CHICAGO (CBS) — The Bulls start the week two spots out of the Eastern Conference playoffs – but they hope that adding Nikola Vucevic and three other players at the trade deadline will push them into the postseason.
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The 30-year-old Montenegrin grew up watching the Bulls, and hopes to help build them back into an NBA power.
“Growing up, I think like obviously many people, I was a big Bulls fan because of (Michael) Jordan and all the success they had at that time. And I was just obsessed with Jordan, and Jordan gear, and everything that came with it. I was lucky that my dad, you know, he played professionally, so he had access to a lot of the stuff,” Vucevic said.
On Saturday, the Bulls tweeted a photo of Vucevic as a boy bedecked in Bulls gear – including Air Jordan 9’s.
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“I guess it was meant to be in a way,” he said.
The Bulls wasted no time on trade deadline day Thursday in getting Vucevic and forward Al-Faroq Aminu from the Orlando Magic.
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