Chicago Bulls: 3 possible Zach LaVine trades with the Knicks
About the only way that the Knicks are going to be able to pull off a trade deal with the Bulls to get their hands on LaVine is by trading at least one unprotected first round draft pick. And in this hypothetical trade deal, the pieces that the Bulls include to send off to the Knicks starts to get pretty juicy.
The Bulls send off here LaVine along with the second-year former Duke Blue Devils center Wendell Carter Jr. to the Knicks. In return, they also get a future unprotected first round draft pick, Randle, defensive stopper point guard Frank Ntilikina, and the standout center Mitchell Robinson. As far as intriguing players on the current Knicks roster goes, Robinson is about it.
While WCJ is likely going to be a more versatile big man when it’s all said and done than Robinson, the latter of the two is more polished and efficient all-around at the moment. Robinson would make more of an immediate impact with a high ceiling in terms of total contributions in total if he were to land with the Bulls.
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In the season that was for the Knicks, Robinson played in 61 games (starting in just seven of them). He averaged 9.7 points per game, 7.0 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.9 steals, and 2.0 blocks. He shot an NBA best 74.2 percent from the field with a true shooting percentage north of 72.5. That also amounted to a box plus/minus rating of 3.0 and an impressive .230 win shares per 48 minutes.