Bulls
On the first day that NBA teams can make free-agent signings and roster moves official, the Bulls announced the Tre Jones re-signing and the Lonzo Ball-for-Isaac Okoro trade. But the looming question remains — will the Bulls play hardball with Giddey?
The Celtics, Knicks and Pacers have suffered big hits to the roster or coaching staff since the regular season ended, leaving an opening. Some teams have done their best to slow-play that, while others are attempting to kick the door down.
The four-year, $285 million extension would give him the highest single-season average salary in NBA history.
With the free-agent negotiating period opening Monday night, the Bulls wasted little time re-signing Jones.
This draft didn’t have the expected wildness on the trade front, especially in the first round, but there were still those who came out of it feeling good about themselves. Only one team, however, felt “Flagg-ed.”
The Pacers are the model the Bulls are chasing, and they a took a step in that direction Saturday, trading oft-injured guard Lonzo Ball to the Cavaliers for defensive-minded forward Isaac Okoro.
Soon Noa Essengue, 18, is going to slide himself into a Bulls uniform, all 6-9, 198 pounds of him. He’ll look confident as well as lost. We’ll look at him with empathy and sympathy.
Also in this week’s “Polling Place,” we asked which team will win a playoff series first — the Bulls, Blackhawks, Sky or White Sox.
General manager Marc Eversley said the Bulls would look to do something with their second-round pick, and they did Thursday. They moved back 10 spots and added cash considerations along the way.
Both the network and team told the Sun-Times the Bulls had nothing to do with the episode’s removal.
National observers give the Bulls a grade of “B” overall for taking the French project.
The 18-year-old is raw but has a lot of skills and athleticism, especially defensively. Essengue played in Germany last season.
It’s the highest a local player has been picked since Young’s Jahlil Okafor was drafted third by the 76ers in 2015.
The rumor mill is churning throughout the NBA, and the Bulls are front and center in that speculation. A big trade that includes Patrick Williams? Ace Bailey falling their way? What’s really in play?
At 25, Haliburton is young enough to return to his pre-injury form, and today’s medical advances could help shorten the expected recovery timetable of about 12 months.
It’s the second championship for the franchise. The SuperSonics won the NBA title in 1979 in Seattle before the team was moved to Oklahoma City in 2008.
Who’s going No. 1? Whom will the Bulls pick at No. 12? Here are our best guesses before the draft Wednesday.
Jeanie Buss will remain in her position as the governor of the team.
Executive VP Arturas Karnisovas started talking with Donovan about a contract extension after the season ended. According to a source, those talks have heated up, signaling that Karnisovas and GM Marc Eversley have already been extended.
The Bulls held a weeklong intrasquad scrimmage/workout in Los Angeles earlier this month, and not only did Buzelis look buffed up, but he played like a guy on the verge of a breakout to stardom.