Chicago Bulls: 3 stars Zach LaVine has praised in the past

The player that the Chicago Bulls look to build around for and foremost this year is star shooting guard Zach LaVine. The Bulls have a solid foundation built for their starting five heading into next season, namely with the trio of LaVine, star center Nikola Vucevic, and rookie forward Patrick Williams. LaVine leads the way for that group, and hopefully, next year will end the drought for both him and the Bulls.

LaVine still has not yet made it to the postseason in seven seasons in his career to date. Parlay that with the fact that the Bulls are currently in the midst of a four-year-long postseason drought and you get a lot of motivation to get over that playoff hump in 2022.

Learning from other stars that Chicago Bulls SG Zach LaVine has lauded

There’s no doubt that both Bulls fans and the organization would love a potential budding superstar in LaVine to stick around in Chicago over the long haul. Now that he has a legit star running mate in Vooch, and more could be to come, it’s not out of the question that the Bulls could make a good postseason run behind LaVine’s efforts.

But before that can happen, the Bulls front office has to find the right pieces to put around this first-time All-Star two-guard. The Bulls are going to need to put together the right supporting cast that LaVine likes for him to want to stick around over the long haul. And the front office can look into past players that he’s lauded to form some ideas for target to sign or trade for in the near future.

Nonetheless, here’s a look at three players that LaVine has praised in recent memory around the NBA.