Overview
- ESPN reported Chicago has held internal discussions on dealing for Mavericks star Anthony Davis to address porous rim protection.
- Team sources told reporters the Bulls will not include their identified core of Josh Giddey, Coby White, Matas Buzelis and rookie Noa Essengue in any such package.
- Dallas is evaluating options after a 6-15 start and the firing of GM Nico Harrison, though no concrete Davis trade has emerged.
- Davis, 32, has been limited to six games this season with a left-calf strain and is in year one of a fully guaranteed three-year, $175.3 million deal with potential extension eligibility next summer.
- Chicago controls multiple future firsts, an extra protected Portland pick and significant projected cap space, but salary-matching rules and calendar constraints before mid-December and the February deadline complicate any move.