Chicago Bulls Making Right Call by Holding onto Nikola Mirotic

July 25th, 2014 by Zach Buckley Leave a reply »

The Chicago Bulls have waited a long time to see what 2011 first-rounder Nikola Mirotic can add to their championship puzzle. With the draft-and-stash prospect finally making his arrival, they owe it to themselves to find out if their patience will be rewarded.

Yes, even if it that means missing out on the opportunity to add Minnesota Timberwolves double-double machine Kevin Love.

Love is undeniably one of the NBA's premier players. With good size (6'10", 260 pounds), better shooting touch (37.6 three-point percentage last season) and great numbers (26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists), he could breeze into the Windy City and immediately become the best teammate former MVP Derrick Rose has ever had.



If the Bulls could swap Mirotic for Love straight up, that's a trade they probably would—and definitely should—do 11 times out of 10.

But the deal wouldn't work like that. The price on Chicago's end would be significantly higher.

Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com reported that the Bulls had offered an "extremely intriguing" package of Mirotic, Taj Gibson and Doug McDermo ...

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