Sloppy paint job has left the Bulls little maneuverability at deadline

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The NBA trade deadline is bearing down on the Bulls, but the organization has very little it can do thanks to a Zach LaVine contract that has painted them into a corner.

This is not the work of a master artist with a script brush in hand.

No, this paint job was an old, rusted tray, an 18-inch used roller, and very little regard for neatness.

That’s how this Bulls front office has painted itself into this corner.

Small-picture mindset, missed opportunity, and lack of aggressiveness.

And now with yet another NBA trade deadline bearing down on them, executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley find themselves with very little wiggle room to get out of the roster mess they created.