It sounds like some major changes could be coming to the Chicago Bulls.
Chicago has been in the news lately for all of the wrong reasons. The Bulls have shown interest in keeping DeMar DeRozan, but it seems very likely that he is going to leave in free agency. He doesn't seem to be the only one, though.
The Bulls reportedly are "shopping" fellow star Zach LaVine and the relationship between the two sides is "shattered," according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Joe Cowley.
"The elephant in the room — as has been the case for two years — is what to do with two-time All-Star guard Zach LaVine, who has three years and more than $137 million left on his maximum contract," Cowley said. "The Bulls continue shopping LaVine and have presented dozens of trade options in the last few months alone, according to one source.
"While there is a scenario in which LaVine is not moved and returns to the Bulls, he would do so to a locker room that would welcome him back, but a front office and ownership group that considers it the worst-case scenario. An NBA insider told the Sun-Times on Tuesday that the relationship between LaVine and the team’s top brass is completely shattered and 'filled with mistrust.'"
LaVine dealt with injuries last season but has been fantastic for the Bulls since joining ahead of the 2017-18 campaign. Although this is the case, it does sound like the Bulls are about to blow up the roster and LaVine could be a casualty of that.
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