<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Zach-LaVine-Jim-Boylen-Bulls.jpg"></figure><h1>Zach LaVine, Thaddeus Young shade Jim Boylen after 20-point comeback vs. Blazers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-06T06:01:45-08:00">January 6th, 6:01am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-06T06:01:45-08:00">January 6th, 6:01am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The short-handed Chicago Bulls successfully mounted a 20-point comeback to take down the Portland Trail Blazers to grab their fourth win of the season. After the victory, veteran swingman Zach LaVine admitted that the 2019-2020 Bulls team wouldn’t be able to rally and defeat their opponents like how they did on Tuesday night, via <a href="https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/1346704875925725185">K.C. Johnson</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Zach LaVine, on whether the Bulls win this game last year: "No."</p><p>— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/1346704875925725185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 6, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Another veteran in Thaddeus Young echoed the same sentiments of his teammate and lauded head coach Billy Donovan for giving the guys more confidence in the early stages of the season, per <a href="https://twitter.com/rob_schaef/status/1346717917514248192">Rob Schaefer</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"… and letting the vets be vets. Me, OP, Garrett, we go out there and play, but we are also able to go out and help these guys and keep guys confidence and spirits up throughout the course of the game."</p><p>— Rob Schaefer (@rob_schaef) <a href="https://twitter.com/rob_schaef/status/1346717917514248192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 6, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Similar to how LaVine and Young described it, the Bulls have already shown flashes of improvement compared to where they were a season ago. Led by former head coach Jim Boylen, they finished the season with a 22-43 record.</p><p>In their most recent game, the Blazers were looking ahead to have an easy win over the Bulls in the first half of the game. However, the Bulls came out in the third quarter with more aggressiveness to score and make plays. It eventually paid off for LaVine and company as they used a 30-point fourth quarter to seal the 111-108 victory against the home team.</p><p>Sophomore guard Coby White led the team in scoring with a double-double performance of 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Otto Porter Jr. also had a huge night with 19 points and 13 rebounds while LaVine added 18 points and nine assists for the Bulls.</p><p>On the other hand, C.J. McCollum continued his good showing with 26 points, five rebounds, and four assists while Damian Lillard notched 24 points, five rebounds, and nine assists. With the 111-108 win, the Bulls have now improved to a 4-4 record while the Blazers slipped to a 3-4 tally on a two-game losing skid.</p><p>Zach LaVine and the rest of the Bulls will aim to get their third consecutive victory at the expense of the struggling Sacramento Kings on Jan. 6.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zach LaVine, Thaddeus Young shade Jim Boylen after 20-point comeback vs. Blazers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Thaddeus-Young-expected-to-be-shopped-on-trade-market-in-offseason.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Thaddeus Young ‘readily available’ in trade talks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-25T12:42:07-07:00">July 25th, 12:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-25T12:42:35-07:00">July 25th, 12:42pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago Bulls veteran small forward Thaddeus Young is “readily available” in trade talks, per <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/why-its-too-early-speculate-about-zach-lavines-future-bulls">K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago</a>.</p><p>Young, who signed a three-year deal with the Bulls last offseason, was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-rumors-thaddeus-young-may-ask-for-trade-if-he-doesnt-start-playing-more/" rel="noopener noreferrer">supposedly</a> unhappy with his role and minutes under head coach Jim Boylen for most of the 2019-20 season.</p><blockquote>In fact, according to executives from two other teams, Thaddeus Young, not Zach LaVine, is the player considered most readily available. That’s largely based on Young’s displeasure with his role and usage last season, his team-friendly deal that carries only a partial guarantee in 2021-22 and his dependability and professionalism.</blockquote><p>Before the 2019-20 season got suspended in March due to COVID-19, Young appeared in 64 games for the Bulls. The lefty averaged 10.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per contest. He also shot 44.8 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from beyond the arc and 58.3 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Young is set to make $13,545,000 in 2020-21 and $14,190,000 in 2021-22, though only $6 million of that is guaranteed.</p><p>The Bulls have been a walking disaster since trading Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the summer of 2017. Chicago might as well part ways with Young and get draft picks in return since the franchise is still in rebuild mode and Young is better suited to play for a contender.</p><p>The Los Angeles Clippers reportedly had trade interest in both Young and Bulls point guard Kris Dunn at the February trade deadline. We’ll see if Chicago and Los Angeles talk about a Young trade whenever the 2020 offseason period begins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Thaddeus Young ‘readily available’ in trade talks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Thaddeus-Young-expected-to-be-shopped-on-trade-market-in-offseason.jpg"></figure><h1>Rumor: Bulls’ Thaddeus Young expected to be shopped on trade market in offseason</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-04-06T12:55:40-07:00">April 6th, 12:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-04-06T12:55:40-07:00">April 6th, 12:55pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Whenever the 2020 offseason period begins, the Chicago Bulls are expected to shop veteran forward Thaddeus Young, per <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2020/4/6/21209982/bulls-player-breakdowns-veteran-thaddeus-young-broken">Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times</a>.</p><p>Young is in his first season with the Bulls. He was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-rumors-thaddeus-young-may-ask-for-trade-if-he-doesnt-start-playing-more/">supposedly</a> unhappy with his role and minutes under head coach Jim Boylen for most of the season.</p><p>Before the 2019-20 season got suspended, Young appeared in 64 games for the Bulls. The lefty averaged 10.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists while shooting 44.8 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from beyond the arc and 58.3 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Bulls signed Young to a three-year deal worth nearly $41 million. He agreed to the contract right at the outset of free agency. The veteran is set to make $13,545,000 next season and then $14,190,000 in 2021-22, though only $6 million of that is guaranteed.</p><p>The Los Angeles Clippers reportedly had trade interest in both Young and Bulls point guard Kris Dunn at the February trade deadline. We’ll see if the Bulls and Clippers get any discussions going once the offseason gets underway.</p><p>The Bulls were on their way to missing the playoffs again before COVID-19 became a pandemic and suspended the season. Chicago hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2017. The franchise has been struggling ever since the Jimmy Butler trade, which makes sense given Butler is an All-Star player and winner.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> &amp; </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, and like us on </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i>Facebook</i></a><i>. 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Rumor: Bulls’ Thaddeus Young expected to be shopped on trade market in offseason

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Thadeus.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Bulls’ Thaddeus Young gives blunt reason for strong play of late</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-20T22:19:40-08:00">February 20th, 10:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-20T22:19:40-08:00">February 20th, 10:19pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>There are a lot of factors that come into play whenever an NBA player struggles with a new team. But sometimes, all a player needs is some extended minutes to show off his wares in a new environment. The same goes for Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young, who offered a blunt take on his recent resurgence for the Illinois-based squad. Per Bulls reporter K.C. Johnson:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What has been behind Thad Young’s strong recent play?</p><p>“More minutes,” Young said, smiling.</p><p>— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/1230703917471694848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>The Bulls did lose their first game after the All-Star break, bowing down to the Charlotte Hornets, 93-103, at the United Center on Thursday. Young was one of the few bright spots for the Jim Boylen-mentored team, recording a strong double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds.</p><p>He also stayed on the floor the longest for the home team, spending 36 minutes on the floor.</p><p>After signing a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-chicago-agrees-3-year-41-million-with-thaddeus-young/">3-year, $41-million contract</a> with the Bulls over the summer, the 31-year-old Young seemed to be the odd man out in Chicago’s youthful nucleus this season. He struggled to get consistent minutes in the Bulls’ frontcourt early one. Young had to battle for minutes against young studs Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr., and Otto Porter.</p><p>Now having a grasp of the Bulls’ system, Young has been looking like his old self and has scored in double figures in Chicago’s last 10 games. In 55 games, the 6-foot-8 forward is averaging 9.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.2 steals, all the while shooting 44.4 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from downtown.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls’ Thaddeus Young gives blunt reason for strong play of late

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/young.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Thaddeus Young reacts to report suggesting he’s unhappy with role with Bulls</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-13T11:46:29-08:00">December 13th, 11:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-13T11:47:41-08:00">December 13th, 11:47am</time><address><a>Bruno Manrique</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Thaddeus Young addressed a recent report from the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2019/12/12/21018927/bulls-veteran-thaddeus-young-is-not-thrilled-with-how-hes-being-used" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chicago Sun-Times</a> claiming he is “not thrilled” with his role with the Chicago Bulls and would be willing to ask for a trade if it continues that way.</p><p>Young, who signed a three-year, $41 million deal this summer to play for Chicago, was quick to note he wants more playing time, but won’t let them get in the way of the team.</p><blockquote>“Everybody wants to play 30-40 minutes a game,” he said, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/DarnellMayberry/status/1205553375531675648" rel="noopener noreferrer">Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic</a>. “Everybody wants to play especially when they feel like they can help the team. Whatever coach sees fit to do, I’m falling in line and I’m rolling with it.”</blockquote><p>There might be truth to both stories, as Young’s minutes have taken a massive dip from the 30.7 he averaged as a member of the Indiana Pacers to the 21.6 he’s receiving under Jim Boylen with the Bulls.</p><p>The veteran forward hasn’t made any of these grievances public, though the report claims one of the sources pointing to his unhappiness includes one of his own teammates.</p><blockquote>“Of course,’’ Young said when asked about wanting to be on the floor in the final minutes. “I’ve been closing for years. But like I said, if Coach decides to go with a different unit, different guys, then I have to go with that and try and be one of the guys that’s ready to go when my number is called.’’</blockquote><p>Boylen has struggled to find the right combination after Otto Porter Jr. went down with a foot injury, which has left his role in limbo. 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2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.7	5.9	4.3	0.5	1.2

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.7	5.9	4.3	0.5	1.2

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