Throughout the season, there has been an underlying tension between Zach LaVine and the Chicago Bulls. The reason for this tension has never really been revealed, but the hidden hostility is slowly starting to come to the surface this offseason.
According to a report from ESPN’s Jamal Collier, the first tensions between Zach LaVine and the Chicago Bulls began when he felt like the team was constantly losing.
“The tension between LaVine and the organization has grown over the last year,” Collier said. “When the team got off to a rough start, LaVine expressed frustration with the constant losing.”
If the tension from the loss wasn’t enough to create drama between Zach LaVine and the Bulls, that frustration only grew as trade talks got underway. Once LaVine knew his name was in the trade talks, he let the Bulls know he was open to being traded — something that wasn’t received positively by the organization.
“LaVine knew the Bulls were in trade talks last summer, so through his representation at Klutch Sports, he let the organization know he was open to the two sides working together to find a new destination,” Collier said. “It wasn’t a full trade request, but it still irked Karnisovas, sources told ESPN, a slight feeling that LaVine wasn’t committed to staying with the team.”
In all honesty, the damage is already more than done between Zach LaVine and the Chicago Bulls. The team already suffered a loss by trading Josh Giddey and DeMar DeRozan, maybe it’s time to suffer another by trading LaVine.
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