Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic recently confirmed that he will retire from representing Montenegro in international basketball after this year’s FIBA EuroBasket tournament.
Bulls center Nikola Vucevic has announced his retirement from the Montenegrin national team, BasketNews.com relays. Montenegro failed to advance in the EuroBasket tournament.
With the EuroBasket 2025 currently underway, this is a great opportunity for NBA fans to see some of their favorite players in action before the start of next season.
Which former NBA players watch today's game and think to themselves, Man, I would have been awesome in today's game? Probably all of them. But how many of them are right?
Nikola Vucevic made an important career decision this week by confirming that he will soon retire from national team play. Some reports have caused confusion, suggesting that the Chicago Bulls center has called it a career altogether.
If the Chicago Bulls want to launch a rebuild, cutting ties with Nikola Vucevic fully would be one of the final pieces to the puzzle. Last season, there seemed to be a chance Vucevic could be the odd-man-out in Chicago, as the Zach LaVine rumors were silenced for a moment.
The Chicago Bulls are staring down the barrel of a full-blown rebuild. It started a year ago when they let DeMar DeRozan walk in free agency, and it continued when they traded Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings last season.
Bulls center Nikola Vucevic is still hearing his name in trade rumors, but he is not exactly sweating it. Vucevic, speaking with BasketNews before Montenegro’s 27-point loss to Lithuania at EuroBasket 2025, made it clear that he and head of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas are on the same page.
The Chicago Bulls, despite being one of the most storied franchises in the NBA, have been utterly disappointing recently. The Bulls have missed the playoffs for three consecutive seasons and have not made it past the first round in a decade.
The prestigious EuroBasket championships are officially underway, with several of the NBA's biggest foreign stars competing for continental basketball glory with their respective teams.
The Chicago Bulls have been stuck in NBA purgatory for years now, and most fans have put the blame squarely on the GM, Arturas Karnisovas. Even after another uneventful summer, veteran big man Nikola Vucevic came to his defense and encouraged patience for the fans who have grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress.
Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic has been a fixture in international basketball for more than a decade. Ahead of EuroBasket 2025, he revealed that he attempted to persuade rookie teammate Matas Buzelis to join Lithuania for the tournament.
The Chicago Bulls are stuck between a rock and a hard place going into the 2025-2026 season. While they got significant contributions from some exciting young players, overall, the Bulls were just below average.
The Bulls are in a bit of a weird spot, it is not a full rebuild, but you cannot really call them contenders either, they are somewhere in between. And as that identity crisis plays out, one thing seems to be taking shape: Nikola Vucevic might be on the outside looking in.
It has been a long time since the Chicago Bulls have seriously contended for an NBA Championship. When the Chicago Bulls pulled the plug on the Zach LaVine–DeMar DeRozan experiment, many expected the franchise to start from scratch.
The Chicago Bulls star center Nikola Vucevic has been linked to almost every team in need of a center. Before the Los Angeles Lakers secured Deandre Ayton as their starting center, Vucevic was linked to them.
Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic has been among the most common names to appear in trade rumors this offseason. With rumors suggesting that the Bulls would look to buy out his contract if they fail to find a trade for him, his time at Chicago seemed close to ending.
Sometimes the writing on the wall speaks significantly louder than words or assurances, even if they come from the general manager themselves. For Nikola Vucevic, his Chicago Bulls tenure appeared to be closing during last season.
There have been a lot of trade rumors surrounding Chicago Bulls players this offseason, but so far, the team has been relatively quiet. The Bulls were expected to make more noise, but like most years, the moves that people expected haven’t happened.
The Chicago Bulls faced criticism and skepticism for their quiet offseason and struggles to trade star center Nikola Vucevic. While many believed the two-time All-Star would part ways with the team via a buyout, a Bulls insider believes Vucevic will still have trade value, although a deal is unlikely before the season starts in October.
The Chicago Bulls have been in the play-in for three consecutive seasons. It seems like this is the summer they will rebuild completely and try to trade all their veterans.
The Chicago Bulls’ front office hasn’t exactly been lighting it up this offseason, and things might soon get even worse. As the team continues to fumble through a tough rebuild, reports now suggest the two-time All-Star center Nikola Vucevic might not be traded after all—but bought out.
The Golden State Warriors were interested in trading for Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic last season. The Bulls are trying to trade Vucevic this offseason, so many connected the Warriors to the former Orlando Magic All-Star. However, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report doesn’t think Golden State is interested in Vucevic.
The Bulls find themselves in the worst possible spot in the NBA: not good enough to be a true contender but too good to land a prime draft slot. Here are four moves the team should make to break the cycle.