Kuminga sign and trade Bulls interest

[HomoSapien]

So does anyone here genuinely believe that the Bulls are or will be pursuing Kuminga?

No:
1: Two teams have made reported offers to Kuminga that he would accept. The Suns and Kings. The Bulls have not.
2: The Bulls haven't been mentioned in a long time in any meaningful way with Kuminga while the above teams have (ie Kuminga news is fresh and meaningful still, but we aren't in it)
3: The Bulls likely wouldn't offer something more than what the Warriors rejected from the Kings from a trade perspective
4: He doesn't remotely fit here with any of our players on our roster as a whole
5: He plays the same position as the most important developmental piece that looked like he had star potential last year

At the very beginning, if only because of AK’s track record, this seemed like something that was at least a possibility. But with the passage of time it seems pretty clear the Bulls never had any interest in Kuminga.

Outside of the earlier reports, I think about Kuminga on the Bulls about as much as I think about Giddey not being on the Bulls - which is not at all.

I believe the rumors that they've historically had interest in him, but it's probably less now with Essengue's selection and the difficulty of how hard it is to make a deal with the Warriors.

[drosestruts]

No:
1: Two teams have made reported offers to Kuminga that he would accept. The Suns and Kings. The Bulls have not.
2: The Bulls haven't been mentioned in a long time in any meaningful way with Kuminga while the above teams have (ie Kuminga news is fresh and meaningful still, but we aren't in it)
3: The Bulls likely wouldn't offer something more than what the Warriors rejected from the Kings from a trade perspective
4: He doesn't remotely fit here with any of our players on our roster as a whole
5: He plays the same position as the most important developmental piece that looked like he had star potential last year

At the very beginning, if only because of AK’s track record, this seemed like something that was at least a possibility. But with the passage of time it seems pretty clear the Bulls never had any interest in Kuminga.

Outside of the earlier reports, I think about Kuminga on the Bulls about as much as I think about Giddey not being on the Bulls - which is not at all.

I believe the rumors that they've historically had interest in him, but it's probably less now with Essengue's selection and the difficulty of how hard it is to make a deal with the Warriors.

I would agree

We have been rumored to like Kuminga for a while going back to Caruso to Golden State rumors. Also obtaining young players 3-4 years in seems to be AK's MO.

It's sort of like Golden State's interest in Vucevic - I'm sure they were interested, but it wasn't the only thing they were looking at. Ultimatley, those assets went towards acquring Butler.

Similarly I'm sure we have been and were interested - I imagine that interest had reduced some with the trade for Okafor and drafting of Essengue.

Based on Golden State's rumored asking price, and our other moves - I'd imagine we're no longer persuing this.