{"id":565622,"date":"2026-01-28T05:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565622\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T05:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:36:46","slug":"timberwolves-rockets-interested-in-trading-for-bulls-coby-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565622\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves, Rockets Interested In Trading For Bulls&#8217; Coby White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets are interested in trading for Chicago Bulls guard <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-27_bbr\">Coby White<\/a>, according to NBA reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/bulls\/2026\/01\/27\/bulls-trade-talks-while-players-focused-elsewhere\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>White becomes an unrestricted free agent after this season. He doesn\u2019t have a no-trade clause in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bulls front office remained active in trade talks on Tuesday, with Coby White still the piece most frequently discussed, according to a source,\u201d Cowley wrote. \u201cMinnesota and Houston are still in the mix, but it\u2019s not just a two-team race with the Feb. 5 trade deadline approaching quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the source stressed that nothing was imminent, it vibed with Sun-Times reports since early December that executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas is looking to conduct business with the roster. The ongoing issue is the tightrope he is trying to walk, moving a player like White \u2013 who does have an expiring contract \u2013 for young talent that coincides with the timeline the Bulls feel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/giddejo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-27_bbr\">Josh Giddey<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buzelma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-27_bbr\">Matas Buzelis<\/a> occupy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White is averaging 19.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game this season. He\u2019s shooting 45.7% from the field, 37.0% from beyond the arc and 80.0% from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets and Timberwolves are title contenders, while the Bulls are a play-in team. White, 25, is better suited to play for a playoff team at this stage of his career. <\/p>\n<p>Houston and Minnesota have been looking for point guards, which is why they are targeting White, who is making $12.9 million this season.<\/p>\n<p>A UNC product, White was the seventh overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. He holds career averages of 15.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NBA trade deadline is February 5 at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dallashoopsjournal.com\/p\/category\/nba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest NBA News &amp; Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets are interested in trading for Chicago Bulls guard Coby White, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,329,963,292,194,4066,152,6,3101,6050,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-565622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-chicago-bulls","10":"tag-coby-white","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-rockets","13":"tag-houstonrockets","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-news","17":"tag-nba-rumors","18":"tag-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115971108631821087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}