But hey, they gotta bring home the hometown hero AD

I’m sure others are already pointing this out, but Lou Canellis is a Chicago Bears TV reporter for the local Fox affiliate. He is not known for any inside scoops in the NBA.

Take this report with a pretty big grain of salt.

Having said that, yeah, this wouldn’t surprise me if it was true.

They prolly didn’t know ngl. It’s like how nobody knew Luka was on the table so execs were mad when he got traded to LA. Ppl think he got offered for Ant or Giannis straight up but there’s zero proof of it. Mavs offered a trade but didn’t say what they were offering. Same thing might’ve happened here

“Nah, we’re happy at 9-12.”

I meant to be fair, I dont think the Bulls are gonna win anything with Giannis; theyll be marginally better than the Bucks are now. So they’d be giving up their young core and draft picks for no reward.

That was me in costume and you’ll never do better.

Unfortunately I told her I already have a super hot girlfriend so I had to decline. You wouldn’t know her though, she goes to a different school

Margot Robbie reached out to me too, I said yes… then woke up

I prefer my young core (my hand).

https://imgur.com/a/MvsqWp4

Her boyfriend supposedly cheated on her so….

She contacted me too, but I didn’t want to upset my girlfriend who lives in Canada 

Okay but why is Giannis interested in the Bulls at all? Seriously, they are one of the worst run organizations in professional sports and they would have 0 chance of competing if this trade were to be made.

Should we doubt that this is true? Seems like the kind of PR move to send a signal

Nah they’re right. The asking price for Giannis is too high. Why would we explode our ‘core’ which can theoretically be built around over the course of a few years over gutting said core AND throwing picks so we have an older Giannis, with no real players/depth, and no picks to really maneuver for the future?

He’s not the Pascal they were looking for.

People are shitting on this but even if you believe this report I cannot see a world where the Bulls give up the king’s ransom a trade would take and still end up in a better position than the Giannis Bucks are right now.

He’s 31 and he’d be in the same spot there as he is in Milwaukee. He’s way more valuable than anyone they can give up but I don’t think it’s that unreasonable because in 2 years he could be demanding another trade and they have to rebuild all over again.

The real morons are the comments here believing this bs

Why? How does this trade even make sense for them?

Just pulling up the trade machine to see how matching salaries could even potentially work. I mean, for Giannis, who is even untouchable here? Pick 2 starters and 1 guy from the bench and I feel like Chicago wins this trade regardless of who the three guys are, no? I don’t follow the Bulls so I’m actually curious about your opinion here.

From a Wolves perspective for example, like obviously we aren’t trading Ant. Other than that I can guarantee Tim Connelly will trade whoever it takes to bring Giannis to Minnesota. Make the salaries match and call it good (we don’t have any picks to attach anyway, even if we wanted to). I wouldn’t love losing Julius Randle and either Jaden McDaniels or Naz Reid, but it’s mfing Giannis!

I’ve been following the Bulls for 10+ years and have literally never heard of this guy before until today

It’s sad given the state of the franchise that I would not be shocked if this was true but I’m not believing it on it’s face

It’s the Chicago Bulls, anything is possible

Because it’s the Bulls

Yeah I don’t buy it for a second lol.

This reads like a Cental post. 

He’s a well known radio host around Chicago. No idea about the credibility of the claim, but the fact that “*Giannis and his reps*” reached out to the Bulls for a deal, and not the Bucks front office, seems a little fishy to me.

Apparently he owns a Greek restaurant in Chicago that’s partnered with Giannis, in addition to being a longtime Chicago sports reporter.

I think he’s probably credible, but also that this is overblown. Like, Giannis had the Bulls on his list, Bucks asked the Bulls for the moon, Bulls say nope, and that’s that. The report is technically true, but also not a big deal at all (unless you’re someone who insists Giannis will never leave Milwaukee)

This. Idk why the bulls are getting flack for this lol

How do you see this core working out for the Bulls?

maybe no one actually pays attention to rebuilding teams

This deal would be completely suicidal It’s much better to let whatever is developing develop and go from there.

1. Bulls stay uncompetitive in the outcome they get giannis and now just stalled another inevitable rebuild

2. The players you sacrifice for him will probably be worth more then they currently are pretty soon

Still selling out that arena off MJ nostalgia alone lol 

Reinsdorf gonna ride that till he croaks, he doesn’t need any more titles 

You really think Giannis said “I want to go to a team just an hour south with a worse future and no assets to trade?” This reporting is unbelievable

Pat Williams is gonna make the leap any day now

Nah bulls just want to be aggressively average and sell tickets

That’s the problem, they won’t, because Reinsdorf is a jackass

and all their picks.

so the bulls are left with a team that probably resembles the current bucks from a talent standpoint, and no picks.

if this is true, honestly don’t blame them

Oh no not buzelis and giddey…someone stop the steal…

I would drive Giddey and Buzelis to Milwaukee for fucking GIANNIS

trading those two for Giannis would be the best day of my life

Believing the Bulls even have an ability to engage is dumb. I don’t believe this reporting