The Coby White dilemma is real.

First, the Bulls guard is still trying to play catch-up in the conditioning department, getting in his first back-to-back action this weekend after an August calf strain set him back months.

Second, he’s an unrestricted free agent who up to this point has told the Bulls and interested trade partners that he wanted to test the market in July.

Finally, on any given night, he’s the best scorer on the roster and the face of the franchise since Zach LaVine was traded last year.

What to do, what to do?

Not an easy answer for executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas who has seemingly struggled with obvious roster decisions in the past, let alone one that is as complicated as White’s.

And the clock is ticking. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 5. Some of the players that were re-signed to extensions in July were eligible to be moved on Dec. 15, while the rest of that newly extended class becomes moveable Jan. 15.

That’s when business is expected to pick up.

For the Bulls, that’s just 10 more games to allow White to up his conditioning and hopefully put up the numbers he did in the second half of last season when he averaged 24.5 points and was getting to the free throw line 5.7 times per game. All-Star-caliber performances with an expiring contract at just $12.8 million the rest of this season.

“I’m getting there,” White said of his condition and rhythm after Saturday’s loss to Milwaukee. “I still feel like I’ve got a ways to go in terms of my body, in terms of stacking games together. This was my first back-to-back of the year, and feel decent, but I still got a ways to go.”

That’s about how it played out, as White shot 10-of-22 in the back-to-back, but had five turnovers against the Bucks, which didn’t help the cause.

“Just trusting my body and reacting to how I want to react,” White said of where he was trying to get back to. “I’m trying to get my legs underneath me as far as timing, decision making. I’m trying to give myself some grace. I was really hard on myself (Friday against Philadelphia) where I felt like I couldn’t get my timing down. It’s leading to some turnovers that I feel like are unforced.

“Once I get my timing down and get my legs underneath me, I’ll be better.”

And then what does that do for his value? Before the regular season started, the Sun-Times reported that both the Bulls and White’s camp were very amicable in discussions since last year, willing to table talks until the offseason.

However, with White’s name gaining trade momentum the last few weeks, a source said that the trust bridge has become more frayed.

The other consideration that Karnisovas is weighing is what type of impact White actually has on this roster? He is a huge voice in the locker room, but the Bulls are basically a .500 play-in team at 15-16 and are just 8-7 when White plays.

Is that with White deconditioned and working his way back into shape or just what this roster is even when the guard is at full strength?

There’s the rub.

Orlando, Minnesota, Dallas, Brooklyn, Houston and even Atlanta headline the rumored destination places for White, but ‘tis the season to expect the unexpected. What is expected is that Karnisovas can’t miss on this decision. Forget “competitive integrity” and whatever flag he wants to wave on a hill that is nothing more than a delusional mound. If he moves White there has to be a return that makes sense beyond this season.

“It will come back,” White added of his conditioning and his game. “It always comes back.”

Knowing White it will, but does that happen as a member of the Bulls or elsewhere?