CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Chicago Bulls sent guards Coby White and Mike Conley to the Charlotte Hornets in a three-team exchange for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and three second-round picks that also sends Mason Plumlee to Oklahoma City, [according to ESPN](https://go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587346&xs=1&xcust=jsimmons%7C&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F47829685%2Fsources-bulls-send-white-conley-hornets-sexton-dieng&product_category=Sporting+Goods%3EAthletics%3EBasketball).
The trade marks another rebuilding situation for Sexton, who previously was dealt from a then-rebuilding Cleveland Cavaliers squad in a trade for Donovan Mitchell and joined Charlotte in the offseason after spending time with the Utah Jazz.
Sexton is playing the fewest minutes per game of his career this season, but is still averaging 14.2 points on 48.8% from the floor with 3.7 assists per game.
White, who was drafted by Chicago in 2019, and spent seven seasons with the organization as the team’s longest-tenured player, is averaging 18.6 points and 4.7 assists on 44% shooting in 29 games this season.
The trade sends White to a Hornets team that has won seven consecutive games and is just one game behind Chicago for the No. 10 seed, and a spot in the play-in, in the Eastern Conference.
Dieng, the No. 11 pick in the 2022 draft, is 22 years old and fits the timeline of the Bulls’ young core.
Minnesota sent 38-year old Conley to Chicago earlier this week in a three-team deal. There is a possibility that the Hornets waive Conley, a Columbus, Ohio native, though he’d be a great mentor for both White and LaMelo Ball if he stays.
The Bulls have been active ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline, having made a pair of moves Tuesday to acquire Jaden Ivey and Anfernee Simons while trading away Nikola Vucevic and Kevin Huerter.
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