With Nikola Mirotic being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, the Chicago Bulls have not only once again signaled their intentions to rebuild but have now officially wiped out an era. With Mirotic’s departure, no current Bull had played for the Tom Thibodeau Bulls, with the longest-tenured member now being Bobby Portis. It’s an organizational reset, fittingly completed with Chicago trading one of their most enigmatic players in recent memory.
There were quite-high expectations for Mirotic when he was arriving from the Euroleague. He was one of the best players not in the NBA, and had great success during his time at Real Madrid.