The NBA trade season is in full swing, and the Bulls have puzzled fans once again by trading Lonzo Ball to Cleveland for Isaac Okoro, with no draft capital in return, just as happened with the Alex Caruso deal last year.
Check out the reactions after the trade:
Lonzo Ball’s contract was termed “Tradeable” on the night its news broke. At 24, Isaac Okoro fits the “young players with experience” mode this front office has touted. His $11.8M salary in 26-27 cuts into some of Bulls’ projected cap space in 26.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) June 28, 2025
Btw, the bulls were offered a first round pick for Lonzo at the deadline. All they had to do was take on Marcus Smart.
— KENNY BEECHAM (@KOT4Q) June 28, 2025
The Bulls recently traded two guards while netting zero draft picks in those deals:
2024: Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey
2025: Lonzo Ball for Isaac OkoroNo first-round pick for Caruso. Not even a future second-round pick for Ball.
Confusing asset management continues in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/CL9xrSDgJN
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) June 28, 2025
The Bulls are hilarious. Could’ve got a first round pick for Lonzo Ball at the trade deadline. Instead they end up with a rotation guy who was awful in the playoffs https://t.co/OKxTKo41Yu
— Kevin O’Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) June 28, 2025
Cavaliers acquiring Lonzo Ball could be an indicator that they won’t be able to retain Ty Jerome.
Re-signing him to the most they can give him with his Early Bird rights would’ve cost additional $90 in payroll and tax.
— Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan) June 28, 2025
DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Alex Caruso, and now Lonzo Ball have all been traded—and the Bulls didn’t get a single draft pick in return.
What an absolute joke of a franchise.
— Dave (@dave_bfr) June 28, 2025
30 games of lonzo better than 82 games of okoro
— 🃏 (@llMcbucketsll) June 28, 2025
Evan Mobley getting passes from Lonzo Ball now omg another leap coming.
— Colb (@___Colb___) June 28, 2025
Terrible. Arturas is so bad at this. Hope Lonzo gets to win a title in Cleveland like Caruso did in OKC. https://t.co/zs4oGTQZaI
— Ricky O’Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) June 28, 2025
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