The Chicago Bulls have been searching for trade partners to take Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic off their hands. LaVine’s play this season has started to re-ignite buzz around him. But Vucevic had yet to see similar movement with his trade market.

The Suns reportedly expressed interest in a trade for the Bulls' Nikola Vucevic, but salary-cap challenges present obstacles.

The Suns are said to be interested in Chicago's Nikola Vučević and would seem to have an obvious pathway to making the Bulls an offer by attaching draft compensation to the contract of Jusuf Nurkić. There was one report that said the Bulls were looking for a first-round pick in the 2025 draft in the package for Vucevic,