Less than two weeks now sits between the Chicago Bulls new front office regime and the looming trade deadline set for March 25. First-year executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley are set to plan out maybe the most important trade deadline for this franchise in the last half-decade.
Later this month, the Bulls could have a different look up and down their rotation. Since the Bulls new front office duo of Karnisovas and Eversley didn’t shift the roster construction around too much last offseason, that process could very well begin at the deadline this year.
Since the Bulls got off to a rather poor start out of the gates to the second half of the regular season schedule since the conclusion of the All-Star Break, the way that Karnisovas approaches the deadline could change. The Bulls have lost each of their two games since the conclusion of the All-Star Break in two very winnable spots.
Those aforementioned two losses for the Bulls came against two shorthanded teams in the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. Up next for first-year head coach Billy Donovan and the Bulls, who now sit on a two-game losing streak, is a meeting with the improving Toronto Raptors at home at the United Center on March 14.
The Bulls need a win on March 14 if this team is to have any chance to proficiently assume the role of a buyer at the trade deadline. If not, the opposite role will make much more sense for this young core of the Bulls.
With that in mind, here’s a look into three big looming trade deadline needs for the Bulls.