{"id":597653,"date":"2026-02-11T22:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/597653\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:58:21","slug":"why-bulls-failed-to-pull-off-yves-missi-trade-with-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/597653\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bulls failed to pull off Yves Missi trade with Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/2026-nba-trade-deadline-intel-bucks-still-contemplating-giannis-future-cavs-escalate-trade-market\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls made a late push to acquire Yves Missi<\/a> at the NBA trade deadline, but <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/nba-trade-deadline-intel-grizzlies-ja-morant-jaren-jackson-jr-trade-ivica-zubac-fallout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discussions with the New Orleans Pelicans ultimately fell short<\/a> due to differing asking prices.<\/p>\n<p>According to ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel, Chicago held strong interest in the 21-year-old center and attempted to structure a deal on deadline day using multiple second-round picks it had previously acquired. However, New Orleans was unwilling to move Missi without receiving a first-round pick in return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMissi was another heavily discussed center this trade cycle, with the Chicago Bulls holding strong interest in him,\u201d Siegel wrote. \u201cAlthough Chicago attempted to trade for Missi on the day of the trade deadline, utilizing several second-round picks they had acquired, the Pelicans were not open to trading the young center unless they were to receive a first-round pick, sources said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelicans hold firm on first-round price as Yves Missi remains future trade target<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3691387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Missi-vs-the-Bulls.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic (9) controls the ball against New Orleans Pelicans center Yves Missi (21) during the second half at United Center.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>As a result, no deal materialized. Siegel added that Missi is expected to remain a prominent trade target closer to the 2026 NBA Draft, as the Pelicans are seeking to recoup a first-round selection in this year\u2019s draft cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Missi is in his second NBA season and has seen a shift in role. He is averaging 5.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.2 assists per game while shooting 53.8% from the field across 47 appearances, including seven starts. He is logging 19.3 minutes per contest after averaging 26.8 minutes and starting 67 games during his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago enters Wednesday at 24-30 and sits 11th in the Eastern Conference standings. The Bulls are looking to snap a five-game losing streak when they visit the Boston Celtics at 7:30 p.m. ET before the league pauses for All-Star Weekend at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans, 15-40 and 14th in the Western Conference, carries a two-game winning streak into Wednesday\u2019s home matchup against the Miami Heat at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bulls made a late push to acquire Yves Missi at the NBA trade deadline, but discussions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,329,6,6050,478,470,4073,4072,675,1259],"class_list":{"0":"post-597653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-chicago-bulls","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-rumors","12":"tag-new-orleans","13":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","14":"tag-neworleans","15":"tag-neworleanspelicans","16":"tag-pelicans","17":"tag-yves-missi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116054480316351246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597653","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=597653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}