Woj: Bulls would be HAPPY to find a trade for Zach LaVine | NBA Countdown

Woj: Bulls would be HAPPY to find a trade for Zach LaVine | NBA Countdown

W so much around the Bulls right now is to talk about when Zack LaVine is going to be returning when is that and also what is his prognosis for the rest of the season on if he’s going to be with the Chicago Bulls yeah Bulls coach Billy

Donovan said that Zack LaVine could be back Friday against Charlotte he’s been out since November 30th with that foot two things have to happen for the Bulls and for Zack LaVine to even have a chance I think really at a trade at the deadline he’s got to show teams that he

Is healthy and he has to show them that he can impact winning this team has played much better with him and with his contract and this new salary cap at a deal that if you take him on just under $200 million left on his contract you’ve got to believe again this player is

Healthy yeah and can impact winning there’s no market for Zack LaVine right now there’s not been and even him playing maybe increasingly better closer to the deadline it just may not be there but this is a bulls organization that listen they would like to find a deal

For for him and they’d like to get something back that might be asking too much uh they may in the end just be have to be glad that they can find a team that will take on his contract I have to sit in between them because each one of

Them can make fun of me W the only time W doesn’t answer his phone as what as me texting him or calling him about a Zack LaVine trade and Bob has been telling me this for weeks and I know they’re right but they’re 10 and six the Bulls are in

These 16 games this stretch without Zack LaVine that’s an indictment all right Kobe white who nobody would say is equal to Zack LaVine in terms of offensive repertoire has played better has been a better better facilitator um Demar D rozan is playing differently the Bulls are top five team in passes when they

Were like 21st before Zach went out you can’t look at all these indicators and say oh they’re going to be fine he’s going to just fit in and no that’s unlikely and so they’re stuck well yeah I mean if you’re Bull’s ownership but you know and I’m the what are we doing

Where are we going and that’s there’s no good answer to that where we going lavine’s going to come back and play great is that the I don’t if he has to to get anything for him he has to and so the Bulls the question right there that’s the right question should they

Consider they have to consider rebuild because if you say if if everybody’s raising their hand what should we do well um we were 10 and six without Zach so what yeah that’s for you Bulls kind of fans to Glam on it sounds like you’re saying that they want to get something

Back for Zack go into a full rebuild the bull the Bulls do not want to do a tear down they are not trying to do that that’s why Alex the player that has value on the Bulls right now alus I love Caruso a ro player he a role player a

Role player that can make a contender what they would like to do is hold on to Caruso see what this team looks like after a trade or two but they may not have the luxury of getting sure I mean that’s they know that yeah right and

That’s the question nobody wants to do a rebuild right you do a rebuild cuz you have to do a rebuild not comparing the two I’m not comparing is he going to go to the he’s about to compare we all we all need to make a of this all to the

Philadelphia might be interesting I watched Larry Brown and Billy King come in there Allan Iverson was the scorer obviously a volume shooter as well and according to Larry Brown somebody that was a bit reluctant to pass the ball to others no as a result what they did was

They evolved everything around him why am I bringing that up Zack LaVine is so 43 and 46 million over the next two years with a player option at 49 million the year after that he’s not going anywhere but he’s not that play time out time out time out what I’m saying is as

An organization your only hope at rebuilding is understanding that’s who you’re stuck with and figuring out who else can you get rid of there been more difficult contracts moved than Zack LV I lived in Washington when Gilbert aren’s contract was moved you can move Zack the

Question is what are you going to get in return okay I’m saying that I don’t think you can move the question is going to be what would you have to attach to a trade all I’m saying Stephen you can’t build that look the Allen Ivers I hear

You I alen iers was a match then when you Struck it there was fire there is not that for Zack LaVine anywhere I’m talking about I’m talking from the standpoint that you’re stuck with him because I believe the contract is IM movable at this particular moment in

Time that’s why I’m saying that it’s the only reason saying that and I’m saying if that’s the case if you can find a way if you’re gifted enough organizationally to build something around someone you’re stuck with Tred out and here’s the thing I’ve had many GMS tell me uh right now

You know past years I gotta I’m gonna wait till this guy’s playing great and the second is he’s gone so that could be the play right LaVine comes back plays great and they rip cord G get what they want and he probably does seen I just started thinking about Bradley Beal’s

Contract John Wall’s contract bu Wizards aw gilber AR contract gentlemen we could just keep on going straight through the game but we won’t it’s time to get you out to Madison Ryan ruko Richard Jefferson JJ reick Cassy hubor take it away we’ll see you at Halftime

Stephen A. Smith, Adrian Wojnarowski and Bob Meyers join Malika Andrews on NBA Countdown to discuss Zach LaVine’s future with the Chicago Bulls and how the team may proceed at the NBA trade deadline.

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