An NBA trade idea sending Coby White from the Chicago Bulls to the Miami Heat has been created.
NBA writer Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Bulls and Heat:
Chicago Bulls get: Nikola Jović and Simone Fontecchio
Miami Heat get: Coby White
White appeared in 74 games for the Bulls last season. He averaged 20.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks while shooting 45.3% from the field, 37.0% from beyond the arc and 90.2% from the free-throw line.
A UNC product, White will make $12.9 million next season in the final year of his contract. He signed a three-year, $36 million deal with the Bulls in 2023.
“Prior to the additions of Matas Buzelis and Noa Essengue, White arguably looked like Chicago’s most promising building block,” Buckley wrote. “Yet, the 25-year-old no longer seems cemented into the long-term plans, due in no small part to the fact unrestricted free agency awaits him after the upcoming season.
“Maybe that motivates the Bulls’ brass to get something for White now and not risk losing him for nothing later. They could be getting quite a bit here, as Jović has flashed a really interesting mix of size (6’10”), shot-making and ball-handling, and Fontecchio holds obvious bounce-back potential after losing more than six points off of his three-point percentage (33.5, down from 40.1 in 2023-24).
White, 25, has career averages of 15.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocks. He was the seventh overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
The Heat could start White, Tyler Herro, Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware if White got traded to South Beach. The Cleveland Cavaliers swept Miami in the first round of the 2025 playoffs, while Chicago missed the playoffs again.