{"id":74314,"date":"2025-06-29T09:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=74314"},"modified":"2025-06-29T09:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:10:04","slug":"nikola-vucevic-coby-white-bulls-hottest-trade-chip-isnt-who-we-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=74314","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Vucevic? Coby White? Bulls&#8217; Hottest Trade Chip Isn&#8217;t Who We Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2022\/09\/Nikola-Vucevic-Wants-To-Shoot-Fewer-3s-This-Season.jpeg\" alt=\"Bulls News: Nikola Vucevic Wants To Shoot Fewer 3s This Season\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lonzo Ball has become the latest of the old guard shipped out by the Chicago Bulls. It is such a depressing affair. For the shortest period of time, it felt like the organization had something real in place. Ball, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Alex Caruso, and Nikola Vucevic formed a strong core that made the Bulls a winning basketball team. Then Ball shredded his knee, and everything fell apart. DeRozan and LaVine tried keeping the team competitive, but the best they managed was around .500 with constant play-in appearances. Arturas Karnisovas has finally accepted the reality that changes were needed.<\/p>\n<p>There is widespread belief that Vucevic and Coby White are the most likely dominoes to fall next. The 35-year-old center is no longer part of the team\u2019s vision. They need to find somebody who needs help in the middle. As for White, he only has one year left on his contract. The Bulls aren\u2019t sure they can afford to extend him again, especially if it doesn\u2019t come with a guarantee of a starting job. However, according to K.C. Johnson, the name that might be getting the most interest around the league is neither of those two.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bulls remain active in trade market. FWIW, I\u2019ve heard more chatter surrounding Ayo Dosunmu than Coby White. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cvyvnF74Dv\">https:\/\/t.co\/cvyvnF74Dv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCJHoop\/status\/1939041127577104496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"h-nikola-vucevic-and-white-can-t-offer-what-dosunmu-can\"><strong>Nikola Vucevic and White can\u2019t offer what Dosunmu can. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>That is, namely, price. Since he\u2019s been a bench guy, teams know they can probably secure him to an affordable deal while making him a starter on their roster. He\u2019s been an excellent player the past two years for the Bulls, averaging 12.2 points, 3.7 assists, and 3.1 rebounds in 29.6 minutes per game. This comes despite playing out of position as a shooting guard most of his career. He could really take off if another team allows him to man his original spot at point guard. Whether the Bulls are entertaining offers is unknown. They\u2019ve been receptive to White and Nikola Vucevic. There are no such indications with Dosunmu. As a Chicago native and great role player, they may not see the value in trading him unless it\u2019s for a strong return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola Vucevic seems like the logical next trade chip to fall for Chicago, but he isn&#8217;t the one getting the most interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nikola Vucevic? Coby White? 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