Bulls Sign Yuki Kawamura To Two-Way Deal | Warriors Want Ayo For Kuminga?

Bulls Sign Yuki Kawamura To Two-Way Deal | Warriors Want Ayo For Kuminga?

The Bulls finally do something smart and sign Yuki Kura to a two-way contract. But is it the right move? Me and Pat are going to discuss that. Plus, the Golden State Warriors apparently still are hoping for a signing trade with the Bulls with IO being the target for Jonathan Kaminga. We’ll discuss our thoughts on all that and more on today’s Locked on Bulls. You are Locked on Bulls, your daily Chicago Bulls podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Thank you for tuning in to Locked on Bulls, member of the Locked on Podcast Network, where it’s your team every single day. That’s Pat, the designer, host and creator of the Windy City Breeze and host of the Chicago Bears podcast over at ESPN 1000. I’m Hayes, also creator of Chicago Bulls Central and Chicago Bears Central YouTube pages and podcast. Today’s episode is brought to you by Monarch Money. Take control over your finances with Monarch Money. Use code locked on NBA at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year. We got a number of things to get into today. Yuki Carmore has officially been signed to a two-way deal to do this. The Chicago the Chicago uh Bulls have waved Jir Young off his two-way contract to sign in Yuki Carmore. How do you feel about the deal? And how do you feel about the the Bulls waving Jir to make that happen considering that Jir Young averaged over 21 points per game a still and a half a block per game last year for the Windy City Bulls? We we talked about this. How does it impact the development of players? I don’t need Jir Young to develop. There’s no spot on this team for you. There’s no spot on this team really for for Yuki. And I know people are going to take this to the two-way deal. He’s going to play at the He’s going to be with the Wy City Bulls all year. He’s going to have some games at the end of the year where he sits on the bench. It’s going to be very nice. It’s going to be good to see him. Maybe he gets into to the end of some games, right? But if Yuki K Mo is playing, uh, things have gone wrong. Yeah. Like we know that, right? Like it’s it’s okay. Like if Yuki’s playing, everyone else is dead. Kobe’s dead. Giddy’s dead. IO’s dead. He may be traded. I mean, Trey Young is dead. Dalon Terry’s dead. You know how many people got to die for Yuki to get in the game? Why you always killing people, bro? What you obsess? I’m going to start calling you Jigsaw. You feel the grown in obsession with killing people over the last couple months. That’s how that’s how I describe it, dog. Like, that’s how I describe it. as I always have. But no, like the the thing for me is at the G-League level though, who’s going to be able to help young players develop the most? If Noah Sing is down there, uh if if um you know, Lachlan Albrich is down there, right? Who’s going to help them be the best version of themselves? The guy that’s going to continue to put them in good positions with the ball in their hands, that’s Yuki Kawamura. And I think what it also does is right, you’re pairing up a player and getting those guys used to playing with a guy who is a pass first mindset, who is a, hey, you have to look for this pass. Because if you come play at the NBA level, when you come play at the NBA level, hopefully for both of these guys in and uh um Albbrick and and Essen, you’re going to be playing with a pass first point guard that wants to get you the ball and put you in the best position for you to succeed. He sees the floor very well. I think that to me is is the big reason to keep Yuki and I’m glad he’s on the team. Yeah. And I think I think people got to remember this. When we originally got Jir Young, that was to replace Javon Freeman Liberty in the G-League team because he was not here. He was in Toronto. So, you already have a score to replace Jir Young who’s not on a two-way. He was just on a G-League contract in Javon Freeman Liberty. So, Yuki brings something that you don’t have to the team. That’s actual point guard play. I love that he actually you can you can simulate what you’re doing with your regular roster in the G-League with Yuki as your point guard. He’s actually pretty decent rebounder being the smallest player on the court at 5’8. Amazing passer can get out in transition and he actually can stretch the floor and shoot the three ball. So to your point, what he offers in helping not only get Noah SN even Lan all anybody that we sound down to the G- League to get used to the Bulls actual style of play, he also can develop those players. Noah cannot create his own shot yet. You don’t need to as much with with Yukar Mo there who already had some pretty decent chemistry with Noah as well. So those are the things that you have to look at and I think are smart that that’s what’s smart about what the Bulls did here for so long. Pat, me and you or two of the people only that I know actually watch a larger chunk of G-League games. The Bulls style of play in G-League was completely different from how we were playing on the on the roster, the main roster. Now with Yuki there, you can do that same system. You already got Billy Donovan the third there. Now you now you got a point guard who can run that. I I love this. I think when you look at Noah uh developing Josh Primo developing Lacklin Albrook developing that you have you have a guy now in in Yuki who can run that offense and and I can never be mad. I think this was a smart deal by AK. Yeah. Listen, I keep saying this like AK making the right decisions this off seasonason. Now, I’m can’t speak for what he’s done his entire life here, but like the the the this off season right now, I like the decision- making that he’s that he’s doing. And I think this maybe even has a little bit more to do with Billy Donovan. Um and maybe even Billy Donovan Jr. who got or the third. Billy Donovan the third. Billy Donovan is Billy Donovan Jr., right? I don’t know how this works. Um but the the Billy’s son Billy down in the G-League seeing this and saying, “Hey, this is a style of play that works to help translate this.” One thing I do want to ask though, do you feel like Noah starts off in the G- League? We keep saying that and we keep talking about the development. Is he actually like are you going to send your number 12 overall pick to the G- League? I mean, Modis that started in the G. So, I I think there’s a chance that like but Mod has played what two games in the GL before they’re like, “All right, yeah, go ahead and come up.” I think he’s going to going to start off the season in the G- League. I How many games he plays, that’s a story for another day, but I think a lot of that comes down to Noah himself. How do you come into training camp and how much does your defense cuz the offense we all know is a work in progress, right? But even then, we talked about how he can help the team offensively, but how much of Noah’s defense is Billy Donovan look at and his coaches have look at and say, “No, we need him up here.” That’s uh for that. I think that and you know uh cuz there’s no expectations for Pill, but if PE will looked at this off seasonason and finally he’s like, I decide to wake up and play, which we’ve been saying that for like five years now. Um, but he’s going to be Noah’s going to be competing with minutes, four minutes with Julian, Dalen, and him and and Pee Will just for the name being in there, too. And we’ll see who comes out of it in training camp. I think it’s going to be so interesting to see that like that dynamic cuz it it almost feels like Noah is just taking over the peewhe, you know, spot on this team. I think in a lot of people’s mindsets if he does develop down in the G- League quickly enough and and he comes up here and he’s he’s playing well defensively at a minimum but P Will is playing well. Do you look at P Will is now it’s time to trade him because he’s playing well or do you look at Psylocking? Yes. You move him. No. No. We got to know Sing. I’m not worried about if P will if PW puts together a solid month of basketball. Yeah. I am on the phone with everybody who wants it a month just a month. But we’ve seen it before, bro. Like seriously, we’ve seen the hot month from Peewhe. We’ve seen the month and a half from Pee Will. We’ve seen the five game stretch from Pee Will at this point. And I it’s not and I’m and I’ll be here to admit Pee Will could still there’s still room for people to turn it around and and turn into a decent NBA player that has a a 10 11 year career. Yeah. But at some point you got to be okay with that not being here. And I’m okay with that not being here again. You’ve turned into me with Lonzo. That’s Yeah, that’s basically where That’s basically where we are. And you and I think for people who’ve watched us for so long, you know, we had our battles. There are times where I was all in on people. I’m like, I need you this. I don’t know. At this point now, it’s just like it’s too far gone, bro. You’re going into what? Year six. We’re going into year six with P will. Yeah. Yeah. It it listen, he would be the anomaly of anomaly if he finds a way to turn this thing around. Like I’m done. It’s I mean, you’ve been literally I guess the pinnacle of consistency, right? Nine and four, nine and four, 10 and four, 10 and four, 9 and four. Great fourth overall pick. But no, man, I I think what’s this season is is all about the development of modest development of Yuki. um and development of Yuki, development of Noah Essen and um yeah, I think I think Yuki provides a great opportunity for that. I’m I’m very excited to see what he’s going to be able to bring to the Windy City Bulls and uh I mean, he’ll make the Windy City Bulls exciting. I I got to I got to ask you this. Did you tap into any of the TBT over the weekend, the basketball tournament? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why is it so much more packed than G-League? Hey bro, the NBA, you know what it is though, too. I think when it comes to G-League, also the NBA doesn’t market G-League. Like, the NBA, like I I do, I really do feel if the NBA marketed GLeague as its own thing. Not saying like, hey, come to watch the future NBA stars, cuz we all know a lot of that ain’t happening. But if they actually marketed the G-League, I do think that more people would show show up to it and being be invested in it. But the NBA’s basically made this GLE thing like, “Hey, it’s the secret society that only only uh nerds know about.” And you may see a guy come up on the NBA roster every once in a while. Bro, I was sitting there watching Montre Herold do he in-n-outs as he drove to the ba basket to finish a leg and I was like, “What the heck am I watching right now? Clearly this league, it also shows you the difference between NBA players and the rest of the world, but like clearly this league is not or this tournament is not the best of the best.” I was like, “G-League players are better than this.” Exactly. And we will not pack out a G-League stadium at all. I’ve been to a Windy City Bulls game. It’s very empty. They hear you on the court. You talk trash at a Windy City Bulls game. Somebody look at you and be like, “Shut your damn up, bro. I’ve been to a Windy City Bulls game where legitimately, bro, it it’s you in a whole row by yourself. You’re just like, “Hey, you just, okay, you can lay out, take a nap at halftime, bring your blanket, nobody’s going to say nothing.” Bro, I’ve been on the Florida Windy City Bulls game. I was like, I might as well get in and play. Like, but nonetheless, uh, all right, so that’s it on Yuki Carmore, who signed his, uh, his two-way deal with the Chicago Bulls. But next up, we’re going to be talking about Golden State Warriors. Uh, reportedly, according to Brett Seagull, the Golden State Warriors are still holding out hope for a signing trade with the Bulls with Iodum being the target. We’ll talk a little bit about that. But first, we got to get a message from Monarch Money. Ever wish managing your money felt easier? With Monarch Money, it can. Whether you’re growing your savings or planning a big purchase, Monarch puts you in the driver’s seat. It’s like having your own personal CFO, giving you full visibility and control over your finances. Monarch Money is more than a budgeting app. It’s a complete financial command center. You can track all your accounts, investments, and spending all in one place. So, in addition to managing your money, you’re also building wealth. 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I have a whole episode on it over on Central. So, I wanted to turn it over to you first on this one, Pat. How do you feel about Kaminga and still being, you know, hoped for by the Warriors coming to the Bulls and IO being their preferred target? If if the Bulls were to do that deal, at least in my mind, I I don’t think the fit works on the team, right? And I’ve said I’ve said that multiple times. You’re kind of having a conversation on are we going to resign IO and Kobe White. I wonder if that would be, hey, for a year Kaminga’s here and then after that we want to move him and we feel he’s a better asset to move than I Dumo in the long run. you can get more back for Kaminga because people see the upside because there’s no I I still maintain this there is no fit here that makes sense for me with Kaminga Kaminga Modis Boozelis Kobe White Josh Giddy Noah Essenay lineup I would assume at some point like that that does not entice me at all that’s a lot of standing around and not running with the ball now if Jonathan Kaminga changes his game a little bit I guess and and wants to be more of a run and gun type of player, wants to be on, you know, the wing and have those moments where he’s spotting up, but is kind of just a cog in the machine here. Maybe it can work in that sense. I can’t say exactly what he’s going to be, but like Kaminga’s at his best when he literally gets to I got the ball in my hand. Let me face up. Let me hit you with this jab now. Get past you. Finish at the rim. Or let me hit you with this jab. You bite on the jab. I pull up. Bucket. That’s when Jonathan Kaming is at his best. That’s a ball stopper in this offense. you just watched an offense last year that doesn’t work with with ball stoppers in it because they were force-feeding the ball to Zack Lavine. So, it doesn’t make sense in my mind to go back to that. So, if you were to do a signing trade here, it would be because you feel like you’re going to get more for Kaminga in the long term than you are going to get for IO when you eventually trade him. Basically, knowing this is not going to be the long-term piece here. I’d never thought about it. I’m not going to lie to you. That’s a completely different angle than I’ve ever heard it talked about is that if you’re getting Kaminga for IO mean, do you think you can get more for Kaminga in the long term? A I don’t know if if if AK’s ever thought that far in advance. I’m not giving him too much credit. I think you may be giving him a little too much credit, bro. Uh but the but I agree with basically everything. And not that I disagree with the point that you made there on the more value. I just have never thought about it from that angle. Um I I I just don’t know where the fit for Kaminga is at this point anymore on this Bulls team. Like your forward rotation is locked like both now and in and in the future. And I do think getting a player like Jonathan Kaminga actually takes shots away from the players that you’re trying to develop. Getting Kaminga would be a move the Bulls were were all in and already a playoff team and they’re trying to get over the hump to become like a Eastern Conference final team. Like we don’t have anything est we’re still establishing who we are as a team. And then I I also think about this part, having Kaminga, Kobe, and Josh Giddy, three players who are probably all going to be over $30 million. All players that have their own struggles in the half court part of the offense, that’s just that is a dangerous proposition to lock yourself into that court in any in any type of way, which I have I have some issues with. So I I I don’t see where this makes sense. I again I know that um that Brett Seagull is somebody who you know he he he he has insiders but I don’t know if this is like old information because like it seems like everything from what the Bulls have shown us with the roster moves this has moved on unless Vu is back in and they’re back in on Nicolus which is not something that he said as part of this report. I just don’t see how this works out for both teams. I I’m I kind of look at this as a you know, do you bring him in and he’s a completely different player and and maybe but then what are you bringing him in at? Right. Like that that’s kind of the the tough conversation you got to have. Oh, by the way, you got to pay him. Yeah. Now you got to pay him now. Like it’s not like we got to pay him. We ain’t got the Josh Giddy deal worked out yet. Maybe this week we’ll talk about that coming up. But like we we don’t have we don’t even have the Josh Giddy deal worked out yet. And you going to go get another restricted free agent? You want to go you want to go you want to you want to double down on what we’re going through right now. That’s what you want to do. Hey, you know what we’re struggling at? Here’s two more for you. It just it just does not seem like it makes sense where the Bulls are right now. But uh we shall see. Another part that Brett Seel did mention in this as well though, Pat, is that from what he’s heard, the Bulls have no interest in trading Kobe White. How do you feel about that part? I mean, I I kind of can see that part being a little bit more. You You’ve developed it. I think for us as Bulls fans, we’re very much going, “Was the second half of last season real?” For AK, he’s probably looking at it and saying, “Hey, they worked through a lot of things and they actually got to a point where they were a really competitive tandem.” Um, where what was they like the best? They had a stat last year. I don’t remember what it was that they were like it was like the third best or something like that. like third best like duo in the fourth quarter, something like that where it was like, okay, they they’ve gotten over the hump of this, you know, let’s let’s try and keep that together. I think that tracks for AK um and and how he’s built these teams. I don’t know if that’s the move that I would go. Um I would rather have IO than Kobe. I’ve said this a ton because I think IO is is more of a piece that you want when you’re winning. Um, I think that Kobe’s skill set is replaceable and if you want to keep Kobe, that’s fine. But that to me that doesn’t mean go out and get rid of Io Dumu. Yeah. Like that find a way to pay them both. And IO Kobe’s numbers are going to dictate a lot more than IO’s numbers are going to dictate as far as pay-wise as well, right? Like Kobe’s probably going to be in the 25 to to $30 million range and 30. Yeah. I mean, yeah, you’re probably looking at Yeah. 25 30 35 for Kobe White, too. IO Dumu is going to be living in that Patrick Williams range. Yeah, I agree with that. I agree. That’s like you can keep both of them and be very fine is is my point in that. So, we’ll see what ends up happening. But I’m I’m not a uh I think Kobe is a replaceable piece that I would have definitely taken those two first round picks for. But hey, what the heck do I know? You know what I mean? Uh hey, but to finish this thing off, appreciate y’all for tuning in and rocking with us. Um, let’s talk about this Giddy deal, dog. There’s a there’s a lot going on with this Giddy deal that uh still has not been done. We’ll talk about that and more coming up next. I hit the right one this time. Look at you. Look at you. That’s perfect. Perfect. Uh well, Pat, Josh’s deal is still not done. Uh we’ve heard a lot over the weekend of conflicting things. Uh so much so that the Bulls are at 20 million. We talked about that on Friday like the $10 million difference. Um we heard over the weekend too that it could be a shorter deal because of the the the gap that they’re on moneywise to where maybe you end up seeing Josh Giddy sign for three years rather than the full five or even four things like that. Like the question I want to ask you Pat is that are we going to see a conclusion to this? Like we’re getting more and more details. It’s all making sense in different places. Do we finally get a giddy deal done this week? Not if you steal $10 million apart. Yeah. 10 million is a lot. That’s a lot. Like you gonna pay me like Patrick Williams? Nah. Bulls gonna have to come out. And And I think what what makes me wonder about this is it seems like AK is so from everyone that has reported this. They’re dug in on that number. Yeah. Like they are like, “No, we’re not moving. Like this is where we’re at right now. We’re closer to 20 million. You’re at 30 million. We’re nowhere near that. Hey, 275 25. like, “No, we’re we’re sitting here at this 20 million. This is what we got for you.” And and playing a little bit of hard ball. I do wonder about, you know, I’ve said this multiple times, there’s going to have to be a give and take from both sides. Um, pause. That’s crazy. Um there’s going to have to be a a give and take from uh both teams here as as far as the the giddy side and the and the bull side of this because there the only way you’re going to get to a resolution on this deal is if you go out there and you get, you know, 30 mill. Okay, you want your 30 mil? Bet we we’re signing you three years. Or, you know, you want uh uh 25 mil, bet we’ll sign you four years. whatever it is where it’s like the Bulls find a way to give up something, but they also keep the player in house. So, I don’t know how this is going to resolve, but if you’re still $10 million apart, it’s not going to be done this year. $10 million is way too much to be sitting there just giving up and saying, “Yeah, I know. I’ll take the 20 million.” Like, and Pat Williams is here for 19. Ain’t no way. Yeah. And I think people like 10 million if it was 10 million over the life of the contract. That’s easier to come come 10 million per year is quite a lot of money per year to be be different on, right? Like so so I agree with you there. That that’s a that’s a pretty large gap. And I don’t even think even if you use incentives, you can’t quite get there if that’s the gap that you’re at, right? So like like I I think they would have to get to a point to where they agree to about 25 and then the incentives can push it to that that point maybe 28 something like that. That’s probably what you’re looking at. Um but you have you have to get to I I would uh Tell me if you if you disagree. I think you have to get to the point wherever you wherever whatever you’re giving up years whatever it is but you got to get to the point at least 25 26 I would think 100%. you you got to be I’ve said 25 million is probably the point that gets this thing done and I would think that I understand Giddy is is kind of in the $30 million range but I think he also understands this is probably one of the better contracts I’m going to get right now I want the money let me get this 30 M or let me get this this 25 m and move forward from everything that I’m hearing and how it sounds it seems like the Bulls are the one that are like 25 is crazy though like we we’re sitting here like 21. What you got for us? See what I mean? Like, and I I’m not going to lie, that’s nuts. I understand it. I understand the, you know, there’s nobody else really that can pay him or that’s going to pay him this offseason. You’re trying to get him on a discount, but that is how you burn a bridge. That absolutely is. And that’s the part that I’m I’m worried about is burning that bridge because, you know, if Giddy comes in here and balls out, which I clearly the Bulls still think that there’s a possibility because you want to I mean, the Bulls want to keep them. They just have their number. if he comes in here and balls out and then like in two years you’re back up like he’s not going to forget that. You gonna have to have to reap that my boy. So, well, I I think the thing is too, right? Like this is the other thing. Everybody’s so focused on this contract. Let Josh Giddy come in here and be the dude that he was at the second half of last season where he’s 24 points a game. Yeah. Eight and eight. You going to be two years into that deal having to renegotiate Josh Giddy’s contract. So, this is not a this is the last contract or that the one thing that I love about contracts now is none of them are going to get to the final year of it. Unless you’re old. Well, I mean, if you don’t have then you get to the final year of it, but I get what you’re getting at for sure. Well, usually like when you’re Now, the Bulls haven’t had one of these dudes in a long time, but like if you’re if you’re playing at a high level, usually you can come back to the table and say, “Hey, yeah, we got to reworked it. I gave y’all I gave y’all the discount on that so that y’all can get through the summer of 26 which you’re so tingly about. But we got to rework this now because I’m I’m putting up 258 and eight like y’all not playing with me. Let’s get this money right and you you come back to the table you get it done. We see that happen in the NBA MLB not really because they just basically just print them money. Uh so but like those are the things that I think where this deal could get done. Do you get to a next deal with Josh Giddy if you kind of burn that bridge? Probably not. You’ll probably see Giddy get his value up and go somewhere else. That’s that’s not a great situation for you to be in either and not when you’re not what you’re trying to get out of being mid for as long as you have been. So, you know, and we’ll see what happens here. Like I said, I understand the bull’s point is that if you can get Josh Giddy cheaper because of the market, you try to get Josh Giddy cheaper because of the market. But to your point, uh that that’s only going to hold out so long because there’s going to be a point where you’re going to have to pay for it eventually. So, we’ll see. Um overall, I just hope that I hope that this can get just over and done with sooner rather than later. That way, everybody can just focus that point on preparing, the coaching staff can focus on getting their and everybody can just get ready for training camp because that’s what we need to do. we need to lock in uh this season. And you know, not to say there’s a lot of expectations on the Bulls, but you know, you won 39 games last year. You’ve made refinements and and brought in some things that you needed for as far as defensively. You’re hopefully going to get some players back healthy that weren’t healthy last year. And the goal should be, in my opinion, is 500 this year. So, you can’t get to that if if you if you’re still worrying about contracts heading into freaking September. Like, let’s get this done. I I tell you this right now, which is going to piss me off. It’s the only thing. If we have all this conversation and they announce the Giddy signing and it’s like it’s No, it’s 32 million cuz I can see him going high. I can It’ll piss me off so bad, bro. I just I’ll be like I hate this dude, bro. Like, bro, that’s that’s where I’d be like, “CK, you’re stupid. You’re just dumb. You’re stupid.” Exactly. Like, what if the the deal if the deal is announced and it’s more than 30 million AAV? I I some everybody collectively every Bull’s podcaster should be able to kick AK in the nuts. Just line up and just kick one one kick in the nuts. But thank you for the month of content, I guess, my boy. I I don’t know. Yeah, we got we got plenty of content to talk about, but my god, I can fully see AK just like Yeah, you know, we wanted to really get him uh his his full value. Tried to talk us down, but uh you know, talk you down. What were you at 40? Like, no. You know what AK would say? He’d be like, “You know what? Went to the We went to the negotiating table. We wanted to see how much Josh really believed in himself when we saw that he believed in himself. He wasn’t backing down for the 30. We figured we’d give him 32. That’s That’s what it be. Yeah. It’d be so insane, bro. I’d be as disappointed as Shay when he sees steps. Hey, man. Appreciate y’all for tuning in and showing love. Hit that like button. Subscribe to the page. Leave a fivestar review. Y’all know what to do. Follow us on everything at Locked on Bulls. You can follow me on everything at Pat theDesigner. I heard that Shay had to give a fraternity test for them. The unmanned lawn mower machines. test for that. Uh, locked on B. You guys can follow me at CEO Haze. Locked on Bulls is free and available and every podcasting app and platform of your choice as well as YouTube, the Odyssey app, Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV, and Fubo TV. Basically, anywhere you want us, you can get it. We can see we see you guys bright and early tomorrow morning, y’all. Peace. Can’t type fast enough. He mad. He dropped his phone. We pull up to a flight of steps, be like my old nemesis. This

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