{"id":119902,"date":"2025-01-24T13:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=119902"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:25:20","slug":"bulls-zach-lavine-trade-preference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/24\/bulls-zach-lavine-trade-preference\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls Guard’s Trade Preference Revealed Amid Speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After he repeatedly stated his desire to play for the Chicago Bulls, The Stein Line insider Jake Fischer reports that All-Star Zach LaVine<\/a> shooting guard “would prefer to remain in Chicago beyond the Feb. 6 deadline<\/a>.” Fischer acknowledges that LaVine’s desire won’t prevent him from being traded if the Bulls find an offer they like beforehand. Nonetheless, it’s a fascinating development.<\/p>\n

Zach LaVine’s Preference Revealed Amid Bulls’ Trade Speculation<\/h2>\n

There was a time when LaVine might have been itching to get traded.<\/p>\n

Unlike Damian Lillard<\/a> or Bradley Beal<\/a>, it wasn’t about wanting to play for a title-contender. Unlike Jimmy Butler<\/a>, he hasn’t had a falling out with the front office. However, between his tense relationship<\/a> with Bulls head coach Billy Donovan and the growing sense that the Chicago Bulls didn’t want him, he seemed resigned to the possibility that his time in the Windy City had run its course.<\/p>\n

In fact, after being linked to the Los Angeles Lakers, he’d routinely wear fitted hats with “LA” sown-in.<\/p>\n

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“It sucks when things aren’t going your way. But you gotta figure out how to get over it.” pic.twitter.com\/b20DGyOX7u<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bulls on CHSN (@CHSN_Bulls) November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n