This is not an inaccurate appraisal.
Former two-time All-Pac-10 USC Trojans center Nikola Vucevic, now with the Chicago Bulls, has been ranked byas the fourth-most overrated player in the league, across its last five seasons.
A two-time All-Star while with the Orlando Magic, Vucevic was acquired by the Chicago Bulls in exchange for former lottery pick center Wendell Carter Jr., small forward Otto Porter Jr., and two eventual lottery picks. Those picks turned into small forward Franz Wagner and shooting guard Jett Howard. Bulls team president Arturas Karnisovas no doubt had hoped that Vucevic would serve as a win-now double-double-machine for the team.
"In hindsight, the Bulls should have seen that last part coming. In his final season with the Magic, their defensive rating plummeted by 8.2 points per 100 possessions when Vucevic was on the floor," Hughes adds, before adding insult to injury for Chicago fans. "At least the Bulls didn't throw good money after bad by handing him a three-year, $60 million extension in the summer of 2023. Oh, wait...
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