The Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors face off in an underwhelming Eastern Conference matchup on Friday night. The Bulls and Raptors are both under .500 and have plenty of questions left to be answered ahead of the NBA Trade Deadline.

Chicago lost its third game in four nights Wednesday, 122-100, to Boston. Eleven different Bulls scored but none of the eleven scored more than 16. The Raptors won their fifth in a row with a 106-82 win over the Wizards in Washington on Wednesday. Scottie Barnes scored 24 to lead all scorers.

Jakob Poeltl and Ochai Agbaji each added 12 points. Eight players scored in double digits as the Raptors shot 47.7 per cent (42-for-88) from the field overall and 35.5 per cent (11-for-31) on three-point attempts.

The Phoenix Suns will have a very active 2025 NBA trade deadline. One of those moves will be offloading Jusuf Nurkic. What's the latest on Nurkic's future in Phoenix?

The Raptors are playing their best ball of the season and have gone 7-1 straight up and against the spread over their last eight games. That turnaround has been sparked by lockdown defense, with Toronto leading the NBA in defensive rating over that span.

The Los Angeles Lakers' reported interest in Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vučević and Washington Wizards center Jonas Valančiūnas may be waning, according

The NBA trade deadline is less than two weeks away, and rumors are swirling. The Chicago Bulls have entered the chat that already involved Jimmy

The Los Angeles Lakers head to Capital One Arena to face the Washington Wizards in a non-conference matchup. The Lakers are 26-19, which puts the team in fifth place in the Western Conference. The Wizards are 6-39, which puts the team in last place in the Eastern Conference.

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan retired three different times with his last coming as a member of the Washington Wizards.

"Bradley Beal won't accept a trade to Chicago, per The Athletic's Fred Katz. Chicago was mentioned earlier today as a team that could help facilitate Butler to Phoenix. Beal, as you all know, has a no trade clause," Jackson shared.

Katz reports that, despite his apathy towards a Bulls trade, Beal would be open to being dealt away from the Suns, provided he is sent to a “winning team.” He finds cold-weather destinations less appetizing. The Bulls, being in such a climate and also sporting a sub-.500 19-27 record, are not among trade destinations Beal would approve.

SB Nation basketball editor Ricky O’Donnell published his latest 2025 NBA mock draft yesterday and had the Wizards selecting Duke freshman Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick. The Wizards are currently 6-41 with a 4.