Chicago Bulls Could Trade For This Disgruntled Warriors Forward

The Chicago Bulls have cooled off significantly. As the feel-good story of the early NBA season, they surprised everyone with some exceptional play. Then everything fell apart.  As of Friday, they are on a seven-game losing streak and are plummeting down the Eastern Conference standings. 

Is it time for the Bulls to give up on their current core? They certainly aren’t going to be making a run at the Eastern Conference Finals. Bulls trade rumors seem to indicate that they are looking to add more young pieces with potential to add to their current core. 

Marc Stein of The Stein Line reported that the Bulls could be interested in making a trade for the very available Jonathan Kuminga. 

“The Warriors are increasingly expected to trade Kuminga between Jan. 15 — who is not trade-eligible this season until that date — and the Feb. 5 trade deadline. And Chicago has certainly registered trade interest in Kuminga in the past, bringing up the 23-year-old in negotiations with Golden State on trades that never came to fruition in which the Warriors were engaged in talks of varying degrees of seriousness featuring Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine, and Nikola Vučević.”

While the Bulls have shown interest in Kuminga, do they have anything that the Warriors want in return? Ayo Dosunmo has been mentioned, but the Warriors already have a stash of guards that is too big. 

Would Nikola Vucevic interest the Warriors? Maybe, but his contract makes him a much less interesting asset for a team that wants to prioritize flexibility. 

The Warriors need to get off Kuminga, and a team like the Bulls would be smart to take the risk on a potential buy-low moment for a forward with tons of potential.