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Kevin Huerter could be realistic Bulls trade target this offseason

Should the Chicago Bulls explore a trade for Kevin Huerter this summer?

The Chicago Bulls are going to look to make some changes this summer, and that includes hitting the trade market. Adding some three-point shooting to help balance the roster could be super valuable. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report recently wrote an article about some realistic Bulls trade targets, and he listed Sacramento Kings wing Kevin Huerter as one of them.

“The Bulls ranked 27th in three-pointers made this season, and that was actually their highest finish in three years,” Buckley wrote. “Their need for better spacing is longstanding and significant. That’s what could lead them toward Kevin Huerter, a career 38.2 percent three-point shooter. While he just posted the worst perimeter percentage of his career (36.1), that could be a blessing in disguise for the Bulls if it brings down his trade cost.

“For the right price, the 6’7″ marksman could be a really good get for Chicago, especially if it lets go of LaVine. Huerter offers the right blend of volume and efficiency to demand constant attention from opposing defenses, meaning his mere court presence would help widen attack lanes for White and DeRozan. If Chicago is adding players this offseason, Huerter is the right type to target. Beyond filling a need as a shooter, he is polished enough to make an immediate impact but also young enough (25) to grow with this core should the Bulls ever shift the franchise’s focus further into the future.”

Adding Huerter to the rotation would give the Bulls a needed boost in the shooting department.

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Report: Bulls have shown ‘level of interest’ in Kevin Huerter

The Chicago Bulls have reportedly shown a potential interest in adding Kevin Huerter in a trade.

According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Chicago Bulls have shown a “level of interest” in potentially getting Kevin Huerter back in a trade. The Sacramento Kings have reportedly been intrigued by the idea of a Zach LaVine deal, and with the contracts involved, it would make sense that Huerter would be sent back to Chicago in a potential deal.

Huerter is having a down year from behind the three-point line, but throughout the course of his career, he’s been one of the better catch-and-shoot guys in the league. Adding some three-point shooting could work wonders for the Bulls, as they are one of the worst deep-range teams in the NBA.

So far this season, Huerter is averaging 9.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 41.6% from the field and 33.0% from behind the three-point line.

LaVine just returned from injury after going down with a foot injury. He missed over a month, from November 28 to January 5. But just as was the case before his ailment, his name is still popping up in trade rumors.

Should LaVine get dealt to the Kings, it makes sense for Chicago to ask for Huerter in return, as he would not only help them address a major roster need, but he could also help them remain competitive this season.

The front office has consistently stated that they want to remain competitive with the current group. Trading LaVine would break up the core, but at the same time, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the organization target win-now pieces.

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Mock trade sees Bulls flip Zach LaVine for NBA champ in 3-team deal

In this mock trade, the Chicago Bulls would flip Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings in a three-team trade.

This year’s trade deadline could end up being the most important in recent memory for the Chicago Bulls. It was just three years ago that the Bulls traded for Nikola Vucevic at the deadline, changing the course of their franchise. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone according to plan in Chicago.

They currently find themselves in the Play-In Tournament but lack the talent to compete with the top talent in the East. Zach LaVine trade rumors have been swirling all season long, and it seems as though some teams around the league are interested in making a deal. He could be donning some new threads after February 8.

Bulls Wire has concocted a three-team mock trade that would see LaVine join a team that’s rumored to be interested in a three-team deal.

NBA All-Star 2023: Participants for Skills Challenge, 3-Point, Dunk Contest

The NBA on Tuesday unveiled the participants for the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend.

The NBA on Tuesday unveiled the participants for the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest on Feb. 18 during All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The weekend will get underway on Friday with the Celebrity game and the Rising Stars competition at 9 p.m. EST. The events conclude on Sunday with the G League Next Up Game at 3 p.m. EST and the 72nd All-Star Game at 8:30 p.m. EST.

The festivities on All-Star Saturday night will begin at 8 p.m. EST and will be televised on TNT starting with the Skills Challenge. The second event will be the 3-Point Contest with the Slam Dunk Contest wrapping up the evening at Vivint Arena.

Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center may just be the loudest arena in the NBA right now

Don’t look now, but the Sacramento Kings might actually be a good basketball team now.

Don’t look now, but the Sacramento Kings might actually be a good basketball team now.

There were eyebrow-raising concerns when the franchise traded a rising star, Tyrese Haliburton, to the Pacers last season. But big Domantas Sabonis has played extremely well since joining the Kings.

Sacramento, meanwhile, drafted a promising rookie in Keegan Murray. They made solid moves to land Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk. De’Aaron Fox is playing like an All-Star guard. They have embraced the meme of becoming the beam team.

Most importantly, after hiring Mike Brown, it seems the franchise finally has found the right coach for their organization. All of this has the fans incredibly excited in Sacramento, and it shows during their home games.

Listen to Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center when Huerter hit a go-ahead basket against the Jazz on Friday. It legitimately feels like a wall of sound rolls over the broadcast.

Watch the crowd seemingly help the Kings’ defense late in the game:

This is the type of crowd you want on your side during a playoff run.

Sacramento’s fanbase has clearly embraced Sabonis, too, as they’ve showered him with MVP chants:

At this point, it has become clear that Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center has become one of the best home-court advantages in the NBA. Maybe everyone just wants to see them light the beam?

Sacramento has the second-best offensive rating in the league during games played at home, and the Kings are scoring an additional 8.4 points per 100 possessions at Golden 1 Center compared to games on the road.

This franchise has the longest playoff drought among all teams who play major professional sports in the United States, and their fans are hungry to see them finally make a run in the postseason.

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Bruno Fernando and the 5 most shocking stat lines to start the 2022-23 NBA season

Small sample-size theatre is the best!

Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment: It is legitimately so much more fun to overreact than it is to be reasonable.

So now that the 2022-23 NBA regular season has begun, we can look at some of the first games and get way too excited about things that may not mean all that much.

As players get adjusted to a new campaign, it is fairly common for some very wonky stuff to happen within the first few games of the season. While it isn’t likely that some of these hot starts are sustainable, it always enjoyable to take a minute to acknowledge some of those performances.

These could mean nothing, but who knows, maybe they represent some sort of breakout seasons for some of these players as well.

Should the Celtics pursue Hawks’ Kevin Huerter as a traded player exception target?

Huerter ought to be near the top of Boston’s shortlist of prime candidates in our estimation — and others.

The Boston Celtics would be wise to call the Atlanta Hawks about one of their potentially surplus wings according to The Athletic’s John Hollinger, and we are inclined to agree. In a draft-day analysis of what teams around the league ought to be doing, Hollinger writes “If Boston can stomach the luxury tax hit, a trade of Atlanta’s Kevin Huerter to the Celtics would make a lot of sense for both sides.”

“Huerter would give Boston another big wing off the bench who can score, improving their bench, and he’s on the same timeline as Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum,” adds the Athletic analyst. “Atlanta would duck the luxury tax and create some wiggle room to address its defensive weaknesses.”

Given, as Hollinger notes, the ability of the Celtics’ $17.1 million trade exception (TPE) to absorb Huerter’s $14.5 million salary, such a deal could very well make sense for both sides.

Given the extant talent and upside of the young Huerter, it would make sense to expect the Hawks to want some draft assets back, but Huerter is among our top targets for Boston’s largest TPE heading into 2022 NBA free agency.

With career averages of 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and nearly a steal per game, the Celtics would have to get very lucky indeed to find a more apt TPE target for their future and present both.

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire.

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Celtics swap Jaylen Brown for godfather offer from Atlanta Hawks in new B/R trade proposal

The author has an alternative proposal that is so sweet it would be hard to say no — but would the Hawks even offer it?

Given that star Boston Celtics small forward Jaylen Brown happens to hail from the greater Atlanta, Georgia area, we understand why he is so often a focal point for fake trades to the Atlanta Hawks.

But we would think that by now analysts would take the Celtics organization at their word that they have no intention of trading the Marrietta native to another team any time soon. Still, the lingering effects of Boston’s uneven play makes the team — and Brown — constant fodder for trade proposal articles like a recent piece from Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes specifically created to focus on such unlikely-to-move-players.

Even the biggest fans of Brown on and off the court have to admit that there are packages the team ought to say yes to, even if it is unlikely the Celtics ever see such an offer in the short term future.

Former Griz exec, Athletic analyst John Hollinger, Athletic writer Jay King offer Celtics 2022 offseason TPE, free agency targets

The duo shifts focus beyond the deadline for Boston in a recent article.

While there is plenty of reporting about trade rumbles at this time of the season — just a few weeks ahead of the 2022 deadline for teams to exchange players with each other — there is also no shortage of speculation about which players ought to be dealt to which teams, too.

And given the Boston Celtics are widely seen to be among the NBA’s most active franchises on the 2022 NBA trade market, it should not surprise to see plenty of such speculation. Some are even extending the window of projection beyond the deadline to include potential offseason moves.

Not all such prognostication is created equal, however, and those with an intimate knowledge of how front offices run ought to be considered a little more closely.

Report: Atlanta Hawks discussed swapping Marcus Smart for Kevin Huerter, Cam Reddish; will take ‘significant value’ to move Boston guard

Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer relates that it is “unclear how far that dialogue progressed.”

The Boston Celtics have been by all accounts busy on the phones looking for potential trades to make the team better ahead of the Feb. 10 trade deadline, and Marcus Smart has reportedly been one of the more common names mentioned in such calls, per multiple accounts.

One such instance was reported by Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer, who relates his sources as saying that before “Atlanta sent (Cam) Reddish to New York, the Hawks and Celtics discussed a framework that would have swapped Marcus Smart for Kevin Heurter and Reddish”. Fischer adds that it is “unclear how far that dialogue progressed.”

“It’s a few weeks before the deadline, so it seems only fitting that Marcus Smart’s name has once again percolated in trade talk,” explains the B/R reporter, which makes sense given he’s Boston’s best movable talent for a franchise widely seen as likely to be active at the deadline.