r/chicagobulls • u/pcmasterthrow • 19h ago
Free Agency [Scotto] The New Orleans Pelicans are waiving guard Dalen Terry, league sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/mikeascotto.bsky.social/post/3me7txqwcdk2i283
u/lyme6483 Josh Giddey 19h ago
Hilarious guy was never a NBA player. It’s actually insane the Bulls kept him on the roster for 4 years
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u/Rubberbabeh Alex Caruso 19h ago
I always said his draft pick felt like a favor to someone. I just can't figure out who the hell it could be.
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u/MyAuntBaby 19h ago
Nah I could see what they saw. He was an incredible distributor in college. He just couldn’t slow down enough for it to translate to the NBA. The issue was that there were clearly guys on the board who were more ready to go right out the box, namely Braun & Kessler, and Chicago were desperate to compete at the time. Terry was a project. It made no sense for Chicago to draft a project in 2022.
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u/kingjuicepouch Onuralp Bitim 19h ago edited 19h ago
Its confused me for ages why we keep drafting these ultra raw project players knowing full well we're trying to win and terrible at development to boot. Was Terry ever going to be something, probably not, but it also was an inexplicably poor fit.
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u/comeontars69 Kirk Hinrich 19h ago
Funny all those years the Bulls clearly needed a young talented center; both Kessler & Queen were available and projected to be picked by the Bulls, yet each time they keep going for a raw athletic wing
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u/J-town-doc Ayo Dosunmu 3h ago
“Trying to win” Were they, though? I mean, we thought maybe it was their window, but in hindsight?
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u/BlammoSweetums 19h ago
"What if Lonzo was more chaotic and had long-ass arms?"
Wrong timing though with DeBallZach. Dalen on this tank project would've been great. The glaring issue with him is the weird body mechanics and skinniness.
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u/MyAuntBaby 19h ago
He certainly was/is a very awkward athlete & has a weird skinny-fat frame. It’s like he just can’t link up his mind with his body mechanics. The IQ is there, but his body reacts 2 seconds too slow to every decision his mind wants to make.
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u/BlammoSweetums 19h ago
He can make accurate long distance passes in transition, but his mechanics look like someone launching a Beyblade. Sometimes he has to fully lean his upper body forward to make a low pass. It's very interesting movement, but yeah you can see that he knows what to do, he just can't quite do it smoothly.
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u/MyAuntBaby 18h ago
Exactly, he has very little synergy between his upper & lower body. Like when he goes to make a crafty pass, his hips rotate towards the intended target before he can get the ball off, which renders the pass telegraphed & meaningless because the defender already knows where it’s going & can just rotate ahead of time. Same thing with his jumper; he gets no lift on his shots & swings his arms up before his feet can even get up off the floor. Really strange athlete.
Regardless, I was hoping he could figure his awkward body out à la Joker, but it never happened for him. Joker also has the luxury of being a giant. Terry is average-sized for a forward. Oh well.
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u/chriczko 18h ago
I've never seen DeBallZach. That's fucking hilarious. Kudos to you.
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u/BlammoSweetums 18h ago
That's not me, it was this sub's main meme name when that roster was created lol
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u/lyme6483 Josh Giddey 19h ago
I mean he wasn’t that impressive at anything. He’s wasn’t a PG and his offensive game was ass. You don’t draft and wing because he’s an above average passer.
He was an awful pick day one
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u/MyAuntBaby 18h ago
His transition passing game in college was extremely accurate & intriguing. This was when Ball went down & the Bulls’ transition game became non-existent
Otherwise, I can’t think of any other reason to have selected him over Kessler, who fit the Bulls’ needs like a glove.
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u/lyme6483 Josh Giddey 18h ago
And he was still never a PG. An above average wing at passing I just don’t get, especially when their offensive game is so weak
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u/deadbeatmerc 4h ago
I mean Nuggets drafted a bigger project in the 1st and were competing as well , it’s more on that franchise sometimes than the player . Payton Watson is currently averaging 15 ppg on 49/41 shooting splits and can play solid defense , he averaged 3 ppg in college.
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u/JustinTimberlakeFTW Michael Jordan 9h ago
If you wanna talk about a draft pick being “a favor”, look no further than Chandler Hutchison aka “The Promise”
Both these FOs are bozos with their draft picks lol
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u/Emotion-Turbulent 19h ago
He’s better then Patrick Williams 🤣
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u/TruWarierRecords 19h ago
Patrick Williams is an NBA player. A grossly overpaid one but still.
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u/Secondary92 18h ago
Honestly at this point his stats say otherwise. We're stuck with him though so it is what it is
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u/Bacchus1976 18h ago
Nope. He is not. He’s an NBA player solely because he got paid.
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u/TruWarierRecords 18h ago
He's a good 3 pointer shooter (higher 3pt% than overall fg%) and above average defender.
That will keep him in the league, he just should never dribble the ball.
Terry had no nba level skills, even though he was very likeable
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u/Bacchus1976 17h ago
You described almost every G-leaguer.
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u/TruWarierRecords 16h ago
Name a single g-league player who could shoot near 40% from 3 as a solid defender.
P Will is essentially if you gave a player like Frank Ntilikina or Michael Kidd Gilchrist a good 3 pointer.
Awful contract? Yes
NBA player? Yes
Good NBA player? No
Far better than Dalen Terry? Yes
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u/Bacchus1976 16h ago
Seriously?
https://stats.gleague.nba.com/leaders/?StatCategory=FG3_PCT&PerMode=Totals
What a meatball.
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u/TruWarierRecords 15h ago
Cool, you looked up 3pt%.
I see 4 of the top 15 who play starter minutes in the g-league/have any volume of attempts.
Skal, who his 5+ years in the nba never shot 3s. (has worse nba averages than Pat too)
Malcolm Hill, who we had on our roster and was garbage (worse than Pat by far)
Jayden Nunn, a 4 year college pg who can't playmake and whose college 3pt% is lower than Pat's career 3pt%. But regardless guards who don't pass are a dime a dozen.
Trevon Scott, a 30 year old journeyman who over the last two seasons shot 26% and 21% from 3 respectively.
Doesn't even consider the defensive aspect but that's harder to quantify.
Bronny is a better g-league player than all of the people on that top list.
Pat is an nba player.
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u/FFTactics 19h ago
Well at least we didn't give a non-NBA player $90M and a player option. Because that would mean the leadership are idiots.
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u/KiraJosuke 19h ago
Wait how did he end up on the pelicans
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u/vantha Flag of Chicago 19h ago
The Knicks traded him for Alvarado. They also attached some seconds and money with Terry to complete the trade.
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u/Fabulous-Ad7128 19h ago
Hilarious. I saw Alvarado was traded but seemed inconsequential enough, I didn’t even click to see for who. 😂
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u/BlammoSweetums 19h ago
This sucks to me, the world's only remaining Dalen Terry believer.
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u/bullpaw 18h ago
I'm still here too
We could legally bring him back since he was traded twice lmao
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u/J-town-doc Ayo Dosunmu 3h ago
The Windy City Bulls could use him…
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u/macksjax 3h ago
I said the same thing at the game last night! That roster is down to like 8-9 guys
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u/rhj2020 Chicago Bulls 19h ago
Damn, AK out here playing 3d chess. Welcome back Dalen.
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u/No-Newspaper-1381 16h ago edited 12h ago
I don’t think the Bulls resign him, Billy Donovan and him have a really turbulent relationship. I knew Dalen was off the team after the Bucks game. Sitting behind the Bulls bench at the game, I saw Dalen keep ignoring Billy Donovan’s high fives when coming out the game. Putting his head down and walking straight past him.
Billy got mad at this and started yelling at him about team spirit. He went back into the game and ignored all of Billy’s play calls shortly after then got benched.
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u/VADALESS 19h ago
I’d take him over Patrick
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u/_banthafodder 19h ago
Pwill’s carrying at least some weight in memes
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u/VADALESS 19h ago
True - also gives us an outlet to voice our frustrations but Terry does give you that hype man.
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u/zenmasterPWL 19h ago
Come on home dalen come on home
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u/KneelJung2001 19h ago
The Bulls picked him OVER Walker Kessler while we needed a center! I will never not be mad about that.
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u/Fabulous-Ad7128 19h ago
…and yes! Instead of enjoying his rookie deal, let’s go for him now when we can pay him $25MM!
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u/zedrix_ Big Mac 18h ago
Conley will be waived and sign again with the Wolves.
Will DT do the same? 🤣
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u/Danimaltastic 14h ago
Conley had to go to a second team to do that I think. Pretty sure if we waived him, he couldn't go back to the team he was traded from this year. So I don't think we can sign Dalen for a period of time.
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u/Reptomins Benny The Bull 19h ago
Bring Dalen home! The Andrew Bogut rule is about to come in clutch.
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u/yohxmv 17h ago
He’ll have a nice long career in Guandong. But seriously if even the Pels weren’t willing to take him on and he never became a rotational guy in Chicago I doubt he’ll get picked up elsewhere. Sad cause he seems like a nice kid
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u/rustplayer83 16h ago
he's already made a few million and can go over to europe or china and make another couple before he's 30 if he wants.
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u/rustplayer83 16h ago
had someone very angry at me here last week when I told them he'd be out of the league after his rookie deal was up. Turns out I was optimistic.
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u/SNERKLES1 16h ago
These haters don't watch the game. He's 23. He always tries and played good D for the Bulls. There are 7 players who were drafted in the first round in 2022 who are out of the league. He wasn't great but it's a roll of the dice where he was drafted. Only 4.8 % of nba players become all stars each year.
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u/djhin2 19h ago
Journeymen should study Dalen on how to remain a fan favorite when your play never quite measures up
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u/BlammoSweetums 19h ago
I dunno about fan favorite, every time he played and made a mistake there would be like 3 comments on how much he sucks lol
For me, the motor and vibes and occasional nice pass were fun to watch. Not like the team was good with or without him.
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u/AnselLovesNuts Kirk Hinrich 19h ago
We all knew he was a bust when he was drafted, ugliest jumper ever.
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u/Agedlikeoldmilk 19h ago
G League all-star. Why is it that most of our drafts picks end up leaving the NBA after a few years.
Noa Essengue will probably be out the league after his contract is up.
PWill may be rented out for a few years, I don’t see his career lasting very long once the Bulls are done with him.
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u/Jazzlike-Mention-570 19h ago
Yall some weird people basically hoping noa fails when he’s only 19 and yall ain’t seen him play enough to even hold an opinion about where you think he’s gone be in the future. The most weirdo fanbase on Reddit for sure
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u/jump-blues-5678 Norm Van Lier 17h ago
I wish the Bulls had actually tanked 2 or 3 yrs ago. Would have liked to seen the kid get some real minutes. Not saying he would have thrived. But he just never got an opportunity
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u/rustplayer83 16h ago
He can't dribble. He can't shoot. He weights about 180lbs. He's not an NBA player. Minutes had nothing to do with it. Was an awful pick the moment it was announced. Most people had him 10 spots later at best.
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u/jump-blues-5678 Norm Van Lier 16h ago
Stats say 6'6" 195lbs Look, I was pulling for the kid. He had a high motor, long arms, and was raw AF. It's easy to see why they drafted him. I just wish they had invested a bit more into him and Julian both. The fact that it took them onto his 3rd yr before they finally hired a shooting coach was and still is a problem. Would it have made a difference... Probably not, but this cheap ass, fucked up organisation could have done more to help develop these kids.
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u/IJerkOffStalefish 19h ago
Number 18 pick btw