The Chicago Bulls' trade deadline was questionable, but at least kind of defensible. After Jaden Ivey’s DNP-CD and disturbing injury issues, though, it’s becoming impossible to view this as anything other than a failure.
You could squint and see the thinking behind these decisions. Bulls executive VP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas moved his most valuable expiring contracts in Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu and Nikola Vucevic with an eye toward finally building for the future.
He set Chicago up for success by acquiring a boatload of second-round picks and taking some low-cost, high-reward fliers.