<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bulls-news-patrick-williams-suffers-injury-setback-after-signing-90-million-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls’ Patrick Williams suffers injury setback after signing $90 million contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Patrick-Wiliams-suffers-injury-setback-after-signing-90-million-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Bulls’ Patrick Williams suffers injury setback after signing $90 million contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-23T07:50:26-07:00">September 23rd, 7:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-23T07:50:26-07:00">September 23rd, 7:50am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Patrick Williams saw his 2023-24 season get cut short by a season-ending fracture in his left foot, requiring surgery in the process. Nevertheless, the Chicago Bulls remain high on Williams and see him as a long-term piece amid the franchise’s pivot to a rebuild, signing him to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-chicagos-90-million-patrick-williams-plan-revealed">a five-year, $90 million deal</a> with the expectation that he’ll be fully healthy by the time the 2024-25 season rolls around.</p><p>However, now that training camp is nearly upon us, Williams has suffered a setback in his injury recovery that will be a point of concern among members of the Bulls franchise. Per Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic, Williams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5786185/2024/09/23/zach-lavine-lonzo-ball-bulls-nba/" rel="noopener">experienced discomfort</a> in his foot which required “additional rest” in recent weeks amid the team’s minicamp in Miami.</p><p>The good news is that the concern surrounding Williams is more of a short-term one, as the Bulls are hoping that the additional rest would do the 23-year-old forward a world of good. But there is still good reason to be worried over Williams’ long-term health.</p><p>He last played for the Bulls in January, and he said back in July that he had been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-patrick-williams-drops-truth-on-injury-recovery-after-90-million-extension">progressing well in his recovery</a> (“the bone had healed and he was running and jumping without pain or swelling”, wrote Mayberry). It’s not a good sign whatsoever that two months later and there is once again lingering uncertainty surrounding the well-being of his foot.</p><p>Drafted with the fourth overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft, it’s safe to say that Williams is yet to live up to his draft position. This is not to say that he is a bust, as he has been a solid, if unspectacular, two-way piece for the Bulls over the past four seasons.</p><p>But for Williams’ career to truly take off, he will need a clean bill of health. It remains to be seen if he could step up for the Bulls in the first year of a true rebuild, as availability is the best ability.</p><h2><b>Breakout opportunity is there for Patrick Williams in a Bulls rebuild</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bulls__Patrick_Williams_dribbles_the_basketball.webp"></figure><p>For the past four seasons, Patrick Williams mostly faded into the background for the Bulls. The Bulls did not need him to be a go-to-guy, nor did he ever show that he was ready to take on a bigger offensive role. Williams seemed to be stuck in a chicken-or-egg situation. Did he not develop quickly because of his place in the team’s offensive hierarchy? Or did he not seize a bigger role due to him not developing quickly enough?</p><p>It’s difficult to pinpoint what Williams does best. He doesn’t have the most advanced handles, nor does he shoot the ball from deep at such a high level of efficiency and volume. Williams has shown that he can be very disruptive defensively and he has good size and length for a wing player, but he has yet to put his tools together on a consistent basis.</p><p>But now that DeMar DeRozan is gone and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-zach-lavine-vow-chicago-rumored-rift-trade-talks">Zach LaVine seems to be on his way out</a> of the team, the opportunity is there for Williams to break out, provided, of course, that he is healthy for next season. He needs to find a new level of motor, however, to make things work. There are times when he fades to the background often; he needs to be more proactive in making things happen, as the Bulls will need one of their young players to pop if they were to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-the-chicago-bulls-waited-so-long-to-rebuild-roster">build a contending team</a> in the not-so-distant future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls’ Patrick Williams suffers injury setback after signing $90 million contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bulls-news-patrick-williams-drops-truth-on-injury-recovery-after-90-million-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls’ Patrick Williams drops truth on injury recovery after $90 million extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Patrick-Williams-drops-truth-on-injury-recovery-after-90-million-extension.jpg"></figure><h1>Bulls’ Patrick Williams drops truth on injury recovery after $90 million extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-13T18:14:09-07:00">July 13th, 6:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-13T18:14:56-07:00">July 13th, 6:14pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls look to be entering a new era ahead of the 2024-25 season. The Bulls traded veteran defensive guard Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey, drafted 19-year-old G-League <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-2024-nba-draft-grade-for-matas-buzelis">Ignite prospect Matas Buzelis</a>, and completed a sign-and-trade for DeMar DeRozan to join the Sacramento Kings. One young Bulls forward still has plenty left to contribute amid his team’s shift. Patrick Williams spoke on his injury recovery after signing a lucrative contract extension during the offseason.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-patrick-williams-to-undergo-season-ending-foot-surgery">Williams sustained a stress fracture</a> in his left foot in February of 2023, which required season-ending surgery. He has been rehabbing ever since, and in late June, it was reported that Williams expected to sign a five-year deal worth $90 million. Roughly two weeks later, the 22-year-old forward provided a positive update on his injury recovery.</p><p>“<a href="https://x.com/DarnellMayberry/status/1812239605921701940" rel="noopener">I’m pretty good</a>. I’m running and jumping now. No pain. No swelling. So it’s just a matter of getting my legs back under me,” Williams said when asked how he is physically, per Darnell Mayberry.</p><p>It is great to hear that Williams is on a promising path to recovery. He looks to be a vital piece of the Bulls’ short and long-term two-way attack.</p><p>Chicago drafted Patrick Williams with the fourth overall pick in the 2020 Draft. The Florida State product had a promising rookie year. He averaged 9.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, and shot 39.1 percent on his three-pointers. Williams only played 17 games the following season due to injury struggles, but he returned strong during the 2022-23 season.</p><p>Williams averaged a career-high 10.2 points and shot 41.5 percent from range. The 6-foot-8 forward achieved similar production through his first 48 games with the Bulls in 2023-24 before his foot injury.</p><p>If he remains injury-free, Chicago expects Patrick Williams to make a notable improvement in 2023-24 and beyond.</p><h2><b>Bulls prepare for exciting 2023-24 season with young squad</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bulls__Patrick_Williams_dribbles_the_basketball.webp"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Chicago’s 2024-25 squad looks to be filled with youth, although the team may not have as much star power as it did its the previous three seasons. Veteran forward DeMar DeRozan has spearheaded the Bulls’ attack alongside Zach Lavine since 2021. DeRozan was one of the most reliable scorers on the roster, averaging over 24.0 points or greater in each of his seasons in Chicago.</p><p>With DeRozan gone and Zach Lavine rumored to be on the move, the Bulls will look for production from others. Coby White is a prime candidate to lead Chicago’s offensive attack. The North Carolina product had a career year in 2023-24, amassing averages of 19.1 points, 5.1 assists, and 4.5 rebounds per game.</p><p>The Bulls have another intriguing talent joining their roster for the 2024 season: Matas Buzelis.</p><p>Buzelis, a native of the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale, Illinois, was ESPN’s fifth-ranked prospect in the Class of 2023. He elected to play for the NBA’s G League Ignite team, where he averaged 14.3 points and 2.1 blocks. His three-point shooting took a notable dip when he transitioned to the Ignite. He shot just 26 percent from range in 2023-24 compared to his 43 percent mark in high school. Nevertheless, Buzelis looks to be a promising prospect with loads of upside.</p><p>It will be interesting to how Patrick Williams, Matas Buzelis, and the rest of Chicago’s young core fare ahead of an exciting season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls’ Patrick Williams drops truth on injury recovery after $90 million extension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bulls-news-chicagos-90-million-patrick-williams-plan-revealed');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls’ $90 million Patrick Williams plan revealed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Bulls-news-Chicagos-90-million-Patrick-Williams-plan-revealed.jpg"></figure><h1>Bulls’ $90 million Patrick Williams plan revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-29T22:57:30-07:00">June 29th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-29T22:58:19-07:00">June 29th, 10:58pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a senior associate editor at ClutchPoints, primarily covering the NBA, NFL, soccer, and college sports. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls appear ready to commit to a full youth movement. If the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-bulls-thunder-alex-caruso-josh-giddey-trade">Alex Caruso-Josh Giddey swap</a> isn’t enough proof, then the team’s latest commitment to forward Patrick Williams should help.</p><p>According to the latest reports, Williams is expected to sign a five-year deal worth $90 million to return to the Bulls. That puts his annual average salary at $18 million, which is definitely quite the significant commitment to a player that averaged just a little over 10 points over the last two seasons.</p><p>“Patrick Williams intends to sign a five-year, $90 million deal to return to the Chicago Bulls, league sources tell The Athletic [and] Stadium,” Shams Charania reported.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Patrick Williams intends to sign a five-year, $90 million deal to return to the Chicago Bulls, per <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShamsCharania</a> <a href="https://t.co/mqCe9tFsMo">pic.twitter.com/mqCe9tFsMo</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints NBA (@ClutchPointsNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsNBA/status/1807267624926978311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>While some Bulls fans have already expressed dissatisfaction with the Bulls’ decision, especially since Williams has largely been a disappointing Top 5 pick for the franchise, the fact of the matter is Chicago is betting on his potential. It should be remembered that Williams is only 22 years old, and with plenty of room to grow, his contract could end up being a bargain if he makes a significant leap from his current level.</p><p>Williams has career averages of 9.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. However, he has shown at times what kind of player he could be when given a more prominent role on offense. In a December game against the Miami Heat during the 2023-24 season, Williams <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202312160MIA.html" rel="noopener">shot 4-of-5 from deep</a> and scored 25 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists, albeit in a 118-116 losing effort.</p><p>Just a couple of weeks after that Bulls game, Williams had a starring role for Chicago once again after he top-scored for the team against the Indiana Pacers. He tallied 22 points on top of five rebounds, three assists and two steals, even though the team lost again 120-104.</p><p>Considering that Williams has never been one of the top options for the Bulls on offense, it’s difficult for him to really make huge strides with the team. But if the franchise continues on its current path and rebuild, Williams will have a chance to become one of the team’s go-to options. For now, though, he will have to focus on his recovery after his 2023-24 campaign ended prematurely due to a foot injury that needed surgery.</p><p>It remains to be seen what the Bulls will still do, but they will certainly have decisions to make when it comes to the current  make-up of their roster.</p><h2><b>What will the Bulls do next?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Zach-LaVine-drives-against-Trayce-Jackson-Davis.jpg"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The trade for Josh Giddey and the extension of Patrick Williams indicate that the Bulls are, at the least, getting ready to rebuild. With rising star Coby White and promising guard Ayo Dosunmu already in toe, as well as 2024 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-2024-nba-draft-grade-for-matas-buzelis">NBA Draft pick Matas Buzelis</a>, Chicago actually has quite the interesting core that could be lethal when developed properly.</p><p>Now, as free agency begins, that means the Bulls will also have to decide on what they will do with their two star players in Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcsportschicago.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-selection-of-matas-buzelis-continues-youth-movement/572333/" rel="noopener">Recent reports suggest</a> that DeRozan could be on his way out of Windy City, per KC Johnson of NBC Sports. DeRozan is an unrestricted free agent, so he could simply walk away from the team. There’s also the option of a sign-and-trade for him, but at the end of the day, he’s expected to leave.</p><p>“… The Bulls are open for business. And with growing buzz that DeMar DeRozan will be elsewhere next season, either via a sign-or-trade or simply walking in unrestricted free agency, the buzzword is no longer competitiveness,” Johnson explained.</p><p>LaVine’s situation is a bit trickier since he’s under contract until 2026-27. Not to mention that there’s a lot of money tied to him, with his deal paying him an average of $45 million over the next three years. Having said that, the Bulls might find it hard to move him at all.</p><p>“Chicago <a href="https://x.com/SiriusXMNBA/status/1807064510710055223" rel="noopener">has been trying to move</a> Zach LaVine forever. They can’t find any takers just to get off his contract. I don’t even think if they attached a first round pick teams would take him. So that impacts DeMar DeRozan, because you can’t sign DeRozan. Because you can’t sign DeRozan and keep LaVine, now you go into the luxury tax,” ESPN’s Bobby Marks said on SiriusXM NBA Radio.</p><p>It will certainly be quite the challenging offseason for the Bulls considering the situation they are in with DeRozan and  LaVine. They would probably want to get something in return for DeRozan instead of letting him just walk away. That is now even more important since it looks like they will have to sacrifice some more assets to move LaVine’s  albatross of a contract.</p><p>Having said all that, expect the Bulls to be quite busy in the next couple of weeks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls’ $90 million Patrick Williams plan revealed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-thunder-hold-great-interest-bulls-patrick-williams');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Thunder hold ‘great interest’ in Bulls’ Patrick Williams');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Thunder-hold-great-interest-in-Bulls-Patrick-Williams.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Thunder hold ‘great interest’ in Bulls’ Patrick Williams</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-04T17:16:33-07:00">June 4th, 5:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-05T06:57:53-07:00">June 5th, 6:57am</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams was the franchise’s prized possession not too long ago, but it now looks like he might be on the outs. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-patrick-williams-dishes-on-upcoming-free-agency-after-season-ending-injury">Bulls’ fourth overall pick</a> in the 2020 NBA Draft is rumored to be the apple of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s eye.</p><p>The Thunder reportedly love the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5539973/2024/06/04/bulls-offseason-10-questions/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">6-foot-7, 215-pounder’s</a> size, via <i>The Athletic’s </i>Darnell Mayberry.</p><p>“Soon comes the moment of truth,” Mayberry said. “If the Bulls have seen enough of the Williams experiment, one team that has great interest, a league source said, is Oklahoma City. The Thunder need more size, and they have an army of draft picks that can sweeten the pot for the Bulls if a sign-and-trade emerges in July.”</p><p>Williams was a decent rotational piece for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-patrick-williams-to-undergo-season-ending-foot-surgery">Chicago before going down</a> with a season-ending foot injury. The 22-year-old registered 10.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists a game with a 44.3% shooting clip across 43 games.</p><p>However, that’s not quite enough production for a top-five pick. That’s why the Bulls are willing to bring him back, but only up to a certain price.</p><p>“A league source said the Bulls offered Williams a contract north of $16 million annually when the two sides were negotiating last fall,” Mayberry continued. “That will now be the number to beat for Williams, who is set to become a restricted free agent this summer. But because a season-ending foot injury in January limited Williams to 43 games, he didn’t get the chance to prove his value to be higher.”</p><p>Restricted free agents can sign an offer sheet with any team, but their original squad can retain them by matching that offer.</p><p>Will Williams stick it out in the Windy City, or will he head for greener pastures?</p><h2><b>Don’t be surprised if the Thunder miss out on Williams…for now</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Bulls-Patrick-Williams.jpg"><figcaption>© Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Typically, general managers are more attached to the players they draft. That’s why Artūras Karnišovas, Chicago’s front office leader, may be inclined to run it back with Williams for at least one more year.</p><p>“How much the Bulls value Williams will now be fascinating to watch play out,” Mayberry said. “He was Karnišovas’ first draft selection, picking him fourth in 2020. The front office and coaching staff have supported, and at times defended, Williams through everything from ineffective play to injuries.”</p><p>This sometimes can be detrimental, as team executives can be in denial about their draft failures. However, Williams is still young, so he still has time to ascend.</p><p>The Florida State alum<a href="https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/1761451670431469858" rel="noopener"> also expressed interest</a> after his injury, via NBC Sports’ K.J. Johnson.</p><p>“Williams said he doesn’t know how his restricted free agency will play out but he’d welcome a return to the Bulls,” Johnson tweeted on February 24th.</p><p>However, if the Thunder offer $20 million or more per year, that could be too rich for the Bulls’ blood. Chicago will keep their price limit close to the vest, so Oklahoma City may have to take its best guess on what will be a high enough number to lure him away.</p><p>If Williams does join the Thunder, though, he could create a tantalizing tandem with fellow big man Chet Holmgren.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Thunder hold ‘great interest’ in Bulls’ Patrick Williams

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He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California and is now serving as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Bulls are having a decent year based off off preseason expectations, but they can’t avoid the injury bug. Injuries have been a big problem all year long, and it is taking a toll on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-coby-whites-feelings-chicagos-trust-after-early-struggles" rel="noopener">depth of the Bulls</a>. Patrick Williams and Zach LaVine are both out for the season, and that creates <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-zach-lavines-critical-next-step-after-surgery-billy-donovan-update" rel="noopener">some issues for Chicago</a> in terms of lineups.</p><p>Chicago has a consistent starting five right now that is healthy, but depth is certainly a concern. The Bulls have to put out some unique lineups, and in terms of the sixth man, it is going to have to be a team effort. The Bulls tested out Terry Taylor <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279815/terry-taylor" rel="noopener">a little bit</a> against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, but it will be a bit of an experiment throughout the remainder of the season.</p><p>“We will probably [use the power forward by committee] moving forward,” Billy Donovan told the media on Tuesday. “With Alex [Caruso], we’re just trying to manage him. It was probably unrealistic for him to be an entire game matchup on Zion [Williamson], and obviously we needed another bigger body and wanted to try early in the game to see what Terry [Taylor] would look like. I thought he did a good job while he was in [the game]. He played well and made some good plays on both ends of the floor. So, I thought for the limited time he played, he gave us pretty good minutes. But with where we’re at with Torrey [Craig] and Patrick [Williams], and the size – whether it’s playing Andre [Drummond] and ‘Vuc’ [Nikola Vucevic] together or sometimes using Terry [Taylor] – we feel like we have a little bit of flexibility to utilize both those guys.”</p><p>It’s going to be interesting to see what the Bulls are able to do down the stretch, and hopefully they can keep everyone healthy in the process.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.0	3.9	1.5	0.8	0.9

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.0	3.9	1.5	0.8	0.9

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