Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach Lavine will miss the team’s game Tuesday night against the Miami Heat with a right ankle sprain.
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Zach Levine leaves Bulls’ preseason game with thigh injury
.Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine’s night ended a bit earlier than anticipated. Levine suffered a thigh contusion in Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks and did not return. Despite recovering from an ACL injury at the time of his acquisition in the Jimmy Butler trade, LaVine was still seen as a centerpiece in the package that also included point guard Kris Dunn and the no.7 overall pick in last year’s draft. Though he only made 24 appearances for the Bulls last year, the club did not hesitate to match…
Read MoreLaVine to sit tonight against Brooklyn
As the teams who are swirling around the bottom of the NBA toilet bowl fight with each other to get to the bottom the fastest, more of their players will suddenly need “rest” or have “injury issues”. For the Chicago Bulls, who need to get inside the top 5-6 draft picks in the worst way, and a healthy dose of Zach LaVine on the court could be a major impediment to that end. Luckily for them he does not play in both ends of a back-to-back and that will be…
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