I can’t imagine Ayo is available, but the bulls have Coby white and traded for Josh giddy, that doesn’t leave much room in the backcourt for Ayo. He could play a small 3 but then ur guards and sf r very small and tho Ayo is a good defender giddy and white r sub par at best, leading to a very weak defensive front.

Bulls have needed a rim protecting big since they got vucevic. Mitch fits that rly well and can be the backup once he gets back from injury and start once vuc is likely traded. He’s injured but Mitch is a very good player when he’s in the court, single handedly outplaying both Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley as recently as the 2023 playoffs.

Hornets r in this trade to continue the rebuild and get draft picks. Duarte is simply salary filler if u want that to be another player totally fine.

Knicks answer some dire depth needs and keep their rookies to hope they develop come next gear