Los Chicago Bulls y Zach LaVine have agreed the maximum extension of his contract for 215 million and five years, as announced by Klutch Sports, the agency that represents the player. LaVine, 27, is a two-time All-Star in Chicago, where It came in the trade that sent Jimmy Butler to the Timberwolves in 2017. and, along with DeMar DeRozan, was the cornerstone of the Chicago’s return to the playoffs of the Eastern Conference this past season for the first time in five years
now, ly the Bulls will look to continue that success in the futurethanks to the fact that the two parties sat down and achieved a maximum extension of their contract keep LaVine in Chicago at its best. Since he came to the Bulls in the traded for Butler in 2017LaVine has become an excellent offensive threat, averaging at least 23.7 points per game in each of the last four seasons.
They also highlight their explosiveness attacking the rimhis firmness at the free throw line (at least five attempts per game with 80% in the last four seasons) and his ability to create for others (at least four assists per game). Last season average 24.4 points, 4.5 assists and 4.6 rebounds per gamewith 47.6% in field goals and 38.9% in triples.
Left knee surgery
After finishing the season, he underwent surgery for an injury to his left knee, hethe same one in which he suffered a tear in 2017, before being traded to the Bulls that same year along with the seventh pick in that year’s draft, who became Lauri Markkanen and shooting guard Kris Dunn . Still, LaVine’s growth since he arrived with the Bulls led him to make an appearance on the All Star in each of the last two seasons.
LaVine’s signing on a new deal is the culmination of a effort of more than a year on the part of Arturas Karnisovas, executive vice president of operations basketball team, which has convinced him to stay and build a team around him good enough to make Chicago a dominant team in the East again.
