Chicago’s Zach LaVine, if we’re being realistic, is unlikely to be traded before January … if he’s even moved at all.
A trade involving a contract as substantial as LaVine’s is tricky to construct in the best of times and a far more significant undertaking before Dec. 15, for starters, when roughly 25% of the league’s nearly 450 players on standard contracts is still ineligible to be traded.
I hardly see how LaVine doesn’t get moved, but at this stage it makes sense to wait for after December 15, if that allows for the best possible assets making their way to Chicago.
But LaVine is 100% getting moved, he’s not going to play for a play in for much longer before asking for a trade.