{"id":158673,"date":"2026-02-04T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=158673"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:18:26","slug":"chicago-bulls-charlotte-hornets-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bulls-charlotte-hornets-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls-Charlotte Hornets trade leaves more questions than answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With less than a day remaining till the NBA Trade Deadline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicagobulls\"><span class=\"s2\">the Chicago Bulls<\/span><\/a> have been one of the more active teams over the past couple of days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><strong>More News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bulls-expected-to-make-quick-decision-on-new-trade-acquisition\"><span class=\"s2\">Chicago Bulls expected to make quick decision on new trade acquisition<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Trading away their veteran center, Nikola Vucevic, to the Boston Celtics for shooting guard Anfernee Simmons and a second-round pick, the Bulls made yet another move, trading guards Coby White and Mike Conley Jr. to the Charlotte Hornets for guard Colin Sexton, forward Ousmane Dieng, and three second-round picks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shamscharania\/status\/2019138108395225104?s=46\">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">White had spent his entire seven-year career with the Bulls after they drafted him in the first round (seventh overall) in 2019, and has scored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteco01.html\"><span class=\"s2\">15.4 points<\/span><\/a>, 3.9 assists, and 3.7 rebounds. Sexton, this season with the Hornets (42 games), had scored 14.2 points per game, 1.9 rebounds, and 3.7 assists.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in: The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White and Mike Conley Jr. to the Charlotte Hornets for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NnHXT5b8lR\">pic.twitter.com\/NnHXT5b8lR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2019138108395225104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Chicago Bulls-Charlotte Hornets trade leaves more questions than answers<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158241\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-158241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-900x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Chicago Bulls guard Coby White\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_28065473-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan 22, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Coby White (0) dribbles the ball against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second half at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Trading White was always enviable. White will be an unrestricted free agent after this season, and the Bulls were never able to extend him due to the 140% rule. However, this trade is perplexing, as Sexton is also a free agent after this season and is making more than White (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/26974\/collin-sexton\"><span class=\"s2\">$18.975 million<\/span><\/a>), who is making $12.888 million. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">White has been on the trade block for two seasons and is having another solid year (18.6 points per game and 4.7 assists) after having a breakout season (20.4 points and 4.5 assists) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4395651\/coby-white\"><span class=\"s2\">2024-25<\/span><\/a>. With his stock rising, it\u2019s hard to see why the Bulls and their front office didn\u2019t find a better package of players and picks to acquire White and Conley Jr. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the trade deadline expiring at 3 p.m. on Friday, the Bulls still have possible moves they could make with the stockpile of picks they have acquired, which could signal they may make a play for the Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo, but that remains to be seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157055\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-157055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Coby White, Chicago Bulls\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27901049_168419782_lowres.jpg 1876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec 29, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte Divincenzo (0) defends Chicago Bulls guard Coby White (0) during the first half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With less than a day remaining till the NBA Trade Deadline, the Chicago Bulls have been one of the more active teams over the past couple of days. More News: Chicago Bulls expected to make quick decision on new trade acquisition Trading away their veteran center, Nikola Vucevic, to the Boston Celtics for shooting guard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":158235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,6868,6869,8647],"tags":[3378,4886,1453,8853,8852],"class_list":{"0":"post-158673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicagobulls","8":"category-chicago-bulls-news","9":"category-chicago-bulls-rumors","10":"category-chicago-bulls-trade-rumors","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-coby-white","14":"tag-colin-sexton","15":"tag-mike-conley-jr"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast 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