Chicago Bulls Eyeing Cam Whitmore For Ayo Dosunmu Trade ?

Chicago Bulls Eyeing Cam Whitmore For Ayo Dosunmu Trade ?

It just changed the ad read on me. It was like I was you going into autopilot on that ad read. I was like wait a second that’s not what I’m supposed to be reading. Um with that said yes last night we also got kind of more details on a potential uh IO to the rocket swap for Cam Whitmore. It’ll be I think Nate Williams Cam Whitmore both for Io Dumu. So basically another guard, 65 guard and uh Cam Whitmore who’s a wing in exchange for Io Dumu. How you feeling about this one Pat? Um Cam Whitmore has been underutilized in in Houston. There’s no doubt about that. Like there there is I think a ton of ability there. The athleticism is ridiculous. If I’m not mistaken, I believe he’s a 40 plus vertical guy. So he’s got explosive leaping ability. I think his on ball athleticism allows him to do so much, especially through contact because coming in weight wise at 235, he’s probably maybe added a little more weight at the NBA level.
Almost a 41 inch vertical ridiculous.
Oh my god. Yeah, I I remember that. I remember that. I remember looking at Cam and being like, “Okay, this is uh this is a monster.” Uh here’s where here’s where my concerns come in, though. There’s a lot of development that has to still be done with Cam Whitmore because he hasn’t been utilized a ton at the NBA level. The things that always pop up for me as issues for him is I I feel like his IQ is not where it needs to be. And and what I mean by that is it seems like he gets lost way too often no matter the system he’s been in. I mean, he’s been there two years or I don’t I believe both years with IMA and there’s always a time where he’s been lost on on the court defensively, lost on the court offensively. Like the moments are are too much and he’s just not a consistent shooter right now. Doesn’t mean that the gifts aren’t there. You just got to develop them into them. Is is that the the thing we want to start doing while we also have Noah as S on the uh on the roster as well?
That’s the thing. Like it it’s like unless they feel like Cam could play shooting guard. I don’t understand with Noah and Modis already here. You still got Dalen, you still got Julian. You just traded for Isaac Akuru. That’s a lot of people that all are fluctuating between 3, four, 2, three or whatever is there like and not to say that like I get it. I get kind of the mindset behind it, right? Is that you have to extend Kobe and Io at the end of the season. If you trade Io, you don’t have to worry about that. You got three more years on Cam Whitmore’s rookie scale deal. So, you’re not put it in a Josh Giddy situation to where you have to make a decision on extending him one year after getting him. You’ll get three years to try to develop him and to see what you’re going to do before you got to pay him serious money. So, you’re kicking that can down the road. I would say that that would make me feel like resigning Kobe is they’re they’re more willing to pay more for him at that point because they don’t also have to extend I uh IO. So, I you can talk me into this trade. The question that I have here though is defensively me and you talked a lot about the importance of having defenders on a roster with Josh Giddy and and Kobe White as your back court. IO’s one of those guys. Now I know you got Isaac Auru but that’s that’s two. Now Noah SN as well unless you feel confident that he’s going to be able to bring for you defensively right away. Mod is taking a step then we’re starting maybe cooking a little bit there where I could see it. Um but this is a
you also got Treyback in the building.
You do have Treyback who who’s solid positional defender. Um he’s a point guard defender. That’s it. Yeah. Yeah. Just Yeah. That’s positional. Yeah. He only has one position. Um
so you can talk like this is a move whereas the Vouch move I’m just like I’d have to try to make sense of that one. This is a move where I can actually see where this makes sense for you now makes sense for you in the future. But at that point now you are developing Modis Noah and and uh and Cam Whitmore and trying to do that all at the same time which you got Dan Craig, you got Wes Unel, you have a development department. So there you go on that one. Um, but yeah, I mean, you could talk me into this one of me saying that this kind of makes sense for the Bulls. Listen, I wouldn’t I wouldn’t be against it. The one thing for me would be who’s odd man out on on the bottom of the roster, guys, right? Is it Julian Phillips? Is it Dalon Terry? Like, I don’t think you can have this. The He is the Michael Jordan of Dalen Terry’s, if you will. like he is a toplevel piece that actually has you gotta stop clicking on his comments, bro.
I’m just like like you got to stop clicking on his comments.
I’m about to start putting people in timeout, bro. He’s a he’s a top level development piece and and I don’t think you have somebody like him on the roster already. I don’t think that you have a player who’s probably as far along as him on the roster already, but there’s still a ton of development that needs to be done. And that that for me is where I I really look at this trade and I’m like, well, you’re kind of trading a piece that you’ve developed for a piece that you have to try and get the most out of. Now, do I think his ceiling could be higher than IO’s? Yeah. He’s not I I don’t think he’s ever going to bring you the defensive ability that I brings. I think offensively maybe he can have a higher ceiling. And if you feel comfortable with your defense off of the bench with Auroro, with Trey Jones, you know, if Modis takes a step, like you said, like I could see it happening. I wouldn’t be opposed to it. I was the one piece for me though where it’s kind of like try and hold on to him at all costs because when you if you get to that point and the the hope is that AK does eventually try and win a championship here um or at least go for it. Players like Io are exactly what you’re going to need. If we trade Io Dumo away, we are going to have a moment where if the Bulls are ever competitive in this AK regime where we go, man, you know what? We could really use a guy who can defend everybody, who’s willing to throw his body around, who’s willing to do all the dirty work, who can still go out there and get you 13 to 18 points in a game depending on how well the shots fall in that day, who can knock down the three ball. It’d be great to have the everyman guy. What’s he doing? He’s probably winning a lot now.
I’m not even putting this up because it’s stupid. I didn’t even realize he left it. Uh, no. There’s a team option for the for for next season. So, he doesn’t become a restricted free agent until the summer of 27 28. So, there you go on that one. Like it’s people just be wrong. Um, but no, I agree with you. Like I one of those players that to me it’s if you don’t like people can easily take IO for granted, but then the moment you become a competitive team, you’re looking for a player like IO. You’re looking for a player like I that can defend multiple positions, that can come in, can start for you, can come off the bench. He finds a way to be productive in both. And so that is a risk that that the Bulls would have to wonder if they have uh in what they’re doing there. But, you know, like we say with a lot Pat, you got to get to winning first. Yeah, you you do got to get to winning first and and that’s why it’s not like you can sit there and just say, you know, hold on to Iodum at all cost. I do think that there is going to have to be, you know, some you’re at a crossroads with this team where you’re going to have to kind of figure out, okay, who’s really a part of the future and who isn’t. And that means some of your favorite I favorite Chicago Bulls are going to be gone. I mean, we see people every day. Don’t trade Kobe. Don’t trade Pill. Don’t trade IO.
And the thing is that people people can’t keep saying we don’t ever get assets back for trades and then keep saying why are we trading Pill? No. Guess what? But if you want a good asset back in the trade, you’re going to have to trade good players.
And that’s just that’s that just is what it is. Even people are like, “We can’t trade Kobe. He’s our best player.” Well, I’ll tell you that right. I’ll tell you right now, if Kobe continues to be your best player, shout out for eight years of the playing. Isn’t he coming off Isn’t Cam coming in off of two years of MCL injuries, too, though?
I don’t know. I didn’t porn, but but but injuries that have kept him out for history. So, yeah, you you may be correct on that one. I have to look that up. I think there’s an injury history a little bit there with with Cam as well, which you got to kind of take into account. But listen, as far as the talent, he’s he’s a heck of a talent. You can do a lot worse. I I’m I’m I’m feels like one of those guys you hold on to at least until you try to get, you know, competitive quickly, which it sounds like if the summer 2026 Hey, we we going to be competing all the way around. Competition,
dominating competition. Before we get into this next topic, man, about a day three uh no no giddy deal and uh some of Brian Winhor’s comments. Uh let’s uh let’s talk about the fact that uh Mo Vagner looks like a villain. The fact that I saw that that was in there, it’s like you you the fact that that was Vagner is crazy. This is from a conversation two days ago that we did not have. And and bro, listen, like
he looks like he will pet a dog on his lap as he turns around in an office chair. He he definitely looks like a Austin Powers villain. That’s 100% fact. More Lockdown Bulls coming up next.

The Chicago Bulls could be looking to shake things up — and Cam Whitmore might be the target. Reports are swirling that the Bulls are eyeing a potential trade involving Ayo Dosunmu to land the explosive Houston Rockets forward. On today’s episode of Locked On Bulls, we break down what a Whitmore-for-Ayo deal could look like, how it fits the Bulls’ long-term vision, and whether this signals a new direction from the front office.

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