The Chicago Bulls find themselves between a rock and a hard place as we head into the New Year.
Chicago currently sits as the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference, holding a 20-24 record.
The rest of the league have kept a close eye on the Bulls as they were presumed to potentially blow up their roster as they hadn’t met expectations so far this season.
On a recent episode of The HoopsHype Podcast, NBCS Chicago’s K.C. Johnson joined to talk about the Bulls, including next month’s trade deadline and Coby White’s chances of being dealt.
“He’s been available and been in a lot of talks,” Johnson said. “To be frank about the Bulls, it illustrates they won’t just give him away. They were offered direct packages (for him).”
White was rumored to be on the trade block around this time last season as the Bulls declined his fifth-year option heading into this season.
“When I talk about them (the Bulls) potentially being buyers at the deadline, he’d be one of those pieces where you try and get him in a package,” Johnson said of White. “I think individually, his trade return is not that significant, but in the right package with that lottery-protected Portland pick… if they’re buyers, I think he’d be in whatever package they send out.”
The clock is ticking on Chicago’s decision to be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline.
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