Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine could be of interest to the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade this offseason if Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas attaches draft capital to the two-time All-Star, per Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer.
This season, the Sixers also rostered a potential key target for the Bulls in free agency.
They are coming off a season where they achieved Karnisovas’ goal of shooting more threes. But they failed to make enough of them and adding more perimeter scoring is critical.
“If
the Bulls get nothing else done this offseason, they should at least find ways to up their three-point volume. There is a cap on how efficient this offense can be when it holds bottom-five rankings in three-point makes (27th) and attempts (26th), never mind what better spacing might mean for attackers like [DeMar] DeRozan and Coby White,” Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley wrote on May 23.
“It wouldn’t be shocking to see Chicago throw the entire non-taxpayers mid-level exception at this perimeter deficiency, and if it does, that might be enough to snag Buddy Hield.”
Hield, 31, averaged 12.1 points and shot 38.6% from deep last season.
Buckley also suggested targeting Indiana Pacers big man Jalen Smith and Miami Heat guard Caleb Martin. Martin averaged a career-high 10 PPG this season. Smith would add much-needed size and a budding shooting touch (42.4% on 2.4 threes per game).
Neither would directly address the Bulls’ need for volume and efficiency from beyond the arc like Hield, who topped Buckley’s list, would.
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