The Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls are in a bit of an awkward place. They are not quite bad enough to outright tank, given that they have all-star caliber players like DeRozan, Lavine, and Siakam (as well as Vucevic to some extent, but it seems he is declining). They also have a good amount of talent and young players such as Gary Trent Jr, Scottie Barnes, Coby White, OG Anunoby, Poetl, and Caruso.
Overall, both of these teams have multiple players that championship teams would want on their roster. These teams also seem to be a bit stuck, and have been fairly mediocre in the last few seasons, either being a low playoff team or play-in team.
These teams are not going to win a championship, but are not playing badly enough to a point where they could land some potential franchise cornerstone (i.e. a Chet or a Wemby via top 3 pick). It's time to blow it up.
Now, assuming these teams blow it up at some point in the season, which teams do you think would likely be the buyers? For instance, I could see the Warriors, 76ers, and Lakers making a run at Lavine Siakam, or DeRozan to form some kind of big 3 to combat the Suns, Bucks, and Celtics.
It’s hard to find teams that need a guy like siakam, he’s really good but the league is saturated with two-way wings who can’t shoot threes that well. He’s gonna be expensive, so it rules out a lot of these good teams that aren’t breaking apart their cores.
the team that I keep coming back to is detroit, they want to compete, don’t have much depth at the 4, and need somebody who can drive the rim a ton and score efficiently.
Could make something work with young guys or a three team deal.
For the raptors I don’t think they’ll move Anunoby, judging by what our offence looks like. Siakam is hardly involved and it’s strange. I don’t think “blowing it up” will go much further than that.
Siakam is the one player I'd be cool with the Thunder trading for.
Im not the one watching most raptors games but to me Siakam seems like a great supporting piece. He's not a great shooter but I'm sure he will make more of them once he has anybody getting him open shots. Just overall his offense will look much better around more skilled guys.