Report: Knicks Engaged in Trade Talks With Bulls for Zach LaVine
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Zach LaVine may be on the move.
The Chicago Bulls are reportedly discussing a blockbuster deal with the New York Knicks to send the All-Star forward to the Knicks for multiple first-round picks, according to Joe Crowley and Jake Weinbach.
Just heard from a source that Bulls and Knicks are revisiting talks on a LaVine trade. Talks began yesterday but broke off. Now back on.
— Joe Cowley (@JCowleyHoops) February 9, 2023
New York had been a team connected to O.G. Anunoby and the Toronto Raptors and had reportedly been willing to part with three first-round picks for the 25-year-old forward, according to Sportsnet's Michael Grange. A deal for LaVine would take the Knicks out of the Anunoby sweepstakes, thinning out an already thinning Anunoby market should Toronto move Anunoby ahead of 3 pm E.T.
If the Raptors do stay put with Jakob Poeltl as their lone deadline addition, Toronto would appear poised for a play-in run this season. The team currently sits 10th in the Eastern Conference, four games back of the Knicks who own the top play-in spot.
Chicago sits one game up on Toronto for the ninth seed in the Eastern Conference but moving LaVine would certainly be a step back for the Bulls. It would create another opportunity for the Raptors to move up in the standings for a playoff push later this year.
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