“The Growing concerns, however, are that possible destinations for LaVine seemingly have dried up and that there is still no market for Vucevic at age 22 and $41 million-plus guaranteed over the next two seasons,” Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun Times wrote.

The Bulls believed they were bringing in a creative leader with Karnisovas, and he displayed that with the trade of Alex Caruso, bringing in a younger player with more offensive upside in Josh Giddey in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The DeMar DeRozan saga with the Bulls came to an end after a sign-and-trade with the Sacramento Kings.

There have been rumors about a trade of LaVine for multiple years, but none have come to fruition. In the prior year or two, Bulls fans had been frustrated with the organization delaying a tear down and rebuild, and LaVine was one of the main pieces. There have been rumors regarding him going to the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors in recent months, but nothing has actually taken place. There is still time to get a move done, but as teams moved on and made other moves to execute their offseason plans, trade destinations came off the board due to the lack of flexibility some teams have as a result.

LaVine could bring value in a certain situation, but with teams crossed off the board when it comes to trade destinations, the return that the Bulls get for him in a hypothetical trade might not come close to what fans were dreaming of in the last year or so. As noted by Cowley as well, the Bulls do not seem to be likely to get much back in a trade involving Nikola Vucevic, if one is able to be executed between now and the start of the season.