So far, Tim Connelly’s relentlessness to make a deal have proven fruitless, even going back to his failed attempt to land Kevin Durant during the offseason. And if we know anything about the Wolves’ president of basketball operations, it’s that he likes to make deals, not look for them.

Unfortunately, even when the ultimate dealmakers like Connelly are involved, it still takes two to tango. And with 1.5 months remaining until the NBA trade deadline, most of the league’s future deadline sellers have yet to admit defeat on their 2025-26 seasons.

Of course, that hasn’t stopped Minnesota’s PoBO from showing interest in every starting-caliber guard rumored to be unhappy and/or available, recently. In the last handful of weeks, Tim’s reportedly poked his head in on Ja Morant, in Memphis, and Kyrie Irving in Dallas.

For now, nobody’s ready to get serious about making a deal. But hey, shooters shoot. And rest assured, Tim Connelly is not going to stop putting himself out there, no matter how many times he gets turned down.

Latest Minnesota Timberwolves trade rumor

Like this week, when the Minnesota Timberwolves reportedly set their sights on a deal with Chicago, where Joe Cowley (Chicago Sun-Times) wrote Thursday that Connelly was showing pretty extreme interest in talented young combo guard, Coby White — who takes on most of the Bulls’ ball-handling duties when available.

In his article, Cowley even went as far as to say that Minnesota had Donte DiVincenzo, Terrence Shannon Jr and additional draft compensation on the table, in exchange for White. But there was one caveat to Connelly’s offer.

According to the longtime Chicago Bulls insider, the Timberwolves weren’t willing to wait for the trade deadline. While Cowley claimed “no trade is imminent”, he noted that the outcome of Friday night’s Bulls game could even be the deciding factor on whether or not a 9-14 Chicago team decides to pull the deadline ripcord early.

According to a source, Coby White has been inquired about, and time is of the essence in the Bulls making a decision. The source said that Minnesota is not looking to wait until February and the trade deadline to get a deal done, looking to fix the primary ball-handling situation that’s been an issue all season long for them.

…the Bulls game in Charlotte is taking on a bit more magnitude than just a Dec. 12 regular-season contest, and the clock is ticking.

Joe Cowley – Chicago Sun-Times

Coby White is not a healthy and available Ja Morant, or even a 33-year-old Kyrie Irving. Nonetheless, he’d be a really good fit in Minnesota, where the Timberwolves feel like they are a high-end ball-handler away from being a legitimate threat to come out of the West.

For those who haven’t been keeping tabs on Coby White and/or the Chicago Bulls recently, you’ve missed the one-and-done UNC Tar Heel blossom into a 20 PPG scorer who is lethal from deep, averaging over 37% from deep each of the past four seasons, if you give him room.

COBY WHITE TOOK OVER IN MILWAUKEE.

35 points.
7 threes.
6 boards.
5 assists.
4 steals.

The @chicagobulls get the road W 😤 pic.twitter.com/btqdEvWjBf

— NBA (@NBA) October 26, 2024

Wolves insider shuts down Coby White rumors

And after reading the Chicago Sun-Times report, it was hard not to start dreaming of what the Minnesota Timberwolves backcourt could look like with a talented 25-year-old White paired next to Anthony Edwards for the next few years.

Unfortunately, if you want to live in that dreamworld this weekend, you might want to stop reading this article, probably want to avoid The Athletic Jon Krawczynski’s X account and DEFINITELY want to stay out of his replies.

On Friday, the veteran Wolves beat writer made it very clear that, not only is a Coby White deal NOT imminent — but Minnesota and Chicago aren’t even actively having conversations about him. Of course, things can change quickly, but Krawczynski had some strong words for those trying to challenge his reporting.

I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing cooking there right now. Could that change down the road? Maybe. He's certainly a name to watch. But nothing percolating yet. https://t.co/Xpx5XsZIHz

— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) December 11, 2025

Maybe it happens down the road, maybe not. For every trade that happens, 100 get talked about that never do. What I’m telling you is what is actually happening RIGHT NOW. It’s a fact that there are no talks going on right now. The trade fairy isn’t coming tonight, buttercup

— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) December 11, 2025

Soooo….. at least for now, don’t wait by Twitter all weekend in hopes that you are going to be the first to see a Coby White to the Minnesota Timberwolves trade go down. At least, not if you trust Jon’s inside sources, which you probably should.

Whether it happens tonight, next week or in the days leading up to the deadline, one thing has become pretty clear. Tim Connelly is going to do something big between now and February 5 at 2 p.m. CT. Until it actually happens, we’ll be here to bring you all of the “maybes”.

Unfortunately, just like with his pursuit of KD, Connelly is finding it awfully difficult to get what he wants out on the NBA trade market. When questions rose, yet again, around Ja Morant and his viability in Memphis, the Wolves were one of the few teams reported as being interested.

This week, the same kind of rumors were being floated about Kyrie Irving, who is trying to return from injury early in the new year. And yet again, the first team listed with interest in the elite ball-handler was the MN Timberwolves.

Minnesota Timberwolves targeting Chicago Bulls guard

And now, according to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, Tim Connelly has set his sights on a guard in Chicago.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been big-game hunting for a point guard.

There were rumors that they inquired about Memphis’ Ja Morant, have kicked the tires on Kyrie Irving, and now have their sights set on a more realistic target. That’s where the Bulls come in.

Joe Cowley – Chicago Sun-Times

Coby White entered the NBA at just 19 years old, but he made an immediate impact for a 2019-2020 Chicago Bulls team that won just 22 games (of 65) during a rookie season shortened by the pandemic, averaging 13.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.7 points per game.

After a couple more seasons of losing while White developed his NBA game, the Bulls tried to make an a run at Eastern Conference contention in 2022-23, after acquiring DeMar DeRozan that offseason.

With the arrival of Patrick Beverley, and the arrival of another young talent, Ayo Dosunmu, White’s production plummeted to the lowest of his career (9.7 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.8 APG). Worse yet, the Bulls finished under .500 yet again.

Since then, not even a roster stacked with young backcourt talent has been able to hold Coby White back from becoming a problem for NBA opponents. In 2023-24, the former UNC standout was back up to averaging 19.1 points per game (4.5 RPG, 5.1 APG), a number that rose to 20.4 (3.7 RPG, 4.5 APG) in 2024-25.

Coby White with the nastiest layup i’ve seen in a while 🔥 👀 pic.twitter.com/FfILAIOl9a

— BullsMuse (@BullsMuse_) December 6, 2025

Related: Anthony Edwards EXTREMELY Confident He Can Carry Timberwolves

But now, after the 25-year-old sat out the first part of the Bulls season with a calf injury, Chicago is 2-5 since Coby White returned to the floor, and 9-14 on the season. And if the losing continues, they’ll have no choice but to put up the “For Sale” sign on the in-season trade deadline market, in which White would be the first to go.

Bulls want to wait on Coby White, Wolves do not

But there’s a caveat. Minnesota doesn’t want to wait until the deadline. Tim is reportedly itching to make a deal right now and seemingly has an ultimatum-style offer on the table for Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, to get the deal done right now.

According to Cowley’s source, the Wolves’ offer has Coby White heading West on I-94 — with Donte DiVincenzo, Terrence Shannon Jr (plus at least one draft pick) heading the East.

According to a source, Coby White has been inquired about, and time is of the essence in the Bulls making a decision. The source said that Minnesota is not looking to wait until February and the trade deadline to get a deal done, looking to fix the primary ball-handling situation that’s been an issue all season long for them.

If the ship is sinking like it has the last few weeks, why not start playing that card to bring in different bodies but also try and add future draft assets?

Joe Cowley – Chicago Sun-Times

It doesn’t sound like there is a good reason behind why the Bulls would turn this Timberwolves trade offer down. Even Cowley, a Bulls reporter, is struggling to find a way out of for Chicago, given what Minnesota has on the table.

MN Timberwolves offer for Coby White too good for Bulls to say no?

Yes, White gives the Bulls depth and flexibility, but so would the addition of DiVincenzo and Shannon Jr. Karnisovas may “like to zig when the world has been screaming for him to zag”, as the Chicago Sun-Times writer lays out, but this deal may be too good to turn down..

Nonetheless, it sounds like a Bulls loss on Friday on the road in Charlotte could be enough to push their head decision-makers to take the Minnesota Timberwolves offer sitting in front of them.

Throw in a draft pick [with DiVincenzo and Shannon Jr], and Karnisovas at least has to weigh his options.

Then again, the executive has spent his six years in this chair with the Bulls zigging when the world has been screaming for him to zag.

Either way, the Bulls game in Charlotte is taking on a bit more magnitude than just a Dec. 12 regular-season contest, and the clock is ticking.

Joe Cowley – Chicago Sun-Times