According to NBA insider Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Bulls will have to “add stuff” in a Zach LaVine trade to get off his contract.
The trade market for LaVine around the NBA is “rough.”
“Zach LaVine, long rumored to be on the trade market, isn’t usually a name that comes up when talking to people about the Lakers’ interest because of his contract and injury history,” Woike wrote. “The trade market for him around the league, sources say, is so rough that the thought is Chicago should have to add stuff in a LaVine trade to get off the contract.”
LaVine has a massive contract. He signed a five-year, $215 million contract with the Bulls in July 2022. The two-time All-Star is making $40 million this season and is slated to make $43 million next season and $45 million in 2025-26. LaVine has a player option worth $48 million for the 2026-27 season.
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The 28-year-old LaVine is averaging 20.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks this season while shooting 45.2% from the field, 34.8% from beyond the arc and 85.7% from the free-throw line. The UCLA product has a plus-minus of -82.
Multiple sources told NBA Analysis Network that LaVine wants to get traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group represents LaVine, LeBron James and Anthony Davis and LeBron and Davis are said to be fans of LaVine’s game.
However, the Lakers are not strongly interested in acquiring LaVine, who has won only one playoff game in his career.
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A two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, LaVine has career averages of 20.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.3 blocks with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Bulls.
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