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The Chicago Bulls made a bad trade back in 2021, sending Wendell Carter Jr., Otto Porter Jr., and two first-round picks to the Orland Magic for Nikola Vucevic. The big man hasn’t helped the Bulls reach the next level and now enters NBA free agency in the 2023 offseason. While letting him walk makes the […]

Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic has accomplished a lot in his NBA career. He’s made the league’s All-Star team twice and has averaged a double-double in each of his last five seasons. But while Vucevic is an incredibly talented scorer and rebounder, he’s little more than a league-average defender, and his ineptness on that end […]

The New York Knicks have gone ice cold from the field against the Miami Heat, and now fellow NBA player Nikola Vucevic has a plan to help the team solve the issue As hinted at by Vucevic, there is a simple fix for the Knicks shooting woes staring them right in the face that he […]

The Chicago Bulls have some major decisions to make when it comes to their roster. One player who could end up leaving the franchise is Nikola Vucevic, who is an unrestricted free agent this summer. In exit interviews on Saturday, Vooch made it clear he’d like to return but will also explore other opportunities if […]

The NBA Play-In Tournament is set to get underway on Tuesday night, with the seven and eight seeds from each conference taking each other on. On Wednesday night, the losers from these games will figure out who their opponent in the second Play-In game will be when the nine and ten seeds take on each […]

As the Chicago Bulls prepare for the play-in portion of the schedule, forward Nikola Vucevic is within reach of a personal milestone. As long as he can get to the United Center without incident Sunday, he will play in his 82nd game of the season when the Bulls host the Detroit Pistons in the final […]

Nikola Vucevic was ejected from the Chicago Bulls’ game against the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter, and Zach LaVine came out in support of his teammate regarding the situation. “It was a crazy ejection because the guy that gave him the (second) tech didn’t even call the foul on him,” Zach LaVine said, […]

The Chicago Bulls continued to play improved basketball in their 118-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday, but head coach Billy Donovan took issue with the referees after Nikola Vucevic was ejected in the second quarter. Billy Donovan on Vooch’s ejection: “I don’t know how you can T him up when he’s talking Serbian. […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been in the news plenty this season, as NBA fans around the world have finally begun to recognize the generational talent and genius of the basketball savant. As graceful as he is skilled, at a listed 6-foot-11 and 284 pounds, the things that Jokic is capable of on the […]

Defense hasn’t been the Chicago Bulls’ undoing this season. Even without the injured Lonzo Ball since 2022-23 tipped off, Billy Donovan’s team boasts a 111.3 defensive rating entering Friday’s action, the fifth-best in basketball, per NBA.com/stats. You wouldn’t have known it watching Patrick Beverley and Nikola Vucevic on a now-viral busted coverage from Chicago’s win […]

The Chicago Bulls put assembled one of the most talented star trios in the NBA when they paired All-Star center Nikola Vucevic with star guard Zach LaVine at the 2021 NBA trade deadline and then traded for All-Star forward DeMar DeRozan a couple of months ahead of the 2021-22 regular season. Due to injuries to […]

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone and one of the teams who stood pat was the Chicago Bulls despite chatter that they might decide to blow things up. One player who has seen his name mentioned in trade rumors is Nikola Vucevic. As the NBA trade deadline drew near, it became more and […]

Not much was said between Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic and his Bulls teammates after they held another team meeting following a 116-110 loss to the Indiana Pacers, the Athletic Bulls senior writer Darnell Mayberry wrote on Tuesday. “Honestly, there’s not much to be said,” Vucevic said. “There’s nothing you can say. It’s just a […]

The Chicago Bulls have largely underperformed this season, though they have played much better of late. In fact, they have a winning record in January and have slid into 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Does that mean they’re on the right track? We don’t think so. This Bulls team would be better off pushing […]

The Chicago Bulls are currently where no NBA team wants to be, in no man’s land. With the 2023 NBA trade deadline looming on February 9, the Bulls sit at 21-24 and in 10th place in the East. The franchise needs to make some Bulls’ trade deadline moves, one way or another, to change their […]

It is well acknowledged that the Chicago Bulls should take a step back and be active during the 2023 NBA trade deadline. The Bulls are barely in the top 10 of the Eastern Conference, and it feels like they’ll slip out of it anytime soon. This just has not turned out to be the season […]

The Chicago Bulls needed to come up with a great performance to prevent a four-game losing skid on Sunday against the reigning NBA champions, Golden State Warriors at home. Fortunately for the Bulls, Nikola Vucevic was there to answer the call, as the Chicago big man threw his weight around and torched the Warriors for […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Chicago Bulls 132-118 on Sunday, coming apart late amid a rash of turnovers, fouls and allowed three-pointers. Here are three reactions from the defending champions’ rough loss on their first leg of an afternoon back-to-back. Turnovers doom Warriors The Warriors fell behind the Bulls 27-10 in large part […]

For months, NBA teams that have been angling for a major upgrade to their roster have been circling the Chicago Bulls like vultures. After all, the Bulls, following a promising 46-win campaign last season, have struggled with inconsistencies for much of the 2022-23 season. Thus, therein lied the possibility that the Bulls were going to […]

The Chicago Bulls have endured a rocky patch of inconsistency throughout the 2022-23 NBA season, a disappointment given their promising 46-win campaign last season. Amid the Bulls’ inconsistencies, plenty have wondered whether Chicago would decide to blow things up and trade away their core led by Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Nikola Vucevic. But at […]

The 2023 NBA trade deadline is just over one month away, and the buyers and sellers are starting to separate in the standings. One of the teams that must be a seller before the end of the day on February 9 is the Chicago Bulls. Despite having four of their projected five 2022-23 starters (DeMar […]

Are the Chicago Bulls a broken squad right now? If you listen to the noise, then you’d probably think that this is definitely the case and that the team is doomed. However, if you consider the fact that they have now won three straight games, it would probably be safe to say that all hope […]

One of the greatest letdowns of the season has been the Chicago Bulls. They are presently ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference with a 13-18 record. That’s just one win better than the Orlando Magic. Remember that Nikola Vucevic was acquired by Chicago from Orlando before the 2021 deadline. He came in with high hopes, […]

It hasn’t been the easiest 2022-23 season for the Chicago Bulls, and their frustrations seem to be spilling throughout the locker room. Earlier reports indicated that the Bulls locker room got into a dustup in the middle of their 150-126 blowout loss vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves two nights ago. Nonetheless, Nikola Vucevic asserted that these […]

Around this time last season, the Chicago Bulls were the toast of the NBA. They were a top seed and their new team looked very promising. All that positivity has been sapped. They are 11-18 with a roster that’s going nowhere fast. Less than two years removed from going all in to win, the Bulls […]

The Chicago Bulls went all-in on a core composed of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic and Lonzo Ball. The front office decided to let go of most of its young assets and draft picks, but Chicago still has not gotten past the first round of the playoffs. Vucevic is on an expiring contract, and […]

It has been a rollercoaster for Evan Fournier since he was traded from the Orlando Magic during the 2021 trade deadline. For six and a half years, Fournier and his All-Star teammate, Nikola Vucevic, led Orlando to some semblance of respectability, nabbing two playoff appearances during that span. This is why Vucevic, now with the […]

Nikola Vucevic and the Chicago Bulls are in the midst of another disappointing season in the NBA’s competitive Eastern Conference, and wholesale changes could be coming for the 11-16 squad. Vucevic is in the final year of his four year, $100 million contract, and he will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of […]

Time is running out on the Chicago Bulls. Their slow start to the campaign is quickly turning into another wasted season, and unless they are able to pick themselves up soon, dire consequences could be forthcoming. According to NBA insider Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report, this could come in the form of a major overhaul […]

The Chicago Bulls are drowning. A 9-14 record, 12th place in the Eastern Conference, while winning just three of their last 10 games? Yikes. Something really needs to change. The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly internally discussed a trade that would send DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic to La La Land. In this hypothetical trade, […]

Amid the Chicago Bulls’ recent struggles, there have been plenty of talks about the team potentially trading the likes of Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic to build for the future. And sure enough, a lot of teams are keeping an eye if the Windy City franchise will blow it up. Adrian Wojnarowski of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers stumbled out of the gate this season, starting 0-5, resulting in countless NBA rumors and trade possibilities being floated. Los Angeles has righted the ship somewhat, as they currently sit at 8-12, though there is no Lakers fan alive who would say that the team is a title contender. Evidently, it’s […]

Last week, the Chicago Bulls suffered a tough loss to the Orlando Magic, 108-107. It was an opportunity for Nikola Vucevic to face off against his former team, which unsurprisingly, drew out all sorts of narratives pertaining to his previous spell with Orlando. The critics went hard on Vucevic and the Bulls after the loss, […]

Nikola Vučević’s start to his Chicago Bulls tenure hasn’t got off to the start he or the Bulls’ organization had hoped for since they traded for the two-time all-star. Inconsistency plagued his first full season in Chicago while the Bulls’ regression this year has fans wondering if the front office made the right move shipping […]

Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony shared an interesting post on his Instagram story on Saturday. Anthony posted an image with a caption stating, “Thank you, Chicago,” referencing the 2021 Magic-Bulls Nikola Vucevic trade, per NBACentral on twitter. Cole Anthony looks back at the Nikola Vucevic trade Orlando Magic received: Wendell Carter Jr.Otto Porter Jr.2021 first-round […]

The Chicago Bulls are in the midst of a brutal losing streak right now. This team has lost five out of its last six games heading into Friday night’s matchup against the Orlando Magic. This has led to some heavy criticism for a team that has title aspirations this season, which now also includes some […]

It was a fine idea and a noble experiment. The Chicago Bulls had a star in Zach LaVine, and the front office did its best to put other stars around him to create an NBA title contender. They traded for Nikola Vucevic, did sign-and-trades for DeMar DeRozen and Lonzo Ball, and signed free agents like […]

The Chicago Bulls’ 2022-23 season is not going as expected.  The team is just 6-8 and would be out of the Play-In Tournament in the Eastern Conference if the season ended today. DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine are leading the Bulls with 23.9 and 21.9 points per game, respectively. If Chicago wants to compete for […]

Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic was fined $15,000 dollars for making an obscene gesture during a recent game. The NBA has fined Bulls center Nikola Vucevic $15,000 for making an obscene gesture on the court Wednesday night. Here's where the incident occurred:https://t.co/1O3KTG17sq — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 11, 2022 It is unclear who the gesture […]