS kid.