Trade Proposal Sends Keldon Johnson, Terance Mann, Bones Hyland, Amir Coffey To Bulls

One NBA analyst proposed a trade where the Chicago Bulls land Keldon Johnson, Terance Mann, Bones Hyland and Amir Coffey.

Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report proposed the following mock trade between the Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers:

Los Angeles Clippers Receive: SG Bradley Beal, 2031 first-round pick (unprotected via Phoenix Suns), 2025 second-round pick (via Sacramento Kings), 2028 second-round pick (via Chicago Bulls)

San Antonio Spurs Receive: G/F Zach LaVine, 2029 first-round pick (unprotected via Chicago Bulls)

Phoenix Suns Receive: SG Norman Powell, F/C Zach Collins, F/C P.J. Tucker

Chicago Bulls Receive: F Keldon Johnson, G/F Terance Mann, G Bones Hyland, SG Amir Coffey

The Bulls are in rebuild mode after trading Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder and DeMar DeRozan to the Sacramento Kings. 

Chicago’s next move is to trade LaVine and Nikola Vucevic. 

“Johnson, 24, would be a potential starter in Chicago and averaged 16.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists in his 27 starts for the Spurs last season,” Swartz wrote in his NBA trade proposal. “He hit 36.0 percent of his catch-and-shoot threes for the Spurs, a number that should rise playing alongside playmakers like Josh Giddey and Coby White. Johnson is on a terrific contract, with $19 million owed to him this upcoming season and $17.5 million in each of the next two. By the end of the deal, Johnson will only be taking up about 10.3 percent of the cap and could be a 20-point-per-game scorer for the Bulls.

“Mann, Hyland and Coffey are all 27 and younger and on expiring contracts. If they don’t fit in with a new-look core in Chicago, the Bulls could shop all three for picks or young players at the deadline or enjoy the cap space coming next summer. Swapping LaVine out for these four players means a savings of $28.5 million in 2025 cap space, along with another $21.3 million coming off the books from Lonzo Ball‘s expiring deal.”

The Bulls went 39-43 last season. They missed the playoffs for the second straight campaign.