Ousmane Dieng just exploded for 36 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Milwaukee Bucks \u2014 the kind of performance the Chicago Bulls could use from a young wing right about now. And one they could have gotten, had they not acquired Dieng at the trade deadline and promptly flipped him to Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
In a deadline full of errors<\/a>, watching a toolsy 22-year-old show this level of promise is one of Arturas Karnisovas’s more painful decisions.<\/p>\n Bulls blew a huge opportunity by not keeping Ousmane Dieng<\/p>\n The Bulls landed Dieng as part of the trade<\/a> that sent Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets. They immediately shipped him to the Bucks for center Nick Richards, who’s done nothing to cement himself in the franchise’s long-term plans.<\/p>\n A pretty wild aside: Dieng was traded three times in 24 hours at the deadline \u2014 from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Hornets, from the Hornets to Chicago, and then from Chicago to Milwaukee.<\/p>\n Selected by the Thunder with the 11th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Dieng appeared in only 136 games across four seasons in OKC before catching on with the Bucks. <\/p>\n In 24 games with Milwaukee (14 starts), the Frenchman is playing 25.5 minutes per contest with averages of 10.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists while shooting 37.1 percent from 3-point range.<\/p>\n