Bulls ship Ayo Dosunmu to Timberwolves in four-player trade
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have picked up guard Ayo Dosunmu from the Chicago Bulls in a four-player swap completed Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, according to sources familiar with the deal.
Trade details: Minnesota receives Dosunmu and rookie forward Julian Phillips. Chicago acquires guard Rob Dillingham, forward Leonard Miller and four second-round draft selections.
Dosunmu, 26, is enjoying a career-best season, averaging 15.0 points while shooting 51% overall and 45% from three-point range, the league’s eighth-highest mark. He is in the final season of a three-year, $21 million contract and will enter unrestricted free agency this summer, giving the Timberwolves an opportunity to evaluate him before deciding on a long-term commitment.
The move adds another two-way contributor to a Minnesota backcourt that has reached the Western Conference finals in each of the past two years. It also continues a broad roster overhaul in Chicago ahead of the trade deadline.
Chicago’s busy week
The Bulls (24-27), sitting 10th in the Eastern Conference entering deadline day, have now dealt away their leading scorer Coby White, top rebounder Nikola Vučević, and key reserves Kevin Huerter and Dalen Terry in separate transactions. Incoming guards this week include Jaden Ivey, Collin Sexton and Anfernee Simons. Chicago also signed former Slam Dunk champion Mac McClung to a two-way contract.
Late Wednesday night the Bulls acquired forward Guerschon Yabusele from the New York Knicks for Terry. Team officials are still seeking additional frontcourt help, sources said. In total, Chicago has stockpiled nine second-round picks over the past seven days.
What Minnesota gives up
Dillingham, 21, was selected eighth overall in the 2024 draft after the Timberwolves sent multiple first-round picks to San Antonio— including a 2031 first and a 2030 pick swap — to move up. Playing time proved scarce on a contending roster; he averaged 10 minutes, 3.5 points and 33% shooting in 35 appearances this season.
Miller, 23, contributed 4.6 points and 3.1 rebounds off the bench. Both players head to a Bulls club that has rapidly reshaped its backcourt and accumulated future assets.
The NBA trade deadline expires later Thursday.
Source: ESPN
