Coby White Rumors

Joel Lorenzi: Coby White, asked if Bulls (unofficial) trades for guards today have made him uncertain about his future in Chicago: “I haven’t heard about anything. When y’all found out about the trades is when I found out about the trades. So I haven’t really heard much.”

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Joel Lorenzi: Trades aren’t official, but Coby White talked Vuc/deadline mayhem “He’s been a guy that was a believer in me since Day 1. Obviously gon miss him a lot. … tough day, but I guess it’s part of the business so we supposed to be robots about it. “Obviously I want to be here. I love my teammates. But I been saying this (as long as) yall been asking me: the front office is gonna do what they think is best for the team.”

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Keith Smith: I'm currently projecting the Bulls to have about $27.6M in cap space this offseason. That's if they clear the decks of all of their free agents, minus Ayo Dosunmu and Jaden Ivey. Ivey's cap hold is about $6M more than Coby White's is. I'm assuming White won't be back next season.

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Fullcourtpass: "My phone is blowing up on Coby White or Ayo... There is going to be more movement here in Chicago" - @ShamsCharania (h/t @NBA__Courtside )

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Yossi Gozlan: The Bulls are now just $4.5 million under the luxury tax line by swapping Nikola Vucevic for Anfernee Simons. They also now have a comical logjam of guards. Bringing in both Simons and Jaden Ivey feels like they could be moving on from both Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu.

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Oh No He Didn't: Shams on the Bulls: "Around the league I'm getting a ton of calls and texts, this raises questions about the futures of Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu"

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While so few transactions have made the going rate for Bulls guard Coby White difficult to gauge, one source indicated that Chicago has struggled in early attempts to net a first-round pick in a deal that might involve the seventh-year guard. Any reluctance stems from his expiring contract, the potential figure on his next deal and his nagging calf issues this season.

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Coby White and Dosunmu will be eligible for free agency after the season, and Tre Jones got a contract extension in July. Karnisovas has been most aggressive in trying to trade White, but Dosunmu and Jones are drawing more interest because of finances.

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Anthony Chiang: The Bulls injury report for tonight's game vs. Heat: Josh Giddey (hamstring) and Jalen Smith (calf) remain out. Also, Kevin Huerter (back) is questionable. Nikola Vucevic and Coby White not on the injury report and expected to be available tonight.

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Ira Winderman: No Josh Giddey or Jalen Smith for Bulls tonight and likely no Nikola Vucevic or Coby White, who are listed as doubtful. Heat without Norman Powell and Tyler Herro, with Davion Mitchell listed as doubtful.

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Heat took the first game of the three-game set 116-113 Thursday night on the Bulls’ court. It wasn’t easy and it got shaky late when almost all of a 13-point lead was blown, but the Heat survived when Chicago’s Coby White missed a 3-point heave just before the final buzzer. So behind 21 points from Norman Powell and a pair of double-doubles – 20 points and 12 rebounds from Bam Adebayo and 19 points and 10 rebounds from Jaime Jaquez Jr – the Heat turned a lengthy travel day into a needed victory, easing the return trip, with the teams next to meet Saturday and Sunday at Kaseya Center.

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“A lot of it’s out of my control,” Coby White told the Tribune. “Obviously there’s a lot of scenarios out there. And you’ve got to always look at it like — it’s good to be wanted, you know? But I don’t really know what’s going to happen. I don’t have any clue.” The trade-deadline decision is connected to another choice the Bulls must make this summer — whether to re-sign either White or Ayo Dosunmu, both of whom are in line to hit unrestricted free agency for the first time in their careers.

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In his seventh season, White has become an awkward fit in a rapidly lengthening timeline for the Bulls’ youth development project. “I’m getting older,” White said. “I’m about to be 26, so I’m not really that young in the league anymore in terms of being in the NBA. …It depends on what direction they go in. If they just go into the total rebuild and go really young, super young, and just try to build over the years — if they feel like that’s what’s best for the organization, that’s it.”

Chicago Tribune

Much of the conversation around the Bulls' present-day machinations, of course, revolves around Chicago's current backcourt. Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu and Tre Jones have all drawn notable trade interest from rival teams, sources say. The clear conclusion after being on the ground for two games and three days in the Windy City: White currently ranks as the most likely Bulls guard to be dealt before next Thursday’s trade buzzer … for multiple reasons.

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