The Chicago Bulls are in an unenviable position — too good to receive a really high draft pick, but just good enough to reach the play-in tournament.
As a result, many believe it is time for them to hit the proverbial reset button and trade some of their key players for assets.
Bulls star guard Zach LaVine is someone whose name has come up in trade rumors for a while, but no one has pulled the trigger, possibly because his price was set too high.
But per K.C. Johnson (via Evan Sidery), Chicago has lowered their asking price for LaVine — in fact, they may be willing to trade him in order to merely dump his salary.
The Bulls’ asking price for Zach LaVine has dropped significantly, per @KCJHoop (https://t.co/BY2yEKt871).
Both sides have increased desires on making a trade happen this offseason.
With LaVine’s market barely materializing, it appears Chicago might be willing to simply perform… pic.twitter.com/JWlVwoPC69
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) May 31, 2024
For the last several years, LaVine has been a legitimate scoring threat who can finish at the basket in thunderous fashion.
He has a career average of 20.5 points a game and is a strong 3-point shooter, and on the surface, he seems like he would be a solid No. 2 star on a championship-caliber team.
But LaVine has been injury-prone over the years, and he has played in over 67 games just once in the last eight seasons due to numerous lower-body ailments.
In February, he underwent surgery on his right foot, which ended his season after he had managed to appear in just 25 games.
In 10 NBA seasons, he has also made it to the playoffs just once, which has also given him the perception that his production doesn’t make the type of positive impact on his team that it should.
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