Chicago Bulls: 3 forgotten players that should be deadline targets

3) Forgotten players who could be Chicago Bulls targets

Spencer Dinwiddie, Point Guard

While there is only one way that the Bulls should find a path to making a trade work out well with the Brooklyn Nets to get standout point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, this is still a move worth considering. The former Bull himself Dinwiddie had an unfortunate injury earlier in the season that will knock him out for the entire year.

Dinwiddie suffered a tear in his ACL prior to the turn of the calendar year from 2020 to 2021, and thus will miss nearly the entire regular season slate with the Nets. Given that Dinwiddie only has one year remaining on his current contract beyond the current season, if the Nets are going to trade him it should be now.

As long as Dinwiddie would be willing to pick up his player option heading into the 2021-22 season, or sign a contract extension with the Bulls in the near future, then it could be worth getting him at the deadline. That would give a huge boost to the Bulls backcourt rotation heading into the 2021-22 campaign. He’s also sitting on a rather team-friendly contract if he is willing to pick up that player option next offseason.

Dinwiddie only got to play in three games for the Nets this season before hitting injured reserve. But he was very good for the Nets last season. He played in 64 games during the shortened 2019-20 regular season with the Nets (49 of which he started in), averaging around 31 minutes on the floor per game. And he averaged a career-high 20.6 points per game, 3.5 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.3 blocks.

Last season, Dinwiddie shot 41.5 percent from the field, 30.8 percent from beyond the arc, and 77.8 percent from the free-throw line.