{"id":82619,"date":"2025-07-25T07:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619"},"modified":"2025-07-25T07:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:13:28","slug":"nba-insider-insinuates-worst-case-scenario-for-bulls-nikola-vucevic-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619","title":{"rendered":"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
As the Josh Giddey contract conundrum looms over Chicago Bulls’ fans and the NBA world as a whole, a lesser escapade has seemingly been swept under the rug. The Bulls’ intention to trade 34-year-old center Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 has quieted in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Not long ago, NBA Insider Jake Fischer reported that one of Vu\u010devi\u0107’s primary suitors, the Golden State Warriors, had relinquished their interest in trading for the sweet-shooting big man. Fischer wrote, “The Warriors, though, appear to have moved away from past trade interest they <\/em>previously registered in veteran Bulls center Nikola Vucevic\u2026”<\/p>\n
Fischer referenced the Warriors’ pre-trade deadline interest in Vooch, which originally picked up steam last December. Golden State ultimately landed a bigger fish, acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat. However, the Warriors still reportedly prioritized Vu\u010devi\u0107 leading up to the deadline. Nonetheless, a trade never materialized due to the Bulls’ insistence on acquiring a first-round pick.<\/p>\n
A contract buyout is reportedly Vucevic’s lone exit avenue<\/h2>\n
Now, as teams finalize their rosters following the flurry that is NBA free agency, Vu\u010devi\u0107’s trade market is reportedly listless. On an episode of NBA Insider Notebook on Bleacher Report, Fischer answered a listener’s question regarding Vu\u010devi\u0107 trade talks.<\/p>\n
Fischer began his remark by proclaiming, “No [referencing a potential trade this offseason], we’ve been talking about how there hasn’t been much of a market for Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 all along, dating back to last trade deadline.” In the second part of Fischer’s response, he insinuated a far more demoralizing outcome for Bulls fans. Fisher said, “I think at this juncture, we’re probably more likely to see a Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 buyout midseason than we are to see a trade\u2026”<\/p>\n
While it doesn’t come as a shock that rival teams have soured on the idea of trading for a soon-to-be 35-year-old big man who’s a major defensive liability, it is disheartening to hear Fischer relay the message that a buyout is more likely, considering the Bulls could have traded Vu\u010devi\u0107 for multiple second-round picks.<\/p>\n
At this point, a buyout merely opens up a roster spot\u2014nothing else. With only one year remaining on the three-year, $60 pact he signed in 2023, there’s no reason to buyout Vooch unless the Bulls are keen on granting him a favor by allowing the 34-year-old to sign with a playoff-bound team.<\/p>\n
A buyout will surely be something Chicago considers. Vu\u010devi\u0107 has been a consummate professional since arriving in the Windy City, yet he’s appeared in merely 16 playoff games across 14 seasons. All in all, with a forthcoming trade seemingly out of the window, expect the 6-foot-10 center to at least begin next season with the Bulls, with his tenure coming to an end near the trade deadline or the following offseason.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NBA Insider Jake Fischer proclaimed that the Chicago Bulls and Nikola Vucevic agreeing to a buyout is more likely than a trade at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":82624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n
NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NBA Insider Jake Fischer proclaimed that the Chicago Bulls and Nikola Vucevic agreeing to a buyout is more likely than a trade at this point.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T07:13:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619\",\"name\":\"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation - News 365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T07:13:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T07:13:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"News 365\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\",\"name\":\"MrLuu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrLuu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation - News 365","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation - News 365","og_description":"NBA Insider Jake Fischer proclaimed that the Chicago Bulls and Nikola Vucevic agreeing to a buyout is more likely than a trade at this point.","og_url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619","og_site_name":"News 365","article_published_time":"2025-07-25T07:13:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrLuu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrLuu","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619","name":"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation - News 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-25T07:13:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-25T07:13:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-92.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82619#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NBA Insider insinuates worst-case scenario for Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic situation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/","name":"News 365","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6","name":"MrLuu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrLuu"},"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82625,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82619\/revisions\/82625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Charlotte](\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_36,w_2985,h_1679\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/24\/01k0yvxtaph5g86qxdg0.jpg\")
<\/p>\n