The Magic are among the teams that were talking to the Bulls about guard Coby White earlier this week, sources familiar with the situation tell Ian Begley of SNY.tv. It’s unclear if the two sides remain engaged in conversations.
White, who turns 25 later this month, has developed into a reliable backcourt scorer over the last couple seasons and is averaging 18.5 points, 4.6 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game for Chicago in 2024/25. He’s also a solid three-point shooter, having made at least 37.2% of his attempts from beyond the arc in each of the past four seasons. That would appeal to an Orlando team that ranks last in the NBA in three-point makes and three-point percentage.
As K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Sports Network tweets, the Bulls have a crowded backcourt and may be looking to trade one or more of their guards either before Thursday’s deadline or during the offseason. None of them are on long-term deals, but White, Ayo Dosunmu, Dalen Terry, and newly extended Lonzo Ball are all under contract for next season, while Jevon Carter will likely pick up his player option and Josh Giddey will be controllable as a restricted free agent.
Here’s more from Begley ahead of today’s deadline:
- As of Wednesday, the Bulls maintained a high asking price for Nikola Vucevic. Begley reports that Chicago wants a first-round pick that isn’t too heavily protected and wouldn’t turn into second-rounders if it doesn’t convey.
- Several teams have spoken to the Grizzlies about possible Marcus Smart trades, according to Begley, who notes that moving off of Smart’s $21.6MM guaranteed salary for 2025/26 would put Memphis in better position to re-sign restricted free agent Santi Aldama and potentially to extend star big man Jaren Jackson Jr.
- The Knicks still hadn’t engaged in substantial Mitchell Robinson trade talks as of Wednesday night, Begley writes. If they don’t make any additional details beyond their Jericho Sims/Delon Wright swap, the Knicks would remain on track to add a 15th man under the hard cap as of March 1. In that scenario, Begley expects G League standouts T.J. Warren and Chuma Okeke to receive consideration.
I’m wondering how several high quality players are moving for a single protected firsts while the Knicks had to give 4 1’s for Bridges. Don’t get me wrong, I like Bridges but I think the Knicks overpaid dramatically.
Those picks will all be worthless. All will be 22 to 30
You know for sure the Knicks will be good in 2031? All it takes is one injury to Brunson and their record will tank. Look at what happened to the Grizz last year without Ja.
Lol losing Ja was not the only reason MEM dropped that hard. They had a record setting year of injuries, and that still led to them only getting the 9th overall pick. NYK losing Brunson would hurt, don’t get me wrong, but they’d need a lot more to happen to them to mimic what happened to MEM.
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“The Grizzlies set an NBA record by using 33 players. The constant roster changes led to 51 starting lineups being used, also an NBA record. They lost a total of 578 games due to injuries, another league record.”
They gave up five 1sts actually and a high second rounder this year. Extremely high price to pay. You can’t let other GMs know you are desperate. That’s why Rudy Gobert also went for a lot of firsts.
Knicks fo overpaid regardless of what Al is saying
Knicks need bigs
If the Knicks knew Luca was available they would have traded picks for him. Luka, Booker, any player better than Bridges are not supposed to be available. Please tell me if not Bridges, then who??? I don’t regret the trade because tell who’s better the Knicks could have gotten for same package??
The Knicks just need Mitch back if not trade him today. Best ability is availability. The time is now, the window is open for the first time in decades. If Dallas is in win now mode for one championship, why not New York. How about OG and Mitch for KD or LBJ? It’s been over 50 years. Let’s guarantee one trip back to the Finals.