Bulls admit massive offseason mistake, open to trading former cornerstone, per report

Chicago Bulls fans aren't strangers to watching their team make some colossal blunders. And they don't have to gaze very far into the past to see some of those roster-building miscalculations.

Zach LaVine's five-year, $215 million deal comes to mind. Trading for Nikola Vucevic and extending the then-33-year-old big man for three more seasons at an average of $20 million per is another.

It's no secret the Bulls have been trying to rid themselves of those contracts.

Only a month into the season, it's looking like trading a useful veteran like Alex Caruso (understandable during a "rebuild") straight up for Josh Giddey (not as understandable) is another miscue.

Chicago isn't ready to give up on that experiment yet. But the franchise may be admitting defeat on another questionable-at-best decision it made last offseason.

Bulls may be open to trading first-round bust, per report

Chicago handed former No. 4 overall pick Patrick Williams a five-year, $90 million extension last summer despite his underwhelming production for a lottery pick and growing injury history.

The organization may already be willing to try and correct that baffling move, per Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report.

""I've absolutely heard that Chicago is going to be open-minded to moving a player such as Patrick Williams.""

- Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer

Fischer mentioned Williams in the context of the Golden State Warriors looking to add more defense in the wake of De'Anthony Melton's season-ending injury and the possibility of Jonathan Kuminga's departure.

He added that Williams still has lottery-pick upside (does he?) and doesn't have an unmovable contract - perhaps a trade involving Melton's $12.8 million expiring deal, even if he never plays for the Bulls, makes sense.

Other contracts would need to be included to make that swap work - maybe Kevon Looney's expiring deal - but it could make sense for both sides, and Chicago simply getting Williams' money off the cap sheet would be a win.