Miami Heat Legend Urges Warriors-Bulls to Make Blockbuster Trade

Meanwhile, Josh Giddey would like to be back in Chicago, but he is firm on his asking price of $30 million annually, while the Bulls have been offering around the $20 million range annually. And until the Bulls increase their offer, Giddey won't want to sign.

Former Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem provided the perfect solution on ESPN: trade them for each other.

"I'm looking around. I'm looking at the Chicago Bulls and I'm looking at the Golden State Warriors and I'm saying Josh Giddey looked like a guy that could fit great over in Golden State and Jonathan Kuminga looks like a guy that possibly could fit good in Chicago," Haslem started.

"I remember reading an article just a little while ago where Josh Giddey's father said that there was interest from Golden State in Kuminga, but OKC took him at six, and they said that Golden State would take him at seven," Haslem continued. "So I'm just saying, this might be a solution. I'm no GM. This might be above my pay grade, guys. But this might be a solution to some people's problems."

The Issue With a Giddey-Kuminga Sign-and-Trade

A Giddey-Kuminga swap would solve a lot of issues, but it's nearly impossible to pull off a sign-and-trade for one restricted free agent, much less both teams trading one away. Golden State has already noted that they don't want to trade away Moses Moody or Buddy Hield, who would almost assuredly have to go in a sign-and-trade to make everything work.

Likewise, Chicago doesn't want to trade away Ayo Dosunmu and would rather get rid of Nikola Vucevic, who the Warriors aren't interested in trading for anymore.

Further complicating it is the tax implications in a sign-and-trade, as it caps teams out at the tax aprons. But the Warriors only have nine people on the roster right now. This just isn't a feasible option for either team.