Long-time Chicago Bulls reporter KC Johnson believes the team will let go of either Ayo Dosunmu or Coby White because Josh Giddey is likely to re-sign this offseason.
“I’ve been saying for a while in my from my seat, they’ve got to try to look to trade either Ayo (Dosunmu) or Coby (White) because I think it’ll be very hard to re-sign both of them after next year, when they both have unrestricted free agency,” Johnson explained on The Chicago Lead.
“So I think you got to get out in front of things like that. What’s crazy is they value both those players highly, and they obviously are a big part of how they want to play stylistically, to your point, the stylistic change. So I think that’d be a tough decision to make, but that’s a front office’s job is to make hard decisions,” he added.
Johnson added that the Chicago Bulls should consider gauging the trade market for Dosunmu and White now to see if they can secure a similar trade package for either one, a la the Desmond Bane trade.
Chicago Bulls could lose backup point guard in free agency
Besides Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White, the Chicago Bulls also have to decide on what to do with Tre Jones, who will hit unrestricted free agency this offseason.
John Hollinger of The Athletic argued that Jones could command a $21 million salary after averaging 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists, and 1.1 steals on 57.2 percent shooting from the field across 18 regular season appearances for the Chicago Bulls this year.
“Jones might not be a $21 million player, but there’s also a decent chance he’s seriously undervalued in the marketplace. Nobody thinks of him as a starter, and his reluctance to shoot from outside is a clear limitation. However, his defense, ball security and floater game low-key add quite a bit of value to offset his lack of dynamic shot creation. At the very least, he’d be a top-notch backup who would fit in several places,” Hollinger wrote.
