So, Fred, this is John and Gar. We know two of your three leading scorers are not in Portland for Wednesday night's game. Make that three.
That may not have been how the conversation went Wednesday afternoon, but that was the result as Bulls management chose to sit out Nikola Mirotic pending a possible trade.
"I'll be straight up honest with you," Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg told reporters pregame. "I got a call today and the decision was made to not play Niko tonight. So that's all I know at this point. We'll see how the night goes and then reassess everything tomorrow.