Nikola Vucevic continues his career with the Chicago Bulls, reports journalist Adrijan Vojnarski.
The Montenegrin center was traded to the club from Illinois, along with Al Farouk Aminu.
Orlando will get Otto Porter, Wendell Carter Jr. and two draft picks from the Bulls.
Vucevic and Chicago will have to fight for a place in the playoffs in the East - they are currently 10th in the table with a record of 19 wins and 24 losses.
"Chicago's management - Arturas Karnišovas, Mark Eversley and Billy Donovan - wants proven, experienced players to start something new. Now they have one such in All-Star center Nikola Vučević, who was the leader of Orlando", states Vojnarovski, who adds that Chicago will try to hire point guard Lonzo Ball.
With Orlando, there was no chance for the playoffs since the first day of the season, even though Vucevic is playing the best basketball of his career.
This season, he is averaging 24,5 points, 11,8 rebounds and 3,8 assists per game.
Vucevic has been in Florida since 2012, and before that he spent one season in Philadelphia.
It was recently speculated that Boston and Charlotte also wanted him...
The Bulls are the six-time winners of NBA rings, which they won in the era of Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson in the period from 1991 to 1998.
The last time Chicago was in the playoffs was in the 2016/17 season. when he was eliminated in the first round by Boston.
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