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of Bulls basketball on TV. So, Mark, we were talking about Bulls.

At the end of last segment, we will continue here.

The trade deadlines coming up.

We discussed how to Zach Levine and potentially DeMarter Rosen getting moved.

I guess my question to that would be this.

Let's say they moved to Rosen, which you said could be more likely.

How would that affect the Bulls in terms of their rest of the season outlook?

Are they still going to be a playoff team if they were to trade DeRosen?

Or is that a signal of they're going to kind of be sellers and maybe move down in those standings in the second half of the season?

Well, I think ownership and management have made it pretty clear that they do not want to descend towards the bottom of the east and go into a full-on rebuild.

I think any trades they make will be looked at to maybe recouping some of the draft capital that they have traded in both the Vuccovic and DeRosen deals, but also to maintain a competitive roster.

You know, DeRosan's making about $25 million this

season, and you're going to have to take one or two players back in any trade that you make.

So you're going to get some players back if you decide to trade them are. Caruso, of course,

is making a lot less. He's only making about $9, $10 million. So, you know, that trade,

you might try to get a

first round pick and then maybe just a contract salary filler to match the money. But if they do

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