Deng was 28 (PRIME years), coming off back-to-back allstar seasons, was averaging 19ppg at the time of the trade (leading a bulls team that finished with 48 wins that season). FOH with this revisionism.

Deng got hurt AFTER the trade but he was by no means damaged goods.

And since we getting 'dirty', he also had:

#1 pick Anthony "better than LJ" Bennett
#4 pick Tristan
#7 pick Dion "I got better when I left" Waiters
Andy Varejao
Spencer Hawes
Delly
CJ Miles
Jarrett Jack

AND Deng who was putting up 19ppg and/or Bynum who could have been a good piece if he knees were functional.

They won 33 games dog, a 9 game improvement and they played in the East. Playoffs was reasonable, yr 3. "I" wasn't expecting it yr 1-2.

That same year, the Hawks won 38 games and got the 8th seed. C'mon B. Stop whining about this, you should have expected playoffs too.


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>AFTER thinking EARL CLARK AND ALONZO GEE would suffice.
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>https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2014.html
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>"they were on their way"
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>y'all be SERIOUS about this, too.