A pair of former lottery picks are on the move.
The Chicago Bulls are trading guard Rob Dillingham to the Charlotte Hornets for guard Buddy Hield and cash, the teams announced on Saturday.
Dillingham, 21, was the eighth-overall pick in the 2024 draft by the San Antonio Spurs before a draft-day trade sent him to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
He spent the first year-and-a-half of his career with the Timberwolves beofre landing with the Bulls ahead of last season's trade deadline.
Over 65 games between his two stops in 2025-26, Dillingham averaged 6.3 points and 2.2 assists on 39.6 per cent shooting from the field.
Hield, meanwhile, is re-routed from Charlotte to Chicago after being included in a Hornets-Atlanta Hawks swap on Tuesday.
Hield split his 2025-26 campaign between Atlanta and the Golden State Warriors after being packaged with Jonathan Kuminga in a trade for Kristaps Porzingis.
Over 51 games, the 10-year NBA veteran averaged 7.6 points on 34.9 per cent shooting from deep.
