Lavine

The Bulls' LaVine-less starting lineup — which features in LaVine's place — has outscored opponents by 17.4 points per 100 possessions.

First came a beautiful Giddey pass to a cutting Zach LaVine for the dunk, and then a minute later a Ball assist on a LaVine three-pointer.

Not that they were in a position to let LaVine walk, considering they gave up Jimmy Butler and a draft pick to land LaVine, Kris Dunn and the draft rights to Lauri Markkanen last summer.

After undergoing surgery in May, LaVine couldn’t scrimmage or undergo contact drills.

A source told the Sun-Times back in February that the asking price for LaVine was too steep at the time, but has that price been lowered in the wake of the Bradley Beal trade?

As well as LaVine has been playing recently, his defensive rating was at 115.8.

Bulls guard Zach LaVine, left, shoots over Portland Trail Blazers forward Jabari Walker during the second half of in Portland, Ore., Friday.

Bulls guard Zach LaVine saves the ball from going out of bounds in front of Trail Blazers forward Nassir Little during the second half Friday in Portlant.

But none of this will happen as quickly as Bulls fans want since reports first surfaced that LaVine is interested in a trade.

Caruso hit the winner off a feed from Zach LaVine after stripping Pascal Siakam as he attempted a runner just inside the Raptors foul line.

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine drives past Pistons guard Jaden Ivey during the second half Saturday in Detroit.

Chicago has some exciting scorers, spearheaded by LaVine, but could use a few more players to give the shooting guard even more freedom.

Despite the hindrance, LaVine found success around the rim through dunks and layups, finishing with 30 points and four assists.

Even in Wednesday’s game, LaVine felt the Bulls failed to “sit down” the Pistons in the fourth quarter.

For a guy with one playoff win in nine seasons, excuses surround LaVine like protective feathers.

Fox is another Klutch client, and LaVine reportedly likes the idea of pairing with Fox in the Kings backcourt.

How many assists will Zach LaVine (Chi) record?

Instead, I throw a nice chunk of change on LaVine to score at least 35 in a Bulls victory; that’s at +630.

Lavine has had a 41-point game and two 30-point games during the stretch.

LaVine has made the NBA All-Star Game in each of the past two seasons and has staked his claim as one of the league’s top scorers.