Reports: Bulls add Nikola Vucevic; Wendell Carter Jr., two first-round picks to Magic
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Nikola Vucevic is averaging a career-high 24.5 points this season.
All-Star center Nikola Vucevic is headed to the Chicago Bulls, according to reports from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The Magic reportedly will send Vucevic and forward Al-Farouq Aminu to the Bulls in exchange for center Wendell Carter Jr., forward Otto Porter and two first-round picks (2021 and 2023), according to Wojnarowski.
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Vucevic has been the Magic’s best player for several seasons, garnering All-Star nods in 2019 and 2021. This season, Vucevic is averaging a career-best 24.5 ppg to go along with 11.8 rpg, 3.8 apg and 1.0 spg.
Carter Jr., the former No. 7 overall pick of the 2018 draft by Chicago, is averaging 10.9 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 2.2 apg but recently lost his starting job with the Bulls. Porter is a reserve for the Bulls averaging 9.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 2.0 apg and is known for his 3-point shooting (40.4% career from 3-point range).