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If Chicago were to blow it up, where would the best landing spots be for DeRozan, LaVine and Vucevic? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by CarBallAlex@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Not that Chicago would trade all these players, just hypothetically what would be the best landing spots for each of these players based on fit?

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[–] tomhalejr@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Vuc is the most "interchangeable", due to the contract and position. Any team looking to just move/swap a big, that has a player of that type/contract, can return a place-holder. MEM with Big Kiwi out for the year as an example. CHI wouldn't have a starting big, but if they blow it up and tank to keep the FRP, you're not worried about the rest of this season.

DeMar, a "win now" team, that has no options to sign/re-sign players outside of Bird rights. Any of those top tier tax/double tax teams are going to be in that situation moving forward. GSW and LAC in particular might "have to" do some things before the TD to get ahead of the new CBA rules that kick in next year.

Zach, a younger team that needs shooting/scoring, and has plenty of room for the contract. Not saying there's interest with any of these teams, but Zach might fit into a DET/ORL timeline... Still able to stay under the tax for years until youngun's contracts come up, and by then Zach will be expiring or just about, if it doesn't work out.