The Latest Breaking News from Zach LaVine

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According to the newest Bull, there’s a defensive blueprint that started with Memphis and is now being sent throughout the league on how to slow down the Bulls offense. Or maybe, just maybe, the five-game losing streak is simply because four of those five teams were just more talented.

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Zach LaVine said he still believes that he and DeMar DeRozan are the best duo in basketball. But Joel Embiid and James Harden might have a different opinion. Now the Bulls are left wondering how to start earning respect among the NBA’s true contenders.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan first messed with the idea of playing Nikola Vucevic and Tristan Thompson together in a practice Wednesday in Miami, debuted it Thursday in Atlanta in the second quarter and started them Friday. Will it have staying power? Thompson seems to think so.

Coach Billy Donovan pointed out that the coaches will keep LaVine away from players who run through a lot of actions from set to set, but “he’s still got a job to do.’’

The Bulls’ All-Star guard has had moments of tentativeness, especially on the defensive end the last few games, and that just might be his reality the rest of the season.

“I’ve always prided myself as an exciting player.”

The Bulls’ defense is completely different when Caruso is on the floor, and while he still has some steps to complete in order to return from right wrist surgery, a big one comes next week when he starts dribbling and shooting.

Like a lot of highly-recruited high school players that were dominating when Donovan was coaching at Florida, Tristan Thompson was on the Gators’ radar before choosing Texas. It’s taken a long time, but the two were finally reunited, as Thompson joined the Bulls over the weekend.

CHICAGO — After the stars exited Cleveland, the dunk contest controversy died down and NBA All-Star Weekend officially drew to a close, plenty of questions remain about the final stretch of the Chicago Bulls season.