Jalen Smith

And so that's why I think I would be supremely under...

Look, I'm not going to sit here and hold out hope that the Lakers are secretly targeting P.J. Washington or... you know, I certainly, I don't think Daniel Gafford is an actual target, even though earlier in the summer, even after we got Kessler, for some reason, his name was still flying around, but like, you know, a quality backup center and a decent enough for even like a Jalen Smith, who's not like a, you know, name brand and, you know, stuff like that, but like solid, certainly better than, you know, some of the options we have maybe more proven than the options we have in some ways.

Um, I would be pretty underwhelmed if we do nothing and we just get to camp and it's like, ah, they just decided there were no takers.

So they traded Dalton and a second, um, to go down to a minimum contract and that gets them under the luxury tax.

So I just want to nip that in the bud.

Who could this team trade for, man? Jalen Smith, all right? I like Jalen Smith from the Chicago Bulls.

I like a few players from the Chicago Bulls.

I think they could trade for Jalen Smith, but they could not and should not trade for Aaron Gordon, guys.

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Mm-hmm.

Uh, with, you got Powell, and Claxton, and Jones, and Jalen Smith, and Zach Collins even on the roster, Ozge Kahro.

Can you extract value from these guys, um, long-term so that the future looks a little bit better moving forward, you know? And I've begun to wonder, like, how much or how important it is for the t- for the Bulls to avoid the relegation zone.

Like-

Uh, Sticks.

Oh, Jalen Smith.

I can call him that.

Jalen Smith.

[laughs] I don't know why I went Julian Phillips there.

But, but yeah, like I get the dislike of the Zach Collins move.

Evan Mobley, 2020.

James Wiseman, Onyeka Okonkwo, Jalen Smith, 2019.

Jackson Hayes.

The value and the risk level that teams are willing to assess and actually reach on with big men in the top 10 is pretty low.

Chet Holmgren, the number two overall pick.

Joel Embiid, third overall pick.

And then, weirdly enough, Jalen Smith, who is 10th.

Big men who were in that top 50 and wrap them, who were not top 10 picks.

So I think what this team could really use is a stretch – Floor, big man.

Jalen Smith is the candidate that I think would be great.

Jalen Smith can stretch the floor.

He can rim run.

He can defend.

He would fit perfectly on this team alongside the list of players that they currently have.

I think Jalen Smith for Chicago, because Chicago shouldn't be a team that's in the playoffs.

They may be in the play-in.

But again, that availability is a problem and something that we should look at.

Hornets land Jalen Smith from Chicago.

Jalen Smith wouldn't be a bad idea, ladies and gentlemen.

Jalen Smith will be taken in this trade for the Charlotte Hornets, according to Fadeaway.

Chicago Bulls receive Grant Williams in a 2027 second-round pick from Memphis.

Both Turner and Gafford could provide immense value, but considering a chance to acquire them, the Hornets may benefit looking elsewhere on this front.

Chicago Bulls could be interested in Trey Parker.

The Bulls has undergone an intriguing retool over the summer, acquiring some promising assets such as Nick Claxton, of course, getting and drafting Caleb Wilson in his draft this year, and last season with Smith serving as a backup center behind Nikola Vucevic.