Ten fake NBA trades

Plus one large fake Bulls and Lakers deal

Rumors document your Chicago Bulls dealing Zach LaVine for Denver’s Michael Porter Jr., maybe Nugget Zeke Nnaji heads to Chicago, perhaps a pick, it doesn’t matter, the deal isn’t any good for either team.

Denver needs to stack players, it doesn’t need Zach LaVine replacing Porter Jr.’s one-way play, calling it a day, the Nuggets require multitudes, Porter plus Zach.

The problem? Denver can trade all the players it is allowed to trade (Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon cannot be shipped) except Porter and Nikola Jokic and its apron still wouldn’t fit LaVine’s contract. The Nuggets can’t add LaVine without losing Porter.

The Bulls need Michael Porter Jr. like most NBA teams do, not very much indeed, and nobody needs to pay Zeke Nnaji over $29 million between 2025-26 and 2027-28.

Even the Bulls know this, which makes the Nnaji Sell real, real tough on the real NBA front offices out there.

The Bulls don’t need to trade LaVine, would rather him yelp for whistles late in close games and lose on into the lottery. The Bulls do not have a franchise player, adding Michael Porter Jr. helps zero superstar in a Chicago uniform, plus he plays the same position as Chicago’s current crop of disappointing, often embarrassing sons: Patrick Williams, Josh Giddey.

Maybe I can help. I am connected to the internet, and nobody from this McDonald’s minds (just as long as I switch parking spots every so often).

A SO-SO ZACH LAVINE DEAL

Chicago gives up Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine and receives Bojan Bogdanovic, DeAnthony Melton, Ben Simmons.