AP
These NBA playoffs couldn’t have gone any better for the Bulls.
The Bulls didn’t make the postseason, of course, but they have watched a handful of teams stumble into major season-ending disappointments that might leave them as the beneficiaries of those failures.
The Hawks losing to the Bulls in the first play-in game, the Cavaliers again not getting out of the second round, the 76ers, Magic and Heat being ousted in the first round — all those teams might be looking to make major shake-ups to their rosters because of unfulfilled expectations.
And, just like that, the trade market for guard Zach LaVine has a little life.