Bulls match offer to LaVine

Zach LaVine is staying with Chicago, after the team matched a four-year, $80 million offer sheet that he got from Sacramento.

The Bulls made the announcement Sunday, two days after the Kings and LaVine agreed to the offer terms. LaVine was a restricted free agent, which meant the Bulls had right of first refusal. It was expected that the Bulls would match, and now they have.

LaVine has missed 93 of a possible 164 games over the past two seasons because of injuries, and the Bulls will have language in this contract protecting them if his surgically repaired left knee remains problematic. He appeared in only 24 games for the Bulls last season, averaging 16.7 points on 38 percent shooting.

“Zach showed a relentless work ethic in rehabbing his ACL injury to return to the court, and he has a visible passion for the game of basketball,” Bulls vice president of basketball operations John Paxson said.

The Bulls acquired LaVine a year ago as part of the trade that sent Jimmy Butler from Chicago to Minnesota.

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