The Suns as sneaky winners? Should the Lakers have made a splash? Three weeks after the deadline, we take stock of all 30 teams' trade-deadline deals -- and non-deals.
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Chicago Bulls
The Bulls are mediocre, have been for years, and they made a terrible mistake by standing pat at the deadline. They're the only club in the league that hasn't made a trade at or around the deadline in the past three seasons.
If the goal was continuity, consider it a success: The team was ranked 22nd on offense and 15th on defense before the deadline -- and 17th and 25th after. There was demand -- reportedly multiple second-round picks -- for rebounder extraordinaire
Andre Drummond, who will be a free agent at season's end. And demand (first-round picks!) for well-rounded defensive ace
Alex Caruso. Yet both remain on the roster, as they did the season before. And for what? The Bulls are stuck in the mud -- their double-digit home loss on Tuesday, in which they shot an abysmal 2-for-29 from 3 against the historically brutal Pistons, illustrates that -- and the organization seemingly refuses to climb out.
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