Report: Kings, Warriors Remain Interested In Bulls’ Zach LaVine

According to NBA reporter K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago, the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors remain interested in trading for Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine. 

The Bulls and LaVine want to part ways. 

The Kings and Warriors remain interested in potentially trading for Zach LaVine, per @KCJHoop (https://t.co/GU0JB8gWyQ).

The Bulls and LaVine are mutually looking to part ways this offseason. pic.twitter.com/J8qKcsbkPj

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) July 2, 2024

LaVine played in only 25 games in 2023-24. He underwent season-ending right foot surgery in February.

A two-time All-Star, LaVine averaged 19.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks in 2023-24 while shooting 45.2% from the field, 34.9% from beyond the arc and 85.4% from the free-throw line.

LaVine signed a five-year, $215 million contract with the Bulls in July 2022.

A UCLA product, LaVine has career averages of 20.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.3 blocks with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Bulls. He has a 216-364 record. 

A source told Hoops Wire that LaVine “would like” to get traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. LaVine, LeBron James and Anthony Davis have the same agent (Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group). 

However, the Lakers are not expected to pursue a LaVine trade, sources said. LaVine’s trade value is essentially non-existent. He’s coming off surgery and has three years and $138 million left on his contract.

The Warriors lost Klay Thompson to the Dallas Mavericks, so they need another scorer next to Stephen Curry. 

LaVine signed a four-year, $78 million offer sheet with the Kings in 2018. The Bulls matched the offer sheet. 

According to NBA insiders Anthony Slater and Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Kings need to be “incentivized” to acquire LaVine from the Bulls due to his injury history and massive contract. 

“Zach LaVine has been rumored, and league sources confirm Sacramento has some level of interest, but he would arrive with a tricky contract situation,” Slater and Amick wrote. “LaVine has three years and $137.8 left on his current deal, a perhaps unpalatable number considering the Kings’ growing financial picture. Any deal on this front, league sources said, would likely involve the Kings needing to be incentivized to take on LaVine’s massive deal.”