What's your hope for the Bulls at the NBA trade deadline?
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What are the Bulls' current standings and recent performance?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, middays, 10 a.m. to 2, on 670, the score. 120 to 115. Wow. Bulls, Edwards picks up the ball at midcourt with a pull-up, topside, three ball, up, no. Ball game over. Bulls win. Bulls win.
What is the significance of the upcoming NBA trade deadline?
Bulls win. 120-115 over Minnesota. Wow.
That is courtesy of Chuck Swirsky and Bill Whittington right here on 670 The Score and the Bulls Radio Network. They beat the Timberwolves. The Bulls are now 22-22 on the season, winning 120-115.
Who are the most likely Bulls players to be traded?
Josh Giddey even on a minutes restriction was your Bulls' leading scorer in this game. Also, Kobe White chipping in with 22 points in 30 minutes. And that was the name of the tune. Giddey had 21. Kobe had 22. Giddey ended up playing 26 minutes. I think they wanted to keep him to 24, but they were important. And the Bulls come away with a win in Minnesota over Anthony Edwards and the crew.
This is why this game was important. If you flash back to the last time that Giddey was on the court, by the way, it was against this very same Minnesota Timberwolves team. They were getting blown out by 35 because he gets hurt, Kobe White gets hurt in the same game, and things were not looking good. Good news for the Bulls is 6-5 since that happened, now 7-5 with the first game back for Josh Giddey. But bigger picture, this is important because the trade deadline is about to be here. It's sneaking up on you.
It is next, well, week after next. It is the 5th of February at 3 p.m. Eastern. So that's two here.
What is the value of Nikola Vucevic in trade discussions?
Two here.
Feb 5. We're less than two weeks away. Less than two weeks away from the trade deadline.
We're FM when the trade deadline.
Yeah, that's how close it is. That really hits it.
Impending deadline.
It's on. And so you look at what the Bulls have on their roster right now. Understand they are on a veritable treadmill of mediocrity. Except for I think this team, this group that they have right now, is trending up if healthy. That's a big if, by the way. Because we've seen Kobe White dealt with a calf injury that he re-injured. Not too long ago, Ayo Dosumu may be playing the best of any of these viable trade targets that you could lure out there to get something. Question number one is, do you trust the Bulls To get what they need in return, whether it's Ayo Dosumu, Kobe White, or Nikola Vucevic before the trade deadline. All expiring contracts.
Well, and this goes back to what Arturis Karnaschov has said at the end of last season. If you guys will recall, Mark and Marshall, and anybody listening... If you will recall, he said we're going to have more financial flexibility in the offseason after 2026. So that meant, I assumed, in connection with Vuce's contract.
How does the Bulls' front office view draft capital?
Nikola Vucevic has $21.5 million on the books until the end of this season. He's in the final year of his deal here. I assumed he would be the one most likely to be traded at this time. Now, as we know, prior to last season, the Bulls had been quiet for trade deadlines previously, most in the NBA over that span. I believe it was three years. So when you keep that in mind. they haven't been a very active team. They also value players over picks as we've talked about. And then there are now reports saying that based on what they're hearing around the league, Vooch may not even get moved at the trade deadline. Jake Fisher is saying that one of the NBA insiders and he would hit the, he'd hit the off season as an unrestricted free agent, which means they wouldn't get anything.
And so that brings up the point that, that I've been trying to make for the last, what, four years now, the Bulls don't value draft capital like everybody else values draft capital.
Oklahoma City is your key example here.
It's the ultimate example because of the number of... Stacked picks they have. They have a vault where they just walk back there like, oh, you want this pick or that pick or which pick do you want? Which is going back to the Josh Giddey trade to begin with. You couldn't have gotten one of those picks in the Josh Giddey deal, which sent Alex Caruso over there and helped him win an NBA title. And so you start wondering which of these is the most movable of the players.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the Bulls' current standings and recent performance?
0:01–0:18
2
What is the significance of the upcoming NBA trade deadline?
0:18–0:38
3
Who are the most likely Bulls players to be traded?
0:38–1:39
4
What is the value of Nikola Vucevic in trade discussions?
1:39–2:56
5
How does the Bulls' front office view draft capital?
2:56–4:56
6
What factors influence the Bulls' trading strategy?
4:56–6:19
7
How does the performance of young players impact trade decisions?
6:19–7:31
8
What are the implications of trading for a star player?
7:31–14:55
Speakers
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