First off: fuck. I still feel awful about this, and I'm not even as big a Cs fan as you guys. Hoping the break is a "clean" as possible, and that whatever the timetable, he heals up 100% (end of season would be fab, but obviously they shouldn't try to push it).
As far as potential one-year seat-warmers with their $8M injury exception ... totally perverse timing, but has Mirotic been mentioned? Expiring $12M contract that I could see the Bulls being perfectly willing to move (esp. after the Portis incident), good rebounder and shooter, etc. Assuming his face heals up in a couple weeks and he isn't a horrible human being who deserved to be punched, seems like he could be a pretty good fit in Stevens-ball.
As far as potential one-year seat-warmers with their $8M injury exception ... totally perverse timing, but has Mirotic been mentioned? Expiring $12M contract that I could see the Bulls being perfectly willing to move (esp. after the Portis incident), good rebounder and shooter, etc. Assuming his face heals up in a couple weeks and he isn't a horrible human being who deserved to be punched, seems like he could be a pretty good fit in Stevens-ball.