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Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine thought ESPN's tweet wishing him a Happy Birthday while only showing highlights of his dunk contest was “dumb.”
LaVine says he's much more than just a dunker now.
Zach Lavine's response to @SportsCenter wishing him a Happy birthday with a montage of his dunk contest "I just think it's dumb. My game is more than that" #NBA #ESPN #NBATwitter pic.twitter.com/m1DINlxTGd
— Anthony (Tony) Gill (@thetonygill) March 10, 2020
Earlier in the day, LaVine also fired back at ESPN for only showing his dunks, seemingly ignoring his development over the past few years.
One of the main reasons LaVine doesn't get more national attention as a scorer is because the Bulls are once again a pretty bad team.
The Bulls haven’t made the playoffs since trading Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night back in 2017 for LaVine, Lauri Markkanen and Kris Dunn. While LaVine has established himself as one of the best scorers in the game, the book is still open on Markkanen and Dunn.
For the Bulls this season, LaVine is averaging 25.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists. He’s shooting 45.0 percent from the field, 38.0 percent from beyond the arc and 80.2 percent from the free-throw line.
The Bulls are still sort of alive in the playoff picture, mostly because the back half of the Eastern Conference is so bad. LaVine is currently out with a quad injury. Chicago needs the high-flyer back as soon as possible, otherwise its slim playoff hopes are just another pipe dream.
Zach LaVine tweaked his quad before the Bulls’ matchup against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden a couple of weekends ago. He still played against the Knicks, but he was riding a stationary bike during his breaks. LaVine played 38 minutes versus New York and finished with 26 points, three rebounds and seven assists.
