For this season's Bulls believe that the vast majority of fans and media are a reaction——— unexpected, no one can imagine that the Bulls can play such a good result this season, they ranked fifth in the East at 42-30, the winning rate is 58%, as long as there is no big mistake next, basically stable into the playoffs, this is also the Best performance of the Bulls since LaVine joined, LaVine as a core player also accepted an interview with the media in recent days.
"There's still some time until the playoffs start and you have to keep competing every day to get there, you know I'm really excited, I'm really excited to be on that stage because I haven't been there yet." Lavin said in an interview.
For LaVine, he and Vucevic are the core players selected by the Bulls after the reconstruction, and LaVine has gradually become the bulls' most stable scorer after growing up in many seasons, but forced by the bulls' overall play, Lavin has not entered the playoffs, and the bulls have greatly improved the Bulls' lineup this season, they have deRozan, the ball brother and Caruso, and the starting strength of the entire team has doubled.
For the Bulls, DeRozan's arrival helped the Bulls break through the predicament of the regular season, but for Lavin, DeRozan's offensive firepower can be indefinitely extended, and his ball and tactical position will have to be sacrificed indefinitely. In the past, many people said that the Bulls were LaVine's team, he was the leader of the team, but this season's continuous super god play by DeRozan has made people start to question, does this Bulls still belong to LaVine?
Comparing the data of the two, DeRozan averaged 27.6 points, 5 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game, LaVine averaged 24.5 points, 4.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game, DeRozan is fully ahead of Lavin, from the performance on the court, the Bulls' key ball handling is most likely to be handed over to DeRozan, this season's back-to-back kills are the best proof, and LaVine will become a free agent at the end of this season, so will he leave the Bulls?
"For me, it's not about contract, I'm a contender, my goal is the playoffs, I'm eager to play on the big stage, as for contracts or whatever, as long as I can play well everything is a matter of course." This is Lavine's response to the expiration of the contract.
It can be seen that the Bulls have not discussed the details of the contract with LaVine in advance, Lavin is more like a second boss in the current Lakers, and this season and possibly Lavin's first playoff trip, the Bulls will definitely examine Lavine's performance, because from the current performance, Lavin and Vucevic are no longer non-selling bulls. Then again, no matter what the Bulls do next season, this season is still looking forward to LaVine's playoff debut.