Tag: Trade deadline

NFL approves Steelers proposal to move trade deadline

The Steelers and the rest of the NFL will now have an extra week to make trades.

While everyone is talking about the new kickoff rule and hip-drop tackles, another huge rule was passed by the NFL and this one was proposed by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The league agreed to move the trade deadline out one extra week from the end of the Week 8 games to the Tuesday after the Week 9 games. That means in 2024, the trade deadline will be November 5.

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Chicago Bulls unsurprisingly listed among biggest 2024 trade deadline regrets

Is non-buyer’s remorse a thing?

To the surprise of no one outside of the Chicago Bulls‘ front office, the storied ball club has ignominiously found itself included in yet another article highlighting the biggest regrets of the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline. Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley has the Bulls on the list for “snoozing through the deadline (again)” after Chicago stood pat for the third consecutive deadline.

“This group tops out at mediocrity, and given how many veterans are in the rotation, it’s hard to even envision the ceiling raising any higher,” writes Buckley. “That’s why this front office’s unwavering commitment to this core is so baffling for external observers, who’ve long called upon the club to blow up the roster and start over.”

“Chicago had a .471 winning percentage at the time of the trade deadline,” notes the B/R analyst. “Its post-deadline win rate is .526, which is better but still nowhere in the neighborhood of championship contention.”

“Most franchises try avoiding the NBA’s middle class like the plague,” he writes. “The Bulls, on the other hand, are busy crafting workout plans for all the mileage they apparently intend to log on the treadmill of mediocrity.”

“This was Chicago’s (latest) chance to choose a direction, either by loading up for a playoff run or unloading win-now talent for win-later assets. Instead, the Bulls never turned and simply plowed into that fork in the road. Again.”

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Were we all wrong about the Chicago Bulls’ front office plan for the team?

It is still early in the process to tell, but so far, the Bulls’ front office seems to be making good decisions.

At the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline, the Chicago Bulls‘ front office elected to stand pat for the third trade deadline in a row. They quickly found themselves the subject of ridicule and ire from fans and league analysts both as a result.

Fast-forward most of a month later, and the Bulls are actually playing well and growing as a ball club. Were we all wrong about the Chicago Bulls’ front office plan for the storied franchise? Guards Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu are thriving with their new opportunities in front of them. Recently elevated two way player to regular roster wing Onuralp Bitim has been validating the move to make him a full member of the team.

It is still early in the process to tell, but so far, the Bulls’ front office seems to be making good decisions after all, at least based on the limited returns we have to judge them by.

The folks behind the “CHGO Bulls” podcast recently weighed in on this question on a recent episode. Check it out above!

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Broncos could have gotten more for Jerry Jeudy in 2023

Broncos turned down 3rd- and 5th-round picks for Jerry Jeudy last fall, per Adam Schefter. Now they’ve accepted 5th- and 6th-round picks.

Hindsight is always 20/20, right?

Last year, the Denver Broncos held firm at the NFL’s in-season trade deadline, opting not to trade wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, safety Justin Simmons or anyone else despite being 3-5 going into their bye week.

The Broncos ended up finishing the year with an 8-9 record and they missed the playoffs. A few months later, Jeudy has been traded for a pair of late-round picks and Simmons was cut in exchange for salary cap space (which was needed, but picks would have been helpful as well).

Denver probably could have gotten more for Jeudy had they traded him before the in-season deadline last fall, and even getting a late-round pick for Simmons would have been better than releasing him for nothing.

During an interview on 104.3 The Fan last November, ESPN’s Adam Schefter said, “I believe they [the Broncos] got offered a three and five” during trade talks for Jeudy. If that’s accurate, Denver turned down third- and fifth-round picks in 2023 only to later accept fifth- and sixth-round picks for the same player in 2024.

This is yet another poor result for general manager George Paton, who has fumbled numerous free agent signings and trades in recent seasons. One has to wonder just how long until the Broncos might cut Paton as well.

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Should the Chicago Bulls regret not turning Alex Caruso into a mountain of assets?

The Bulls are going nowhere this season. Wouldn’t it be nicer if it was going nowhere with more draft assets?

The Chicago Bulls probably wish they could do their 2024 NBA trade deadline over again. And their 2023 trade deadline. And their 2022 deadline. You get the picture. After injuries further decimated the Bulls’ roster with the season-ending injury to Patrick Williams, it is clear this season is going nowhere. Wouldn’t it be nicer if it was going nowhere with more draft assets for future moves?

That is the question posed in a recent article by Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley, who asked if the Bulls might regret not turning 3-and-D specialist guard Alex Caruso into a mountain of draft assets. “He isn’t someone who the stat sheet thinks would’ve delivered a pile of assets in a deal,” writes Buckley. “In this market, though, he loomed as a top target for seemingly every win-now shopper.”

“His glue-guy game made him a fit with anyone, while his $9.5 million salary, per Spotrac, felt like a fit for any budget.”

“The Bulls could have charged a premium in a Caruso deal and teams still would’ve paid it,” writes the B/R analyst. “Multiple first-round picks were not out of the question.”

“Given Chicago’s low-hanging ceiling, it should have let Caruso, who’s closing in on his 30th birthday, go and received the kind of assets needed to build up this roster to a point where it can actually compete for something of substance.”

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Should the Chicago Bulls regret not moving Andre Drummond for draft assets?

“The Bulls don’t need him as much as they could’ve used those picks,” writes one NBA analyst.

Should the Chicago Bulls regret not moving Andre Drummond for draft assets? The Bulls’ front office had an opportunity to flip the UConn alum for as many as three second round draft picks ahead of the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline. But instead, they elected to stand pat for the third season in a row, banking on internal development and continuity just days before injuries would derail those plans.

Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley points out that it is not “very often that teams can turn a 30-year-old reserve center on an expiring contract with severe limitations in his game into actual assets,” which Chicago passed on.

Despite thinking they had a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers done, the Bulls pulled out, leaving the team where they are at present. “Is Chicago so focused on reaching the play-in tournament that it can’t even stomach the idea of subtracting someone averaging fewer than 17 minutes per night?” asks Buckley. “Apparently so.”

“Drummond is good at what he does (rebounding and staying active on the interior), but he is very limited and offers almost zero value away from the basket,” he adds.

“At this point of his career, he’s an adequate reserve and nothing more. The Bulls don’t need him as much as they could’ve used those picks.”

And with the season now looking like a lost one, double so.

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Should the Chicago Bulls regret not trading away Andre Drummond at the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline?

It will be especially rough for Chicago’s execs if the UConn alum ends up leaving for nothing in free agency this summer.

Should the Chicago Bulls regret not trading away Andre Drummond at the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline? By now, it is clear that most of the team’s fans are thinking they should have, especially in light of recent injury news further dampening any possibility of a postseason for Chicago.

And if you ask Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley, the Bulls should indeed feel regret for having passed on the draft assets Big Penguin could have garnered for Chicago. “The Chicago Bulls’ decision to stand pat for a third consecutive season arguably came as close to being shocking as anything else,” writes the B/R analyst. “Chicago has always seemed far less interested in overhauling this roster than everyone else thinks it should be.”

“As the Bulls stumble through whatever remains of their season—probably a play-in tournament appearance, almost certainly not any postseason success—they’ll come to regret their latest dormant deadline for a number of reasons,” he adds.

With word that the front office turned down three second round picks for Drummond’s services out there, it will be especially rough for Chicago’s execs if the UConn alum ends up leaving for nothing in free agency this summer.

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Stein: Golden State Warriors seriously pursued Alex Caruso at the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline

It turns out that it was not just Andre Drummond of Chicago Bulls players being furiously pursued by other ball clubs at the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline.

It turns out that it was not just Andre Drummond of Chicago Bulls players being furiously pursued by other ball clubs at the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline. According to The Stein Line’s Marc Stein, the Golden State Warriors were in serious talks to acquire the contract of 3-and-D Bulls guard Alex Caruso ahead of the Feb. 8 cutoff for trades in the league’s 2024-24 season.

“The Warriors’ exploration of a potential trade for LeBron James got last week’s headlines, but the more significant development, truthfully, was Golden State’s attempts to pry Alex Caruso away from Chicago,” writes Stein. “The Bulls … wound up giving real consideration to trading Caruso on Deadline Day after insisting for weeks that they wouldn’t.”

“But Chicago’s talks with Golden State ultimately collapsed and then the Bulls, league sources say, informed Philadelphia that they were keeping Andre Drummond, too, with the Sixers pressing to acquire the former All-Star center,” he adds.

Stein notes that one source related that Chicago was “only willing to trade Drummond if they could arrange the acquisition of another center to replace him.”

“When no such trade materialized, Chicago opted to keep Drummond in hopes that his rebounding (8.6 boards in 16.7 minutes per game) will help the 26-29 Bulls secure a Play-In Tournament berth in the East at the very least.”

Sounds competitive, if you ask us. How depressing.

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Has the Chicago Bulls’ front office masked their complacency behind competitive team play?

The Chicago Bulls have been something of a roller coaster so far this season,.

The Chicago Bulls have been something of a roller coaster so far this season, with periods of good play interrupted by multiple disasters and long stretches of mediocre play. The biggest storyline of the season, however, has been the injuries to star guard Zach LaVine and how it has opened up time for backup guards Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu.

That bit of a silver lining, however, may have given some cover to the Bulls’ front office, who have been able to use that unexpected bench success to distract from their lack of moves at the 2024 NBA trade deadline. Has the Bulls’ front office masked their complacency behind competitive team play?

The host of the “Chicago Bulls Central” podcast Haize weighed in on this potentially unfolding dynamic on a recent episode, and what it could mean for Chicago’s future in the 2024 NBA offseason.

Check it out above to hear it in full!

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Philadelphia 76ers thought they had a deal for Andre Drummond pre-2024 NBA trade deadline

“The Bulls wanted three second-round picks for Drummond,” relates HoopsHype.

To add insult to injury for many fans of the Chicago Bulls displeased with the lack of moves made by the Bulls’ front office, word is that Chicago was in advanced talks with the Philadelphia 76ers to trade for veteran Bulls big man Andre Drummond ahead of the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline.

Per recent reporting from HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, “Philadelphia executive Daryl Morey thought he had fortified the center position at the trade deadline” with a trade for the UConn alum. “The 76ers believed they had a trade done to acquire Bulls center Andre Drummond before Chicago pulled out of talks hours before the deadline,” adds Scotto.

“The Bulls wanted three second-round picks for Drummond,” relates the HoopsHype reporter.

“For context, the Nets acquired three second-round picks in the three-team Royce O’Neale trade,” notes Scotto. The Sixers were competing with the likes of the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks before both made other moves.

The Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, and Houston Rockets also had interest per the HoopsHype reporter.

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