Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, September 26 · 23 h ago

Bulls Trading Rob Dillingham To Hornets For Buddy Hield

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

The Bulls will acquire Buddy Hield and cash from the Hornets in exchange for Rob Dillingham, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). More to come …

Confidence

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Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+8	1 other reporter on the same player within 7 days
Age	−1	1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

The score is recomputed every 30 minutes; a matching roster move marks it confirmed, an on-record denial marks it denied, 30 quiet days expire it. How every reporter scores →

Who it involves

Buddy Hield

Hornets · G · 7.6 pts · 2.3 reb · 1.4 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $9.66M · next season $10.10M

Rob Dillingham

Bulls · G · 6.3 pts · 2.0 reb · 2.2 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $6.89M · next season $8.76M

Brooklyn Nets

$161.5M · under the cap · 16 contracts · cap sheet

Charlotte Hornets

$173.3M · over the cap · 18 contracts · cap sheet

Chicago Bulls

$161.5M · under the cap · 14 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

Build it in the Trade Machine →

Buddy Hield → Nets

Send out at least $4.70M

The Nets are under the cap, so to take on $9.66M they need to send out $4.70M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

Buddy Hield → Bulls

Send out at least $4.70M

The Bulls are under the cap, so to take on $9.66M they need to send out $4.70M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

Rob Dillingham → Nets

Send out at least $3.32M

The Nets are under the cap, so to take on $6.89M they need to send out $3.32M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

Rob Dillingham → Hornets

Send out at least $3.32M

The Hornets are over the cap, so to take on $6.89M they need to send out $3.32M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

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