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Was The Nic Claxton Trade Actually Bad? Bulls Shooting Problem May Be Overblown
Was the Nic Claxton trade really one of the worst moves of the NBA offseason — or are people missing what the Chicago Bulls actually needed?
On today’s Chicago Bulls Central, Haize breaks down why SB Nation ranking the Bulls’ acquisition of Nic Claxton as the fifth-worst move of the offseason may be too harsh. The asset-management criticism is fair: Chicago used cap space and took on roughly $44 million over two years instead of extracting draft capital. But from a basketball standpoint, Claxton checks several major boxes for this roster. The Bulls finished 22nd in defensive rating, allowed…
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