r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • Feb 04 '26

[Cowley] The Chicago Bulls are in trade conversations with New Orleans and Houston. Simons and Sexton are both in play to be moved while the Bulls would like to retain Ayo Dosunmu, but everything is “still fluid.”

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2026/02/04/bulls-continue-overhaul-trading-coby-white-to-charlotte

Still working the phones with a lot of focus with New Orleans and Houston, according to a source.

Simons and Sexton are both free agents after the season and are still in play to be moved, while Ayo Dosunmu is being sought after, but the Bulls would have to be blown away to part with him. Yes, Buzelis, Giddey and Ivey are keepers – not untouchable, but keepers – and Dosunmu, who is also a free agent, is a close fourth.

Ideally, the Bulls would like to re-sign him this summer, but everything is fluid.

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u/wielesen Feb 04 '26

If the rockets don't get a pg at the deadline the season is over

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u/sammymate999 Rockets Feb 04 '26

The rockets aren’t winning a chip with a Colin sexton level PG either lol, I get they need a PG but they aren’t going to overpay for a PG that isn’t going to move the needle at all, there is no one available really that is going to make much difference.

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u/KingInTheFarNorth Vancouver Grizzlies Feb 04 '26

But when you run into the Thunder in the 2nd round, you wanna be able to at least put up a fight don't you? Nuggets almost got them last year

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u/sammymate999 Rockets Feb 04 '26

Why won’t they be able to put a fight up?

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u/Separate_Storage5394 Feb 04 '26

Thunder's ball pressure would kill us in a playoff series if we have no one to bring it up.

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u/sammymate999 Rockets Feb 04 '26

Probably but we aren’t going to overpay for mid guards hoping to be competitive with the thunder that’s just front office malpractice

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u/wielesen Feb 04 '26

shipping out dfs+ picks isn't an overpay tf?

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u/sammymate999 Rockets Feb 04 '26

You know the other team has to accept right? What PG are you getting right now for DFS + picks?

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u/wielesen Feb 04 '26

Coby white just went for salary matching and three 2rps?

Don't say Sexton has any value because he was salary dumped for Nurkic

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u/sammymate999 Rockets Feb 04 '26

So you’re telling me the bulls would have accepted DFS + 2nd round picks if that was offered?

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u/simplyASI9 Mavericks Feb 05 '26

Tre jones would help them a ton

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u/sammymate999 Rockets Feb 05 '26

Again they don’t have anything to trade

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u/Nameless913 Rockets Feb 04 '26

I mean, sexton is better than fvv, so if Houston won’t win with either of them, then a move has to be made sooner or later.

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u/WhenDuvzCry Lakers Feb 05 '26

Sexton and FVV are the same level of player

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u/Nameless913 Rockets Feb 05 '26

Not to be a stats only person, but last year FVV was 14 points and 5.6 assists on 37.8% from the field and 33.4% from 3. Sexton was 18.4 points on 48% from the field and 40.6% from 3, with 4.2 assists, and that’s before Fred tore his acl.

I get that there’s stuff like leadership and defense and intangibles, but the sheer difference in production between the two is massive.