On March 10th, Beijing time, NBA Bulls reporter Johnson reported that the Bulls will seek to trade LaVine again during the offseason. The player who signed a five-year 215 million contract the summer before last has been reimbursed for the season. The Bulls have also been selling LaVine for a long time, but his popularity in the trading market is extremely low. It can be said that the Bulls have been taken advantage of. For Lavin himself, his situation has become very embarrassing.
This season, LaVine only played 25 games, averaging 19.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 0.8 steals per game. He shot 45.2% from the field and 34.9% from the three-point range. His points and assists were the lowest in 6 seasons. The 4th-lowest shooting percentage of his career and the 3rd-lowest three-point shooting percentage of his career. In games where LaVine played, the Bulls' offensive and defensive efficiency was very low. On the contrary, after his absence, Coby White gradually grew. And after playing against the Raptors in January, LaVine announced that he would undergo surgery on his right foot and be reimbursed for the season. Such a poor performance is indeed difficult to deserve his contract of more than 200 million.
Under such circumstances, the Bulls have long wanted to get rid of the burden of LaVine. According to reports, the Bulls were already selling LaVine last summer. Before the trade deadline this year, the Bulls made contact with the Pistons again, but nothing came of it. According to the remaining three years of LaVine's big contract, if the Bulls want to sell him, they must get a few first-round picks. But even so, it's difficult to see which team will become LaVine's successor.
LaVine is now a useless player. His own style of play requires the ball in his hands, but his efficiency is not high. If he goes to a championship team, on the one hand, his contract will be difficult to absorb, and on the other hand, it will have an impact on the original chemical reaction of the championship team. And if they go to some underdogs, they don't need a 29-year-old core player who has only played 4 playoff games in his career. All in all, LaVine's current situation is deplorable.
