This is how I envision the off season should go if the team is looking to go towards a win now scenario. We have to make use of our trade exception on Zach Lavine to pull this off, and need to do these moves in a particular order to stay under the cap space
Move 1: Trade Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, Patrick Williams (Total $52.4M p/y), 2026-2029-2031 FRP and 2028-2030 SRP to the Milwaukee Bucks for Giannis Antetokounmpo (avg of $58M p/y over 3 years).
Move 2: Resign UFA Josh Giddey to a 4-year $100M contract ($25M p/y)
Move 3: Sign UFA Myles Turner to a 3-year $129M contract ($33M p/y)
Move 4: Draft Asa Newell with the No.12 pick ($6.3M p/y for 3 years) and Donnie Freeman with the No.45 pick ($1M p/y for 2 years)
Move 5: Using the $17.2 Trade Exception from Zach Lavine, Trade Zach Collins, Dalen Terry (Total $23.3M p/y), 2027 FRP and 2029 SRP for to the Utah Jazz Collin Sexton ($19M p/y expiring contract) and Brice Sensabaugh ($2.6M p/y for 2 years
Bulls Roster after these moves: PG - Josh Giddey SG - Collin Sexton SF - Matas Buzelis PF - Giannis Antetokounmpo C - Myles Turner 6 - Lonzo Ball 7 - Kevin Huerter 8 - Ayo Dosunmu 9 - Brice Sensabaugh 10 - Asa Newell 11 - Jalen Smith 12 - Julian Phillips 13 - Donnie Freeman 14 - Jahmir Young 15 - Some other G League dude on a 2-way
Plus sides
Giannis lol
Myles Turner has the offensive capabilites of Vuc as a floor spacing big and a good rebounder but with much much better defense
Higher offensive pressure around the rim and in the paint
Coby White is replaced by essentially the exact same player
Giddey has the shooting and scoring burden taken off him greatly to focus on playmaking
A lot of scoring and defense off the bench
Matas gets big minutes playing with people who will help elevate his game
Team gets older but not by much
Shooting volume increases
A lot of good playmaking across the board
Good size in general and strong rebounding
Down sides and questions
Team will become quite costly in the long run
3 point shooting might take a bit of a hit but how much remains to be seen
Draft capital almost non-existent (still not nearly as bad as the Bucks or Lakers)
The fit between Myles and Giannis is a question mark, but I'm leaning towards it working as Myles is a more defensively competent and athletic Brook Lopez
How will Sexton fare as a second option and as someone who will be asked to double or even triple his 3 point shooting? (48% on 4 attempts last season which is very good)
The center depth is questionable, Asa Newell can technically fill that role but is very raw and Jalen Smith is a good rebounder but not the greatest defender, Myles will have to backpack a lot if his understudies don't cut it
Future potential ideas
If shooting becomes an issue, Bulls can examine the market for Trae Young. It depends on if the Bulls want to trade more assets to get him in before the deadline or see what they can do in FA. You can't really have Giddey and Trae
Bulls can look to trade Jalen Smith and Julian Phillips for a more competent back up center, gauge the market for that
THIS IS A VERY 2K-ESQUE TRADE BUT NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. IT JUST REQUIRES A FRONT OFFICE WITH COURAGE AND COMPETENCE WHICH WE DONT HAVE