The Chicago Bulls keep making moves, this time dealing a player they should have traded well over a year ago in order to actually get something of value.
That player is Coby White, whose contract status has beenthoroughly coveredon this site. The TL;DR version is this: The Bulls just traded him to the Charlotte Hornets at his lowest possible value, which has been a theme of theirs when dealing away players.
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The trade itself is slightly complicated.
On Wednesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder shipped out Ousmane Dieng to the Hornets for Mason Plumlee. Dieng was then re-routed to Chicago, leading to this total trade:
Coby White and Mike Conley Jr. went to Charlotte for Collin Sexton, Dieng, and three second-round selections.
Let's get into the trade-grade game.
Charlotte Hornets: B+
This up-and-coming team just got a heavy upgrade in White, who is especially solid moving off the ball, and it did so without relinquishing much.
The acquisition of White is Charlotte's pre-agency play, as it can now enter the summer with the hope of re-signing the high-scoring guard, who now returns to his home state.
White can start or come off the bench, providing the team with scoring, some playmaking and improved defense. He's essentially a better version of Sexton, which has to be considered a win.
Chicago Bulls: C
Look, we can talk about how the Bulls at least got something out of this deal, and that's all fine and well. But when you consider White had enormous value a year ago and the Bulls failed to pull the trigger, this is what happens.
The Bulls simply waited too long, again, which is underlined thoroughly by this post from Stephen Noh:
We shouldn't celebrate that the Bulls finally got off their butts to act on the Coby White situation, when they should have done it so long ago.
