Bulls acquire 1st-round pick, Omer Asik from Pelicans for Nikola Mirotic
by K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune
Feb 02, 2018
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Nikola Mirotic's eventful 2017-18 season - and, really, his 3 1/2 years in Chicago - came to the conclusion he wanted Thursday when the Bulls traded him and a 2018 second-round draft pick to the Pelicans for a first-round pick, Omer Asik, Tony Allen and Jameer Nelson.
Mirotic wanted to be apart from Bobby Portis ever since Portis' punch in an Oct. 17 practice broke two of Mirotic's facial bones, concussed him and cost him this season's first 23 games.
Briefly, the
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