Bulls Twitter is HYPE about Nikola Vucevic trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Bulls kicked off the NBA trade deadline day with a bang Thursday morning, by trading Wendell Carter, Jr., Otto Porter, Jr., plus two first-round picks to bring in Nikola Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu. To say fans on Twitter were hyped would be a massive understatement.
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It’s easy to understand why fans are so psyched to have Vucevic in Chicago. According to ESPNStatsInfo, he’s one of only four players averaging 24 points and 10 rebounds this season— the other three are Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid. No Bulls player has ever finished a season hitting each of those marks.
Further, there are only four players this season averaging 24 points, who put up six 3-point attempts per game and hit 40% of those 3-point attempts, per ESPNStatsInfo. The Bulls now have two of them in Vucevic and Zach LaVine.
So who’s ready to do this again with Lonzo Ball in a few hours?
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