{"id":1723,"date":"2024-10-29T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:19:54","slug":"bulls-have-a-great-zach-lavine-problem-how-chicago-stars-resurgence-impacts-cooper-flagg-odds-trade-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"Bulls have a great Zach LaVine problem: How Chicago star’s resurgence impacts Cooper Flagg odds, trade rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bulls were supposed to be a bad team trying desperately to keep their top-10 protected draft pick this season. They still might be, but Zach LaVine is throwing a wrench in those plans.<\/p>\n

The guy who supposedly wasn’t worth the paper his contract was printed on is averaging 26.0 points per game through Chicago’s first four contests. He’s led the Bulls to a surprising 2-2 record, including good wins against the Bucks and Grizzlies (missing Ja Morant).<\/p>\n

The Bulls have been desperately trying to trade LaVine for the past year but haven’t gotten any takers. They’re about to get a lot of phone calls because LaVine’s excellence is becoming impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n

How Zach LaVine’s resurgence impacts Cooper Flagg odds, trade rumors<\/h2>\n

LaVine has been a terrific shooter throughout his career, as evidenced by his 38.2 percentage over the past decade, but he has never taken enough attempts to truly stand out on leaderboards. That’s changing this season, as he’s averaging a career-high 8.8 attempts per game.<\/p>\n

LaVine’s 45.7 percent from 3 this season is obviously good. Diving into the film and numbers, it’s even more impressive. He’s basically been automatic on catch-and-shoot attempts, hitting 69.2 percent of them\u00a0for a fun 103.8 effective field goal percentage, as pointed out by CHGO’s Will Gottlieb.<\/p>\n

LaVine is way more than a catch-and-shoot threat. He’s becoming more dangerous throughout the entirety of a possession rather than just at the beginning of it.<\/p>\n

Stephen Curry has made a living by driving the ball, passing it out and relocating to the 3-point line. That has never been a big part of LaVine’s game \u2014 until this year. He only did it twice all of last season. He equaled that total in the span of 30 seconds in Chicago’s fourth game of this season.<\/p>\n

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Zach LaVine only had two 3's in his entire previous season where he got off the ball and relocated to the 3-point line. He had two in the 4th quarter against the Grizzlies, leading a huge comeback. <\/p>\n

He's shooting 45.7% from 3 on a career-high 8.8 attempts per game. pic.twitter.com\/dE6va2SNiX<\/a><\/p>\n

— Steph Noh (@StephNoh) October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n