The Chicago Bulls traded away their two best players in Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan. DeRozan signed with the Kings in the offseason, in hopes of making the making a deep run into the playoffs than he previously had, and LaVine was traded away to the Kings, midway through the 2024-25 season. The two joined forces at Chicago in 2021 and even though they made the playoffs in the same year, they were immediately bounced out of the first round by the Milwaukee Bucks. <\/p>
The Bulls had also acquired Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso. And with Coby White on the bench, along with center Nikola Vucevic, the roster looked stacked. However, Lonzo Ball suffered an injury which kept him out for nearly two and a half years, and that cost the Bulls as they had no pure playmaker to rely on. So the next two seasons, the Bulls played decently but they were nowhere close to making a deep playoff run. So after three seasons of experimenting with LaVine and DeRozan as their best players, the Bulls decided to break it up and sent the two away. <\/p>