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Based on listening to Windy...
Chauncey and Lue very close. Would have dinner together during the finals on occasion. Spent day before Game 7 last year together. Also has indirectly worked for Dan when in Detroit as Chauncey was a spokesperson for one of Gilbert's companies.
Windy more than the other writers going all in on the report that Love was going to be traded to PHX for a lotto pick that WOULD BE SHOPPED AROUND. Sticking point was that nothing was in stone yet and that it would have been very risky to try and get Butler with that pick. Windy said Bulls looking for either 2 lotto picks or probably a lotto+starter.
To me, it seems like Griff's strategy may have had us in no man's land. Way too much to spend to acquire George, but not enough for Butler. The money is of course an issue for Griffin but it is far from the only reason, and after listening to Windy, I'm not really disturbed.
The uncertainty of George over Butler/Love is a big part of why you don't trade for him but it also makes it certain that if he stays we are in the repeaters tax for 2018-2019. I think this is also part of it for the ownership group. It's questionable if George helps more than Butler and I think without a 4th star, a trade of Love for George/Butler is closer to a lateral move than completely closing the gap on the warriors.
There is a possibility with the tax line going up every year that we can get out of the repeaters tax in 2018-2019 season and reset the clock on it. That goes away if you get Paul George and resign him. The tax line is 121 million for 2017-2018 and projected at 124 million for 2018-2018. They usually underestimate the projection just to be safe but even where it's at a couple small moves might get us right below it in 2018-2019.