{"id":70570,"date":"2025-06-17T06:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70570"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:55:17","slug":"bulls-named-as-potential-landing-spot-for-former-no-7-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70570","title":{"rendered":"Bulls Named as Potential Landing Spot for Former No. 7 Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2207275302-e1750114183681.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2207275302-e1750114183681.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2207275302-e1750114183681.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2207275302-e1750114183681.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bulls Named as Potential Landing Spot for Former No. 7 Pick\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Bulls can add another former lottery pick next to Josh Giddey and Coby White this offseason as they are continually linked to Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chicago Bulls have been named as a potential suitor for Golden State Warriors\u2018 former lottery pick Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n<p>Hoopshype\u2019s Michael Scotto reported on June 16 that the Bulls are one of the two teams that could potentially acquire Kuminga via sign-and-trade this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat are two teams to monitor as potential sign-and-trade candidates for Kuminga, league sources told HoopsHype. With that in mind, the Warriors have also not ruled out the possibility of retaining Kuminga, sources said,\u201d Scotto wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls are no strangers to taking a flier on an underutilized young player. Last year, they did exactly like that when they flipped Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey, who enjoyed a career season in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Giddey, taken sixth overall, one selection ahead of Kuminga in the 2021 NBA draft, averaged a career-best 8.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.2 steals while scoring 14.6 points per game as the Bulls\u2019 lead guard. His 37.8% clip from the 3-point line was also a career-high.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old guard is set to sign a lucrative contract extension this offseason, which eluded Kuminga in Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>Kuminga never earned the full trust of Steve Kerr in a veteran-laden team that is built to win now. If he lands in Chicago, Kuminga will have the starting small forward spot and the playing minutes he desperately craved in Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>But Kuminga showed what he can do when given the opportunity during the last four games of their second-round loss in the playoffs. The 22-year-old forward averaged 24.3 points on 55.4% overall shooting and 38.9% from the 3-point line in what could be his final games in a Golden State uniform.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bulls in Talent Accumulation Mode<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5361877\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2214793597-e1747676812607.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Bulls Named as Potential Landing Spot for Former No. 7 Pick\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5361877\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5361877\">Getty Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors are expected to explore a sign-and-trade this offseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the same way they did with the Giddey trade, the Bulls can flip another veteran from their roster who no longer fits their timeline. The odd man out would be 35-year-old center Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107, who has been on the Warriors\u2019 radar since the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors were \u201cat the front of the line\u201d in the weeks leading to the trade deadline for Vu\u010devi\u0107 with the Bulls looking for a first-round pick in return, NBA insider Marc Stein reported in January.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010devi\u0107 is on an expiring $21.5 million salary. But the tricky part of trading for Kuminga is that he\u2019s a restricted free agent, unlike Giddey last year when they landed him while he was entering the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Only half of Kuminga\u2019s annual pay in his next contract will be taken into account as his outgoing salary. While it\u2019s not impossible, it\u2019s a potential hurdle in trade discussions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 Wants Win Now<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5369212\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1456651833-e1748317745520.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Bulls Named as Potential Landing Spot for Former No. 7 Pick\" width=\"782\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5369212\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5369212\">Getty Nikola Vucevic could bring back a rising star for the Chicago Bulls in a potential offseason trade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vu\u010devi\u0107 hinted at a potential exit this offseason during his end-of-the-season press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some good, young pieces that can be built around,\u201d\u00a0Vu\u010devi\u0107 told reporters.\u00a0\u201cThere are a lot of questions when you\u2019re a team not fighting for the top. I have trust in them and believe they want to do what\u2019s best and build a good team that wants to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we\u2019ll see. Obviously, I\u2019m at the stage in my career where I\u2019m trying to win now, play in the playoffs and hopefully have deep playoff runs. It\u2019s a young team and it does take time. It all depends on what their timeline is and how they see this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls are not going to compete for a championship next season. The Warriors are.<\/p>\n<p>So, there could be mutual interest there between Vu\u010devi\u0107 and the Warriors, which the Bulls could leverage to add another young talent.<\/p>\n<p>Alder Almo is a basketball journalist covering the NBA for Heavy.com. He has more than 15 years of experience in local and international media, including broadcast, print and digital. He previously covered the Knicks for Empire Sports Media and the NBA for Off the Glass. Alder is from the Philippines and is now based in Jersey City, New Jersey. More about Alder Almo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Jonathan Kuminga be joining the Bulls? 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