It’s been a busy afternoon for the Chicago Bulls front office in trading not only Taj Gibson, but Doug McDermott.
As The Vertical’s Shams Charania and ESPN’s Brian Windhorst tweeted, Chicago is trading Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott, and a 2018 second-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Cameron Payne, Joffrey Lauvergne, and Anthony Morrow.
This is an objectively terrible trade for the Bulls, and the Twitter community made sure to voice their disapproval early and often.
First, here’s the tweet from Charania that broke the news. Payne isn’t included in the tweet, but he’s in the deal.