Bulls Enter Trey Murphy Sweepstakes? Chicago’s Perfect Fit Emerges! | Bulls’ Defense Falling Apart

Bulls Enter Trey Murphy Sweepstakes? Chicago’s Perfect Fit Emerges! | Bulls’ Defense Falling Apart

With the Bulls rumored to be interested in watching Trey Murphy’s trade market, it raises a interesting trade target for the Chicago Bulls at the trade deadline that fits the timeline and fits the style of play that the Chicago Bulls need that could end up being a perfect trade target for the Chicago Bulls. We’re going to separate what’s real from the noise on that and rumors around Nick Claxton. We’re also going to look at Kobe White’s return and how he’s going to help the Chicago Bulls offense and the defense, the Bulls defensive slide and how to get that corrected. We’re look at all that plus the mailbag right after this. What’s going on, Bulls fans? Welcome to another episode of Chicago Bulls Central, your number one spot for everything Chicago Bulls related. I’m the host, Hayes, but more importantly, you guys can follow the channel at Bull Central Pod on every social media platform we happen to be on. With that said, let’s go and get into this content for today, y’all. I want to start off talking about this Trey Murphy, the Third Rumors. Now, on yesterday’s episode, when I talked about more realistic trade targets for the Chicago Bulls, not named Anthony Davis, I did say, “Hey, I want to hear from you guys.” And a lot of you guys brought up Nick Claxton. We are going to talk about Nick Claxton on today’s episode. We actually have a voicemail from Shay in regards to that. I’m going to use that to piggyback off of to have the the in-depth conversation about Nick Claxton and his potential of being a trade target by the Chicago Bulls both positively and negatively. So stay tuned to that portion if you want to hear that uh that part of the show. But in getting ready for today’s show, right, I’ve seen from a couple of outlets. Now, Clutch Points is one which is is a mix of reporting and sometimes speculation, right? There have been some other outlets that have mentioned it that the Bulls could have an interest in Trey Murphy the third. And this is a player with the New Orleans Pelicans that I look at and I say, “Hey, listen. If you can get this guy in here in the building for the Chicago Bulls, you do that.” And you know, of course, it’s going to be determined by what you what you would have to give up to give him. And it’s going to be determined by do the Pelicans actually go into like a full blowup mode. I don’t think that they will. I think that maybe moving Zion, but with having Derrick Queen and Jeremiah Fears there, you want to keep some young players around there for sure, right? But they do have Jordan Pool and Trey Murphy the third could be somebody that can get them and net them some of the picks back that they lost. And for example, for trading for Derrick Queen, Trey Murphy the third on the season is averaging 19.8 points per game. So basically 20 seven rebounds, almost four assists. He’s doing that on 45% shooting from the field overall and 35% shooting from three-point range. What Trey Murphy also does bring is that two-way play at the wing. And if you were to, for example, to replace Isaac Auroro in the starting lineup with Trey Murphy and keep just basically everything else the same. Josh Giddy, Kobe White, Trey Murphy, Modis Buzzelis, and Nicolus. Again, of course, long run, we want to replace VooC with a more defensive-minded center. But that is a lineup that I tell you what I’m extremely uh interested by. Not only does Trey Murphy fit the offensive philosophy of the Bulls, but being able to do a little bit of everything, right? Be able to play off ball, be able to be on ball, I think that he would be able to play off players like Josh Giddy. Having Josh Giddy here, it does allow for players that do more scoring to still find their looks because you do have a player that can create like Josh Giddy does. Kobe’s a solid creator as well. Uh his rebounding also would add to the team rebounding philosophies here. You can move him to the three, slot him in there. Now, would it take moving a Kobe White to get a Trey Murphy the third? That goes back to we don’t know exactly what the Pels would be asking for Trey Murphy the third. But this is an interesting rumor to watch to watch out for, right? When you look at it, for example, the Chicago Bulls have slid defensively. Their defensive rating has gone to 119 after being 114 at the start of the season. And that’s quite I know it only sounds like four points going up, but that’s a lot when it comes down to it, right? You also look at at the the way that we’ve been scoring as well, like in that. So, they’re being outscored by 5.3 points uh per game. Now, Kobe White’s going to help that. It is what it is there. Um you know that that Kobe White’s going to help with that. But when you look at Trey Murphy and what he’s done in all 12 games that he started for. Also averaging 1.2 steals per game, which helps the Chicago Bulls get out in transition. Again, he fits into the philosophies that we like to play with as well. We look at Trey’s averages. Let’s just look at the averages. 36 minutes per game, 19.8 points per game, 6.8 assists, 3.4 four uh uh I’m sorry uh 6.8 uh rebounds per game, 3.4 assists, and 1.2 steals. He would be first, second, third, fourth, and second in all those rankings for the Chicago Bulls in the in in in those respective areas. Trey Murphy would absolutely help this. A 69 player, 210 lbs with a 71 wingspan. He would immediately be our best on ball defender in that starting lineup. And again, for the people that are like, well, Isaac Auro gives us nothing offensively. Be able to bring in a three, well, not really three and I wouldn’t call it Trey Murphy 3 and DD, but to bring in a two-way threat like Trey Murphy the third would be absolutely huge for this team. He can handle the ball some as well. He’s a career 38% three-point shooter. Even though his three-point shooting’s down a little bit, Trey Murphy would instantly probably become the most versatile player on the Chicago Bulls other than Iodumu. No knock on Josh Giddy. I know my Giddy fans, anytime you praise somebody else, the Giddy fans be like, “Oh my god, how can we not say the rebounder and assist?” By versatile, I mean on both sides of the ball. Yes, Josh Giddy has grown as a defender. Make no mistake about it. I’ve even talked about Josh Giddy and his growth as far as communicating on the defensive side of the ball, how that’s helped the Bulls, but as far as both on both sides of the ball, he would be one of the most versatile players. Now, would you have to give up Io? Would you have to give up Kobe? That’s something that we don’t know. It’s not going to be cheap to acquire Trey Murphy the third. That’s why hearing these rumors I want really wanted to try to dive in and I almost didn’t cover it at all until like somebody like maybe a Mark Stein or Jake Al Fischer report on it. But I’ll say this right for the Bulls that have all their own first round picks. They have tons of expiring salary if they’re looking for that. We have also Portland’s pick that does look like it’s going to convey sooner rather than later. Whereas before it looked like that pick was never going to convey. Now it does look like it could be this year, it could be next year with that Portland team and how they’re playing. Right. If New Orleans does get to a point to where they’re ready to blow up their roster and and even trade a young player like Trey Murphy the third who’s 25 years old, I personally feel like the Chicago Bulls should be all in on that. And again, I’m not saying that I want to see Kobe or IO go. I’ll be clear on this, but if they have any doubts about being able to resign guys like that, I think that you that this should be a trade that you look at. And so I want to turn this one over to you guys. Hearing the name of Trey Murphy III and hearing that and again he’s on a contract. He’s already locked in for four years. The last year the deal is $31 million, right? So three years after the season, which is kind of the similar thing that you’re looking at, for example, with um with Kobe or IO if you extend them. So if it takes one of Kobe or IO and a first round pick or whatever, would you be interested in adding Trey Murphy third to this team? And I know probably people, if I had to guess, people are going to say, “Yeah, they do they trade Kobe because Trey Murphy is more of a two-way. You keep I assume you have two two-way players. Trey Murphy can score 20 points per game.” I’m I’m assuming that’s what Bulls fans are going to say. But I just want to I want to say I want to ask you guys, what is the most if you could keep IO and Kobe, would you be willing to give up two first round picks unprotected for Trey Murphy the third? I really want to hear from you guys on this one. And what do you think the interest would be in Trey Murphy? Should the Bulls, per the rumor from Clutch Points, should they really be all in on potentially trading for Trey Murphy if he becomes available? Let me know what you guys think on that down below. Now, one of the things that also was we just mentioned Kobe White. People have been asking how Kobe White can help this Bulls team, right? And the Bulls who sit one game above 500. They take on the Utah Jazz tonight. We’ll preview that game here in a second. But when you look at it, Kobe White and especially with the Bulls offense tremendously helps this team. You talk about the gravity that a player like Kobe White has and how because defenses have to guard him as a three-level scorer, they are going to it’s going to open up easier shots for Modis and Isaac Auro and those type of players. But people forget this one interesting fact. Kobe White was the league’s I think best or second best transition player last year, which this team that likes to play fast, get out and attack the defense. That’s good. He averaged 7.1 transition points per game. He was only behind Giannis Antto Doopo. So he was second in that in transition points. And you look at that also when you look at it as well, the three-point shooting efficiency from Kobe White, right? He made 15.4 uh made threes per game. Uh sorry, the Bulls averaged 15.4 three uh made threes per game, third most in the NBA, right? This year it’s down to 13 and a half. Kobe White’s going to help that. He averaged almost three three-pointers per game last season, shooting at a 37%. and he finished with the 15 mo uh most made threes in the entirety of the NBA. You talk about spacing that floor out a little bit more for Modis to go to work, for VUS to go to work. Kobe White’s going to provide that as well. 149 of his 216 made threep point or three-point attempts last year came from 25 to 29 ft and he shot nearly 37% from that. He averaged two uh shots per game uh from from from that distance last season on that on that 25 to 29 ft. So again, spacing here for the Chicago Bulls and how that helps this team play the style that they want to play, right? And so Kobe White coming back to this team and it may be as soon as tonight against the Utah Jazz. I I assume that we are going to see a much more efficient offense right away when Kobe White takes the court again. We just of course got to see it actually happen in reality, but I do think that that’s coming. But let’s let’s talk about that game tonight against the Utah Jazz. Right. The Jazz are coming into this game with a 4-8 record. And while they’re ranked towards the bottom of the league in offense and defensive efficiency, they’re 21st in offensive rating, 25th in in defensive rating, they have a net rating of negative 5.4, which is 23rd in the NBA. But one of the things with this team is they’re number one in assist percentage. They do move the ball around, and you can’t overlook that. And with them having players like like George and Lari Markin, two players that both are averaging over 20 points per game, we have seen the Bulls be susceptible to to players that just can put up big numbers against them. And that’s where you have to look at it as well. They also are the eighth in three-point attempt rate in the league per game. And that’s going to be something they average 45-point attempts per game. If they get hot from the three-point range, we’ve already seen it. The Bulls falter when it comes to that, and that’s something that you have to watch out for. This is also a team that gets to the free throw line a lot. um you know 31 free throw attempts per game, three free throw rate per game. That’s fourth in the NBA. You got to watch out for that if that team and again three-point shooting, some scores that can go off and getting to the free throw line. These are things that can hurt the Chicago Bulls and we’ve seen it happen a lot. Now, they also are worse in in turnover percentage. So, if the Bulls can play those those passing lanes and get themselves some easy offense, that’s where it can go the Bulls way. You cannot overlook this. The keys to this game for the Chicago Bulls are defense, defense, defense, attack on offense. That’s what the Bulls have to do in this game. If they do that, they can win this game against Utah Jazz. I don’t care what their record is. The Bulls cannot come into this game slacking or assuming a win’s going to happen. You cannot play down to the level of competition, especially after your loss to the Detroit Pistons. You cannot do that. Come into this game, understand the seriousness and the urgency that you need to play with. take care of this business and hopefully you can get it done early because on the back you’re on the first of a back toback and you take on Denver tomorrow. So hopefully we see this team understand the seriousness that they need to play with tonight, get this win done and then we can go forward and get ready for Denver. But let me know what you guys think on that down below. With that said, let’s go and get into these mailbags that we have for today. This first one, this one’s from Isaiah. Hey, this Isaiah calling. Um just kind of thought about um you know the recent episode man and how you were talking about I think one of the callers actually brought up um you know people kind of losing faith or hop in the team already. Um and I just wanted to say like second I think somebody else said it but having Kobe White back man is going to be huge for our offensive structure on the team. Obviously having Giddy back, I mean, he’s the engine um helping everything operate a certain degree, but Kobe last year provided a dynamic for the team that I think goes unnoticed. Just his presence. I just watched LeBron and Curry in that interview with Stephen Nash and they talked about the gravity of Curry when he’s on the court, it will make even a role player seem I’m not going to say like an all-star, but seem like he’s way more than a role player. I mean, you look at a guy like like Derek White, Drew Holiday, yeah, those guys are talented for sure, but when you got Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown on the court, they look even better because they’re in the right spots and they’re expected to do a certain amount of things. So, I I think of a guy like Muslaw on the baseline getting so many baseline, crazy poster dunks, up and unders and ones, all because a driving kick, but they’re looking at Kobe. Oh, we got to focus on Kobe. We got to focus on Booch. I feel like removing Kobe from that made it seem like, okay, now we know Gucci is gonna get us buckets. Now we can really lock up Modis. So I feel like our offense kind of got slowed down a little bit in that aspect. Yeah, we still been good. I believe we’re going to be even better. Um, so for the people that are doubting Kobe, I just don’t really think that’s the case. Obviously, we’re going to have to get our traction back. But ultimately, I believe that with Josh, with Kobe, with VC, with Modis, it’s going to be a lot harder for teams to game plan for us on the offensive end because we got a guy that’s going to get to the lane no matter what. Kobe’s a three-level scorer in all reality. Obviously, he’s going to get like say get his traction back. V, you know, get in the low post, maybe knock down a couple threes if he’s not sucking ass to be transparent. But then we get Modus, man. I mean, he’s becoming even more of a scorer than he was last year. Obviously, he still has a lot of refining to do, but I think we’re going to be good, man. All in all to say, I think we’re going to be good. I think Isaac Aoro is going to find his way with Kobe having some more opportunities open in the corner like you mentioned. Um, so yeah, man, that’s kind of what I’m looking forward to. That’s what I wanted to bring up. Also, Jaylen Smith, man, I left a message at the end of one of my other videos, well, other calls a long time ago, but he needs some more opportunity, man. He’s been showing why the reason why we got him and I just think he needs some more opportunity, man. But yeah, that’s all I got. Haze, man, I appreciate you. I I mean, I think I how Kobe White helps the offense, you hit you hit the nail on the head there. He’s going to make the get shots so much easier for player like Isaac Aoro and Buzzelis and then even when when Jaylen Smith and I are in the game with him, he’s going to help create easier opportunities and shots for them. Kobe White can be a oneman fast break at times. So can I Dumu. And so because of those things with him, his ability to rebound and pass and drive and get to the and get to the free throw line, which he showed at the end of last season. Let’s see if he can keep that up into this season. Kobe White is definitely going to help this team. All the little the doubts that people have about Kobe and all the things that we’ve heard, you know, over that that Kobe’s going to hurt this team and stuff like that, like he’s going to have to prove those people wrong because, you know, they’re going to just assume that they’re right. But, uh, Kobe White on paper helps this team a lot. And I can’t wait to see what we finally look like as a team at full strength because that’s when we can really try to determine where this team is going to sit at in the East this year. Right. All right. Let’s get into this next voicemail, man. This one’s from AI Kid. Yep. What up? Hey, Shad Boys Network. AI kid, I wanted to call y’all. You know, we’ve been losing. We have We’ve been on the losing streak, but that’s what I wanted to talk to y’all about. But first, I wanted to address like we might finish top because Embiid not the same and New York is a fraud. But we not ready. We not ready. It’s going to take another year. Really remind me of Joe Biden. He look He look good at first, but it’s obvious this [ __ ] don’t know what he doing. You know what I’m saying? cuz he say he took Booie out cuz he was in a trench territory with Cornet and Wendy when Booie was defending the pick and roll better than anyone, let alone doing a better job on Wendy. I feel like we could have still be undefeated if it wasn’t for coaching. And you can tell some players are more gas than others. What’s the point of bragging about our bench if we not going to use them? We need fresh legs every time we on the floor. I want to see rotation more like we had in the preseason. Yeah, some starters may as well cut, but we gonna keep everybody fresh and we going to find a hot hand and we still haven’t seen nowhere and it’s not like we a contender. I don’t know. I just think Billy needs help. You know, he has the right vision which is good to have in our organization, but his adjustments are too too questionable to overlook and not be held accountable for. You know, we tr we truly have a daily roster, you know, and it and it could go to waste with Billy Thibido running our starters to the ground, you know. So, y’all let me know y’all thoughts on that. So, I feel like a lot of the times we could have just made adjustments and these adjustments are hard to see to a casual basketball fan. So, why is it so hard for NBA coach? I don’t know. Maybe he needs help. Y’all, let me know y’all thoughts. So, I won’t act like adjustments haven’t been a problem for Billy Donovan. They have, right? And I think that’s the thing that we continue to see. And that’s why, you know, Billy Donovan like turning the defense over to Wes Unselled, I think, was just smart because it it showed that Billy understood his own limitations. So, whether it’s Wes Unel, Dan Craig, Billy Donovan, they got to get their yourself together and try to get this defensive slide together that the Bulls have been on. Now, as far as things just being fixed by adjustments, I mean, it that assumes a few things. That assumes that the players are executing the game plan perfectly well. That’s assuming that people that come in behind those guys are going to be playing at their level, which doesn’t necessarily mean either. But I think overall, just as a team, between the team and the coaching, everything needs to be better because the slide usually isn’t just based off one aspect of those. It’s usually based off a few factors that go into that. And that’s why we really need to attack it and be more on top of it as a team heading into this game and into the stretch on the West Coast. Let’s hope that the Bulls can start getting some things together and we can look like a much better team. All right, let’s get into this next voicemail. This is one probably you guys are waiting on. This is Shay. What’s up, Paige? Look, I know you probably have heard me say this in one of my voicemails, but you probably didn’t. Look, we are we talking about this whole Anthony Dave is trading for him and trading for Damen Gather maybe unlikely unlikely for both of them. Hell, honestly, I think it might be unlikely for Eve Messi. One person that I do think that it’s very likely for is a guy by the name of Nick Claxton from the Brooklyn Nets. Look, Brooklyn is in a bad spot right now. If you trade boots and maybe that pick from Portland straight up or maybe just some second round pick or maybe just four boots straight straight up. But all in all, I think we should go after Nick Claxton. Look, he may not score a lot, but let me tell you, he doesn’t do anything outside of off punts that we don’t need besides catching lobs. He rebounds, plays defense, and he does everything we need. And plus, we average over 100 points even without boots. So, I look at it like this. And Nick Claxton kind of fits our time timeline a little bit better than Anthony Davis and Daniel Gaffford. Maybe not Eve Messi, but hey, he does do a lot for our timeline, but hey, what do I know? Maybe we may maybe Brooklyn might want something more than what the boys might give him, but but I’m all in on Nick Claxton. Anyway, tell me what you think, please. All right, so Nick Claxton fits the Bulls timeline. He fits the Bulls play style. He fits a what the skill set that the Bulls need at that center position as well. Now, here’s what I’ll say, right? Nick Claxton has had seasons where he’s averaged two blocks per game. And I love that for him, right? I love I love that for him. But I do think that in some ways that Nick Claxton has gotten this reputation as a really good on ball defender when he’s really not. Nick Claxton has some some pick and roll defensive issues as well, right? But I think the thing with with him comes down to this, right? And look, let me be clear. There’s no perfect perfect um no perfect player for the Chicago Bulls, right? There are players that get you close there. There are players that bring a lot of what the Bulls need, but there’s always something that, you know, mi misses a little bit when it comes down to it. Nick Claxton gets you a lot of what you need, and no doubt about that. But I think the Brooklyn Nets, they’re holding on to Nick Claxon. They gave him a very team friendly contract. It’s actually deescalating, meaning that it’s less money each year, which is a huge thing. that they’re going to be looking for a I think a nice trade for Nick Claxton and that’s kind of why I left him off. I don’t really have a gauge on how they they view him, right, as far as what they need from him. But, you know, we’ll see. I’ll say this overall, Nick, I would not be mad if Nick Claxton is the player for the Chicago Bulls at all. I think if you’re able to get Nick Claxton, keep Mus Balis, if no SNA develops, you then have a 3, four, five of players that are all long, can are bouncy, can catch lobs, can get out in transition, can run with your guards as well, and are all decent shot blockers, which then it helps with our with our rim protection. So, Nick Claxton is a really good acquisition. I love the contract, too. the fact that the contract it’s $25 million this year, 23 after that, and then 20 million the year after that, which means that as you have to extend Modest Buselis, right, you actually are gaining more on that because you have that space that’s there. Nick Laxton is a really good prospect. I just think that the Nets and where they are, they’re going to be really trying to get as much draft assets as possible. And I don’t know how stingy the Bulls are with their draft picks right now. And we’ll see what happens with that. But hey, I talked about Trey Murphy the third early and that’s going to take probably two first to get done. So, can’t knock you on that one, Shay. I guess we’ll see what what happens with that one overall, man. But great great call out there on Nick Claxton. Many of you guys brought up Nick Claxton. All right, let’s get into uh the last voicemail we have today, man. This one’s from Reggie. Hey, this is Regin calling in. I just want to thank you again for, you know, cutting off this uh 80s to the Bulls rumors [ __ ] after me. Know this thing before it was born. Uh there’s no reason to trade for Anthony Davis because he’s not going to be playing more than 50 games healthy in a year as the call 50 million. That’s worthless. The only thing I see is maybe Boston trading for him, you know, because Delight has been asked and Anthony Simmons isn’t really much better. So I’m guessing that Boston will probably might do it. Have a future front for the ground and ad possibly a center somewhere along the line. But for me right now, what I’m most concerned about is Billy Donovan. I messed around and saw one of your uh videos from two years ago where the um the title was, is the right post for Chicago? And once again, this is years ago and we’re still asking that question after watching him call the Bulls at least two games and the Bulls split from number one to number nine at least. So the answer for me is no and it was always no. And some people might say that’s just because uh Giddy got hurt or Kobe White’s hurt and Boo just fell off, but it’s a coach. It’s more than that. It’s the fact that he doesn’t know who to keep in or who to take out. And for some reason, he doesn’t know how to manage the game. Like he doesn’t adjust well to the situation. And if someone’s not going off and he has to go up against a competent coach with a, you know, well disciplined team, you might as well just mark it down as an L. And it’s just frustrating because like I said, we’ve just seen this for years and there’s no excuse anymore, but we know he’s not going to get fired because Jared Lor. So, we’re stuck with this guy for the next couple of years. Even if the Bulls make the playoffs, they’re not going to do anything because when he’s going to get out, coach, he’s going to find a way to revert back to who who he truly is, which is a loser. That air me out. No AD. No AD and that’s that. I I I mean, I’m done with the AD rumors. I know that there are a segment of Bulls fans that would love AD to be here, but I’m good on that. I’m I’m really good on that. No, thank you. You can keep him keep his ass at home. Uh, but as far as Billy Donovan being out coached, yeah, it’s something that we’re all too familiar with, something that we see way too frequently. And this is why I was hopeful that Billy Donovan was really going to rely on those. He got high level um assistants here. Dan Craig and Wes Unsettled are two of the more heralded assistant coaches in the league. And I really, and I mean, he may be, maybe he is relying on them and we’re just not still seeing the success. So, I don’t want to act like it’s not a possibility that he isn’t doing that. But, I just hope that they were going to bring an extra dynamic to this team because, yeah, Billy does have problems with adjustments. He just too slow or not at all sometimes. And then I think also with that is that we just see that he get he does get out coach. He’s not the greatest X’s and O’s coach. He’s a solid one but not a great one. He’s not as bad as some people make him out to be either. But I I still think and I still hold on to what I’ve always said. But when the Bulls finally have a roster that they feel very confident in, I think that that’s going to give a short lease for Billy Donovan. And unless he gets that team over the hump, you’re probably looking at after after AK Eversley feels solid about where this roster is as a whole. You’re probably looking a year or two evaluation for Billy Donovan and then they’re probably going to look at a different coach to bring in here. Now, that doesn’t mean Billy Donovan may not move to the front office role or something like that because they do love him. But I think that that’s probably what you’re looking at from a head coaching standpoint. But that’s just my thoughts. You guys can let me know how you feel down below. That’s also my time for today, y’all. Make sure you guys are following us, man. Um, you know, it it’s it’s it’s exciting, right? That’s that that all I’ll say is that if if people are excited about the possibility of Trey Murphy the third or Nick Claxton or Kobe White coming back, you’re not alone. There are a lot of people that are excited about this team. Don’t let the naysayers out there on social media on on Twitter or whatever else let you think that it’s all doom and gloom because it’s not, right? So, make sure you guys drop your thoughts, send in any voicemails. Make sure you hit the like button and subscribe to the channel as well to keep the conversation going. Hit that notification bell if you want to be notified when we post as well. I always appreciate you guys. Make sure you’re following us at bull centralpod. Do you send us any feedback, questions, comments, concerns, bullcentralpodgmail.com. Lastly, if you want to leave a text message and our voicemail for the mailbag, the number to do so, 773-270-2799. We’re the number one spot for everything Chicago Bulls related. 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The Trey Murphy rumors are heating up — and the Chicago Bulls are right in the middle of it. On today’s episode, Haize breaks down why Murphy is a dream fit for the Bulls, what it would cost to get him, and whether Chicago should make that push now.

We also dive into why the Bulls desperately need Coby White back, what his shooting and gravity unlock for the offense, and how his return could help stabilize a team that has dropped four straight after a 6–1 start.

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