NBA legend Charles Barkley viciously trolled the Chicago Bulls last night (3/14) after the team lost to the Los Angeles Clippers at home.
Barkley said the Bulls “couldn’t win March Madness.”
The Bulls dropped to 32-35 after losing to the Clippers. They are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings.
If the season ended today, Chicago would face the Atlanta Hawks in the 9-10 play-in tournament game.
The Bulls are 24th in the NBA in points per game and 15th in points per game allowed. Billy Donovan‘s team is 22nd in net rating.
Since Jimmy Butler was traded in the summer of 2017, the Bulls have made the playoffs once. They lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 2022 playoffs in five games.
Chicago has been the definition of mediocre over the past two seasons. The Bulls won 40 games last season and missed the playoffs after losing to the Miami Heat in the 8-9 play-in tournament game. They are probably going to miss the postseason again this year.
According to NBA insider K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago, the Bulls will look to trade Zach LaVine again this summer. Chicago tried to trade LaVine this season, but no teams were seriously interested in acquiring the UCLA product.
“The Bulls engaged in multiple trade conversations centered on LaVine dating to last offseason,” Johnson wrote. “When this season began poorly, both the Bulls and LaVine’s representation agreed to be open to trying to find LaVine a new home. But NBC Sports Chicago reported last month that LaVine never specifically asked to be traded.
“Nevertheless, the Bulls engaged with the Detroit Pistons leading up to the Feb. 8 trade deadline but gained little traction on moving LaVine. A source said the Bulls will look to trade LaVine again this offseason.”
LaVine signed a five-year, $215 million contract with the Bulls in July 2022. He’ll make $43 million next season and $45 million in 2025-26.
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