{"id":616936,"date":"2026-02-22T03:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/616936\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:03:22","slug":"kevin-huerter-reveals-what-made-chicago-trade-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/616936\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Huerter reveals what made Chicago trade &#8216;easier&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b5550a0f\/kevin-huerter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Huerter<\/a> made his return to Chicago as part of the Detroit Pistons against the Bulls. It was his first time back with his former team after he<a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\/nba-news-bulls-timberwolves-pistons-3-team-trade-involving-jaden-ivey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> was part of a three-team deal<\/a> involving the Pistons and the Minnesota Timberwolves. A deal that would send Jaden Ivey to the Bulls from the Pistons.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, Huerter<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KCJHoop\/status\/2025389810278351327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> spoke out for the first time<\/a> about the impact of the seven trades the Bulls made, per K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Sports Network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were sitting at .500 all year,\u201d Huerter said. \u201cIt could\u2019ve gone either way. As players, you have to expect everything. But seven trades, I don\u2019t know if I expected that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent quote, Huerter<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KCJHoop\/status\/2025389810278351327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> described the transition<\/a> of experiencing his second straight mid-season trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transition is always tough. But coming to a team that\u2019s No. 1 in the East and competes their ass off, it definitely makes it easier on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Huerter came to Chicago<a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\/bulls-news-zach-lavine-posts-emotional-message-chicago-after-kings-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> as part of another three-way trade<\/a> that sent Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings. Additionally, the Bulls got Huerter and Tre Jones from the San Antonio Spurs and Zach Collins from the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Huerter is averaging 10.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. So far, he has played in four games for the Pistons and is averaging 4.3 points per game. Meanwhile, he is out with back tightness.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons entered Saturday with a 41-13 record, the best record in the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Bulls are 24-32 and in the midst of a seven-game losing streak. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, Kevin Huerter made his return to Chicago as part of the Detroit Pistons against the Bulls.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,329,4103,307,152,3954,6,2828,2144,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-616936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-chicago-bulls","10":"tag-kevin-huerter","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-trade-deadline","16":"tag-reporting","17":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116112064898417542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616936","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=616936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}