This year’s NBA trade deadline was perhaps the most exciting one ever, and the Bulls sat it out.
They joined the Lakers and Warriors as the only teams not to make a deal (even the Hawks and Knicks did that now-looking-pointless Cam Reddish trade weeks ago), but more worrisome is that most of their Eastern Conference playoff contemporaries all used the day to load up: Despite their surely-serious injuries and mental health struggles, both Ben Simmons and James Harden will likely help the Sixers and Nets (hilariously in 8th now). Elsewhere the Cavs (Caris LaVert) and Celtics (Derrick White) made big additions to their rotations while the Bucks and Raptors made more minor moves.