Stability has been the watchword of the Bulls’ offseason. In addition to extending Nikola Vucevic’s contract, the biggest deal of the summer, they also reached an agreement with Coby White. In the radius of departures, there are mainly Patrick Beverley or Marko Simonovic.
Under forget, on the “loss” side, Lonzo Ball who should experience a white season. ” Sadly, Zo will be missed. He’s the player who gets the ball up, pushes the tempo and gives you 3-point shots. We therefore tried to remedy this during the off-season. And I think we recovered solidity, skill and guys who play with energy and a motor », judge Arturas Karnisovas, the vice-president of the franchise.
This refers to the two summer acquisitions, Jevon Carter And Torrey Craig. The first arrives from the Bucks at the end of his best career exercise and with already some experience of major events. With a big defender profile comparable to that of Alex Caruso, he should, according to the leader, ” integrate well to the Bulls.
Objective: win close matches
Especially since the playmaker was born in Illinois and did his high school there. The second, who evolved with the previous one in Phoenix during the 2020-21 season, is also coming out of his best career season and has everything of a useful “role player”, capable of defending strongly and sanctioning at 3-points (39 .5% last year).
To see if their arrival will allow the Bulls of the trio DeMar DeRozan – Zach LaVine – Nikola Vucevic to move up in the standings in the East. “ We just tried to complete this group. The balanced level in the NBA is obvious. We lost a lot of close matches last year. So we added a few players and we hope this balance in the league will help us to be competitive in every game. », wishes the decision maker whose team has lost 7 of its 11 outings played by 3 points or less.
He adds : ” We showed last year – our record after the All-Star Game was 14 wins – 9 losses – that we had a very good record against good teams last year. We just need to be more regular. In Chicago, we want every game to be difficult. We added two motivated guys who can defend and play with a lot of energy. »
