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Zach LaVine and Bulls Celebrate “Untraditional” Thanksgiving Festivities 515 Miles Away From Home

Published 11/23/2023, 10:05 PM EST

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Thanksgiving is a time of love and joy but most importantly, it is a time to be spent with loved ones. Every year, families go the extra mile to spend time with one another over the Thanksgiving dinner. However, despite being away from family and friends, Zach LaVine and the Bulls still had that Thanksgiving spirit in them.

 The Chicago Bulls squad was nowhere near their hometown this Thanksgiving. Even 515 miles away from home, LaVine and the rest of the Bulls ensured that they wouldn’t miss Thanksgiving.

Zach LaVine and the Bulls keep their Thanksgiving spirits up

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The Chicago Bulls have the Toronto Raptors as their next matchup on their schedule. Moreover, it is an away game which means that the Bulls are currently in Toronto. Despite being in a neighboring country, the Bulls roster made sure to indulge in a Thanksgiving meal with one another while also taking part in the festivities.

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The Chicago Bulls spending Thanksgiving in Toronto surely was untraditional. However, the team was happy to spend it with one another. The players and the staff all shared a meal at the hotel they were staying at.

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Zach LaVine was seen hanging out with DeMar DeRozan, Alex Caruso, and Nikola Vucevic, along with all the other Bulls players. Assuming that the Bulls were staying in a hotel, they had a buffet set up for the entire team to have their Thanksgiving meal together.

 

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The squad was visibly having fun as they indulged in a Thanksgiving meal together, finding out their teammate’s favorite parts of the meal or Thanksgiving.

The Bulls made the most of an untraditional Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving is a time to be spent with family. The Chicago Bulls, however, had no other option but to be on the road. The team will face the Toronto Raptors in the NBA in-season tournament tomorrow.

But the Bulls made the most of being on the road while on Thanksgiving. The team and their staff had an amazing mean and also played a few games after. Despite being away from home and having an untraditional Thanksgiving, the Bulls players had everything to make it as traditional as it comes. From mac and cheese to the traditional turkey, there wasn’t anything holding the festivities back for the team.

Not to mention the games they took part in after indulging in a full-course meal served by the hotel staff. The Bulls sure looked well-rested, with high morale as they got ready to face off with the Raptors next.

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Let’s see if the team comes out on top after all.

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Abhishek Dhariwal

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Abhishek Dhariwal is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports with a background in journalism and mass communication. Abhishek uses storytelling along with feedback gathering to curate elegant and exclusive content for ES. His writing covers a wide range of topics, from in-game coverage to off-court activities of NBA stars.
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