According to Vincent Goodwill of NBC Sports Chicago, the New Orleans Pelicans were on the verge of completing a trade with the Chicago Bulls involving Nikola Mirotic, Omer Asik and the Pels 2018 First Round pick.
Hearing Nikola Mirotic will be dealt to New Orleans Pelicans for Omer Asik and first round draft pick, sources tell @NBCSChicago
— Vincent Goodwill (@vgoodwill) January 30, 2018
However, minutes later, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski announced the deal was off.
New Orleans and Chicago had a deal for Nikola Mirotic, but it's fallen apart for now, league sources tell ESPN.