 What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real my god if it's been a minute I have just landed here in Chicago a couple hours ago got a nap and I'm ready to talk about basketball I was in LA a lot of stuff happened in the NBA and though I'm not talking about it all in today's video Expect something tomorrow than a day after because I got a lot to catch up on all right today I want to talk about my favorite team The Chicago Bulls The most active team during the trade that line and pull off a trade to first round pigs window Carter Auto port of junior for Nicola Vulcevic Bulls fans we own cloud nine We got another all-star for Zach Levine playoff push playoff push and since that moment It ain't been great. Um, we have been bad I think seven and or the three and seven in the last ten and not even just losing games We have lost some abysmal abysmal games teams that we should not have lost to the other day I'm sitting in my hotel room. I should be working. I should be doing research for this next interview And instead I'm like the Bulls play gets the magic my boy window Carter can you know not revenge game? But I like to see window Carter be successful He goes against my Bulls, but I'm still in the back of my mind like this is your lendo magic, right? We don't really we don't really have to worry about them beating us, right? wrong I'm not only they beat us They basically destroyed us and made us look like a inferior team and at the end of the day We are on paper. We have a competent roster on paper. We have two all-stars We have a team that should be better than the tenth seed and not even just the tip like in a couple days We're gonna be the 11th seed and potentially the 12th seed We're better on paper But if you watch the Bulls, you know that this team is very very far from being a good team Very very far from being a competent team very very far from being a competitive team Bro, this team has little to no heart and it sucks to say because I have a Relationship with the Bulls I have a relationship with the players that are on the Bulls But as a collective I'm not called not a singular player as a collective when you see them lose to the Orlando Magic You can't help but to watch them be like bro Where's the energy? Where's the heart? Where's the aggressiveness? They lack that heavily Heavily so today's episode we want to talk about whether or not that trade to first round picks To first round picks what else window Carter and out of Porta, Jr. Was it worth it? Was it worth it is there regret in this trade because I've been getting that a lot of my mentions because as being a guy that is Very vocal about his Bulls fandom. I'd be catching strays when people talking trash about the Bulls I don't work for them. Yeah, I'm not on the roster. I can't make them better I'm just actively rooting for them as I should as a fan. So I be catching strays in the mentions like man Kenny y'all are bad and I'm like y'all When did I anyway? I Still do believe That the trade for Nicola Vusevich is a good trade And I said it in real time a lot of people on Twitter like the Orlando Magic got fleece got fleece And if you go back and watch that video of my trade and I'm telling y'all like no they did not They got very good value for a 30-year-old aging center They got very good value But also on the other side the Bulls got good value to with getting another all-circuitable player Those yes, this is a trade that this should have propelled us into the playoffs. It has it and most likely it won't I'm looking at 538 right here We have a 6% chance of making the playoffs if I'm not mistaken right after the trade that line Nick Vusevich gets traded to the team. We're like a 20% chance So I'm in his drop significantly as we continue to pack on these L's But I've tried to tell people this this was not a when now make the playoffs or bust Move at least in my opinion act a K He is making the foundation for what he believes can be a good Cobbett and roster for I guess to now in the future I guess he failed on an out part, but also the future there was very there was a lot of rumors going around about acting them being very Active outside of I think they made three total trades They wanted to make more because they knew that we aren't good You have to remember this is a front office that took over a team over from a guy or a group of guys that fans had Literal shirts that we were going to games with said fire Garpax Thinking about the recent draft history of Gar form and a John Paxton hasn't been good. We had Kobe white last year I'm still believe that Kobe wise gonna be a competent NBA player in this league We have window Carter who I get another guy that I believe is gonna be a competent NBA player We had Laurie marketing who for everything that I've seen everything I've read He won't be on the roster next season. You know I'm saying some people ask it Kenny Why don't the Bulls won't Larry marketing if you watch him play? You know that he is super one-dimensional if he is not making jump shots He is not impacting the game and in an effective way that benefits to Chicago He's impacted a game for the other team. So we got all of these trade They they they promised channel of Hudson to be drafted in the first round. They ended up trading him away So basically we have invested these picks for players that we don't even They don't even hold value to us for the now or the future. I'm waiting for the day I'm waiting for the day. We'll low put together that video This is how the Bulls wasted ten years of draft picks because I know it's coming because that's kind of what we have done We traded away one of our first round picks from the recent That's the window Carter when Laurie marketing is gonna hit restrict the free agency And we're probably not gonna match anything a couple white is still young But I think I think a lot of fans are off on Kobe white And I understand why because these last couple weeks have been dreadful for him individually But I honestly do believe he is playing out of position He is not a point guard at all and now with Zach Levine being down I ain't even referenced that Zach Levine is out for about two weeks now Kobe white should have an opportunity to showcase that he plays the off guard not the on guard You know I'm saying he's not a guy that I want bringing the ball up the court So the acting them took over this team that was well We were down bad and you know we still are down bad But he has had one one trade that line to make things work And if you look at on paper and a lot of the trades that he did make sense for for the future, right? Vucovic he's a 30 year old center But it's not that in Vucovic's game that showcased that when he's 31 32 he'd be less effective You know what I'm saying? It's not like he's super agile center that's dunking on people He is a skill center and those guys usually tend to last longer and he doesn't have any any any injury history either like big Injury history, which is a W. We bring in 21 year old Troy Brown, Jr He's been one of the bright spots of the whole trade down line for us That's a W of a trade you're bringing Daniel tights now That's one that you like about when you think about what we gave up We gave up Mo Wagner to get Daniel tights to be a potential guy to help us on this playoff Puss and that playoff was it's probably not gonna happen So I still believe that the deals the AK and Mark put together a trade that line are gonna be beneficial down the line It's just right now. It hurts to be a Bulls fan because you have players three I want to say four because because I do I think that Thaddeus Young's been really impactful players four through 15 Going out there and not playing with any heart not playing with any care whatsoever And eventually those players won't be on this roster. We know that we have boots locked up for a couple years We planted on brief sign in Zach Levin at least that's everything that I've I've seen and I've read Thaddeus Young's a little bit iffy because he has been so good this season I could definitely see a other team trying to take him away from us But we have some core pieces that that can be beneficial for us and what people fail to both To remember is the Bulls trade at that pick away of this year's draft, but it is top four protective You know I'm saying and as of right now if I'm looking at the NBA standings You if the way that the draft lottery works now if you're going to jump up you're jumping up to a top four spot So I'm looking at this now. We have the Raptors the Wizards the Cavaliers the Orlando Magic and the Pistons That is five teams beneath us out East and if we're going by one percentage out West We're going by one percentage out West. It's three teams underneath that now Again, I'm saying that the Bulls are probably gonna fall out of the 10 spots So let's say we finish if we even finish 12th, there's still five to six teams beneath us So if we're giving up this pick, it's gonna be like in the seventh eighth overall pick We're still a chance for us to get the lottery odds on our side Listen the the the perfect world The perfect world and this is not gonna happen But the perfect world for Bulls fan if we do happen to fall out of that push because I am not of the opinion of our guys Let's go tank to keep our pick I still want to try to win games because some of these players will be there this season or next season So like there's value to at least trying to be competent. You know what I'm saying? So let's say we missed the playoffs jumping up in that lottery where we keep our pick And we get one of the top four picks to put in Lonesome quit playing with us, bro We're playing with us and one guy That hasn't got a lot of criticism amongst Bulls fans is Billy Donovan and I understand the reason why Becomes a tool team that's not built for his style And I mean you gotta think about our front office and have had to have these conversations like yeah These first years or so may not be the greatest because we don't have the personnel to fit you directly But outside of that when you're looking at the personnel that we do have Some of the decisions that that Billy Donovan has made over the last couple games have been kind of mind-boggling for a guy That's watching every single game. Some of the rotations are very very weird Some of the times that he decides to call timeouts feels weird Oh, the team is on a 1201 now I'll call a timeout instead of when they were on a 701 or 801 some of these things that as an outsider as a Fan of the game. I'm like, bro. We could be better than this And I can't help but to watch his post game interviews because there's I watch Bulls post game interviews my team and to hear his answers to questions. It's like Bro, we could be way better than this. You know I'm saying I think he's he said all the politically right things in these post game interviews But sometimes I want him to just be like, bro. We asked right now. You know I'm saying it ain't been great for us I still look at these trades and I'm like, bro The Bulls can be in a good spot in a few years and maybe that's blind optimism because it is my team But I do believe things could be in the right direction even if we do miss the playoffs The next week or two is One of the biggest of our our whole season Unfortunately, Zach Lavey won't be there for it But we walk us the calves twice in this next week We have very winnable games and calves are one of those teams that's on our butt the calves Oh, I'm sorry the calves are about three and a half games But we have two teams on our butt and that is the watch the wisdom Toronto Raptors and those Toronto Raptors have been up and down the season We know person now wise They're the better of these three teams and I think they're I think they have an easy record But the easiest record in the league as far as teams they're on the outside looking in trying to make that push is the Washington Wizards, bro The Wizards might sneak in will Bradley be a Russell Westbrook and and some of the guys at the Bulls trade in the way It would be very funny for us to try to buy it now in the wind And then the team that kind of sold a little bit or re retooled on the fly ended up getting that playoff spot So I don't know it's a lot of rambling. 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