![]() ![]() ![]() So maybe they should have blown it up after all? Or perhaps just chilling was perfectly fine? (*shrugs*) So, like, maybe the Bulls should have been more aggressive in seeking upgrades? Except, well, they're still 10th in the East. Patrick Beverley is the best buyout pickup to date. The Patrick Williams and Coby White bandwagons are visibly more crowded. ![]() But Chicago has been on a tear since the All-Star break, going 8-4 with a top-eight offense and top-two defense.ĭeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine are playing surface-of-the-sun basketball. This should theoretically be a " Why didn't the Bulls blow it up?!" diatribe. The Regret: Doing absolutely, positively nothing at the deadline. Jaxson Hayes, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram and Josh Richardson Jonathan Bachman/NBAE via Getty Images We should have all expected more or better from these teams-because they needed it. These regrets are instead presented from an outsider's perspective. They will all maintain that they're comfortable with their direction or that everything at the trade deadline went exactly according to plan. There needed to be a clear path to better alternatives or an obvious mishandling of situations for each squad to appear here.Īnd finally, this list isn't meant to represent how every team feels. Every team is at the behest of the trade market and its available assets. To that end, these selections weren't taken lightly or chosen haphazardly. Mostly, though, this is a look at which teams should have strived to do more and aimed higher during the Association's transaction tumult. Sure, in some instances, it seems like franchises messed up-big time. But this exercise isn't meant to mock or mudsling. Regret is a powerful emotion, and assigning it to basketball organizations is certainly going to rub certain fanbases the wrong way. You know what they say about hindsight: It's great for determining which teams should want a mulligan on the 2023 NBA trade deadline. ![]() Damian Lillard, Cam Reddish and Matisse Thybulle Jesse D. ![]()
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