The 3rd Team: Who Wants Fred VanVleet?

[ChettheJet]

Two Chicago Bulls options, with another salary or 2 for Zach Lavine. if HOU thinks Thompson is their PG for all the faults people see in Lavine, he can shoot the ball and get 24 PPG. The other would be a S&T for Demar DeRozan, if HOU feels they have 3 pt shooters DeRozan can still score his 26 PPG at will in the mid range and provide a veteran influence over a young locker room.

Of course either way the Bulls would need to make several trades from an overloaded guard field but if you don't see Fred as a great PG, man 8.1 APG last year looks good, neither Coby White or Ayo Dosunmu is a true PG but any 2 of the 3 of them on the floor move the ball in the offense.

[K_chile22]

Two Chicago Bulls options, with another salary or 2 for Zach Lavine. if HOU thinks Thompson is their PG for all the faults people see in Lavine, he can shoot the ball and get 24 PPG. The other would be a S&T for Demar DeRozan, if HOU feels they have 3 pt shooters DeRozan can still score his 26 PPG at will in the mid range and provide a veteran influence over a young locker room.

Of course either way the Bulls would need to make several trades from an overloaded guard field but if you don't see Fred as a great PG, man 8.1 APG last year looks good, neither Coby White or Ayo Dosunmu is a true PG but any 2 of the 3 of them on the floor move the ball in the offense.

bulls not getting out of that lavine contract and getting a good player for free. Fred makes close to the same but he's expiring, huge difference

[Monky15]

I like the Orlando suggestion. He can come in to be a stabilising vet presence that shouldn't take shots away from their young guys and as he ages his roll can regress to becoming a Derek Fisher type.

[eitanr]

I could see Houston being interested in Trae Young and giving up FVV and assets for him, but Atlanta preferring the cap savings instead of FVV.

Could Pistons swoop in as 3rd team to absorb FVV, and Houston assets get moved to Atlanta for Young?

[Ell Curry]

I think Atlanta would be best keeping Fred if they're keeping DeJounte Murray. You can't just let Murray completely run things and having a 3 and D guard with him makes sense. The big guys need good passers and space to not be bad on O (apart from maybe Jalen Johnson).

The Hawks aren't gonna win the title this coming year and probably shouldn't re-sign Capela. So I'd probably just move him for a cheaper center (or sign one with the MLE after moving him) and if they instead draft a wing, you can probably still move DeAndre Hunter, say like this:

Thunder - Harrison Barnes, Hawks 2nd rounder
Kings - Hunter
Hawks - Vezenkov, Thunder top 20 protected first