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Zach LaVine Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 03/10/95
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:181 lbs. / 82.1 kg.
Salary: $19,500,000
Born: 03/10/95
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:181 lbs. / 82.1 kg.
Salary: $19,500,000
Just got home saw a tweet about Zach Being annoyed again about a Boylen timeout. After the timeout Zach shakes his head and seems to say “why call a timeout down F’ing 10”
When asked if his penchant for late timeouts in lopsided games is worth the risk of mounting player frustration, Boylen downplayed the question. “He hasn’t said a word to me about it agitating him,” Boylen said specifically of LaVine. “I don’t know if you’re reading his mind on that or if you’re just making that assumption that that’s what he’s upset about. He hasn’t said a word to me about it. He’s very respectful about me coaching the team and me trying to help the team. So you’ll have to ask him.”
Asked again if it’s worth the risk if it is, in fact, getting under his players’ skin, Boylen flatly dismissed the idea. “I don’t think it is agitating guys,” he said. “You’ll have to ask him. I’m sure you will.”
KC Johnson: Zach LaVine said he and Jim Boylen talked about some “player-coach things we talk about every once in awhile” postgame. About Boylen’s late timeouts with Bulls out of it, which cameras have shown LaVine reacting to twice now, LaVine said: “That’s what he does. I’m not the coach.”
KC Johnson: LaVine: “He told me he likes working on things we do in practice. He’s the coach. He can call timeout if he wants. I just wish we were in the game. It’s frustrating. Obviously, you never know what can happen. But you’re down 10 with 30 seconds left, it’s tough to stay locked in.”
Bear in mind, LaVine has never seen the postseason in those six seasons. And that’s wearing on him. “I’ve done a lot of losing my whole career,’’ he told reporters Thursday after the Bulls’ loss to the Hornets. “I’ve been frustrated from the get-go, so I want that to change.”
