Nikola Vucevic’s days might be numbered as a Chicago Bull

One former USC Trojan could join another in leaving Chicago.

Nikola Vucevic and his national team Montenegro did not advance past the group stage in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia, for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Now he can focus on his summer with the Chicago Bulls — or more than likely, without them — as he is projected to get traded before the season. The Bulls look to rebuild their roster, which might mean that “Vooch” will join former USC basketballer DeMar DeRozan in leaving Chicago.

The Chicago Bulls picked Matas Buzelis in round one of the 2024 NBA draft. They acquired former Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey in late June, parting ways with Alex Caruso and also trading DeMar DeRozan. The 6-10 Vučević has two years left on his Bulls contract and had this to say about the Bulls last season:

“I think we do have enough on this team to have a better result. For whatever reason, we are not able to do it. We have the talent, we have the players who can do it. The problem is we just haven’t been able to put it together consistency to be able to do it like we need to to be a good team. We show flashes here and there, we do it for a couple of games and then it kind of goes away. That’s been our issue, something to be fixed.”

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