Chicago Bulls

Bulls stars Zach LaVine and Thaddeus Young react in surprise to franchise-altering trades

Published by
Peter Dewey

The Chicago Bulls made a huge splash on Thursday by acquiring All-Star center Nikola Vucevic from the Orlando Magic for Wendell Carter Jr., Otto Porter Jr. and two first-round picks.

The Bulls also acquired Troy Brown and Moritz Wagner.

Bulls star Zach LaVine reacted to the trade news on Twitter.

He was joined by teammate Thaddeus Young, who also seemed surprised by the news.

The trade immediately vaults the Bulls into the playoff conversation.

Chicago is currently the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 19-24 record.

However, Vucevic gives Chicago a second star that it can pair with LaVine to make a push in the East.

As it is, Chicago is only three games behind the No. 4 seed Charlotte Hornets and could easily make some ground up in the coming weeks.

Vucevic, 30, is averaging 24.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game this season.

Peter Dewey

Peter is a graduate of Quinnipiac University where he covered the MAAC and college basketball for three years. He has worked for NBC Sports, the Connecticut Sun and the Meriden Record-Journal covering basketball, football and other major sports. Follow him on Twitter @peterdewey2.

Published by
Peter Dewey

Recent Posts

Houston Rockets forward blames NBA’s low ratings on lack of Christmas Day jerseys

Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason believes that the NBA’s lack of Christmas jerseys could be…

15 hours ago

Jeff Teague says Bronny James would dominate Caitlin Clark 1-on-1: ‘Caitlin would not score a point on Bronny’

Former NBA guard Jeff Teague believes that Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James would dominate…

3 days ago

Gilbert Arenas says Darvin Ham had a hard job coaching LeBron James: ‘Your star player is smarter than you’

Former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas believes that former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham…

4 days ago

Jayson Tatum’s agent didn’t want him to do pointless workout with Lakers: ‘Everyone knows you’re takin’ Lonzo Ball’

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson claimed recently that Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum did…

4 days ago

Report: ‘Early word’ is that Spurs are no longer sellers amid resurgent season

While the 2024-25 NBA regular season isn't even halfway over yet, the San Antonio Spurs…

4 days ago

Yankees part-owner disses LeBron then gets blasted by ex-NBA wing for maybe ‘dumbest tweet of 2024’

Folks will be hard-pressed to name any NBA players in the league right now who…

4 days ago