A Chicago coach has gotten refreshingly honest about the upside of 2025 All-Rookie forward Matas Buzelis over the years to come.

How the rebuilding Bulls were slapped with a harsh Nikola Vucevic trade reality heading into the 2025-26 campaign.

There are only two players remaining on the Bulls roster older than 28 years old: Jevon Carter and Nikola Vucevic. Carter doesn't have much value around the NBA with his $6.8 million salary, while Vucevic is 35 years old with a $20 million salary, which makes him hard to move.

Chicago under recently-extended team president Arturas Karnisovas also has been prone to selecting raw, developmental projects in the draft of late. For every Matas Buzelis that shows quick promise, it feels as if young players like Dalen Terry or Patrick Williams wind up becoming borderline busts.

The Chicago Bulls have reportedly been searching for a Zach LaVine trade over the past 12 months. The two-time All-Star is in the third year of a five-year $215 million contract. He is being paid like a top-15 player but has rarely produced at that level. As such, LaVine is a major roadblock to a complete roster rebuild in Chicago.

Zach LaVine had spent seven and a half seasons playing for the Chicago Bulls (before getting traded to the Sacramento Kings in February). LaVine finished the 20

A freshly added Chicago Bulls signing is slated to wear an ex-Bulls All-Star's old jersey number. Following a solid Summer League stint, free agent guard Yuki Kawamura inked a two-way deal with Chicago over the weekend. He'll be toggled between the Bulls proper and their G League affiliate in Hoffman Estates, the Windy City Bulls.

Zach LaVine has become somewhat of an immovable object for the Chicago Bulls front office. The two-time All-Star has reportedly been available for trade for the past 12 months. Yet, his mind-boggling five-year $215 million contract, which earns him $43 million this season, has deterred any interested party from firming up their interest.

Per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, rival NBA executives are monitoring the Kings' trio of LaVine, Domantas Sabonis and DeMar DeRozan, and it is believed that at least one of them could be traded this offseason or prior to the 2025-26 NBA trade deadline.