After retaining Zach LaVine, a pattern was formed in the Chicago Bulls free agency program. Target veterans.
After receiving a verbal commitment from the Andre Drummond Center and targeting Danilo Gallinari to the Boston Celtics, league sources confirmed Sunday’s Bulls agreed to a deal with point guard Goran Dragic. .. The deal is $ 2.9 million a year, sources said.
There are countless ways to see the signature of Dragic (36), who played 21 games in the 14th Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets last season.
Veterans can certainly improve Bulls shooting, which management has stated as an off-season priority. He is a 36.2% career 3-point shooter with 3.4 attempts in 888 career NBA games and has an overall 46% connection from the field.
Dragic is a proven scorer in either the starting or reserve role when he is healthy and will play in the Bulls unless he is an emergency starter for Lonzo Ball. Dragic has a career of 13.7 points per game in 27.9 minutes, averaging 4.8 assists.
But the move certainly casts doubt on management’s confidence in Ball’s long-term ability to stay healthy, at some point doing nothing to calm Coby White’s potential deals.
There are guards on the Bulls list. Management rejected White’s offer leading up to the draft, sticking to the young player’s asking price and draft topic, but Dragic’s arrival could allow White to be consumed again at a reasonable price. there is. They play a similar role.
This is not the case now as it is expected to be a roster brought to the training camp.
Dragic’s arrival will benefit White and Ayo Dosunmu, who can learn a lot from veterans. He is a perfect professional and known as a teammate. As such, his best friend Nikola Vucevic played a very important role in supporting Dragic’s recruitment. The two share a representative of Bill Duffy.
Regarding the ball, general manager Mark Eversley postponed it on draft night when he was directly asked if he could play the ball, which he had missed since January, if the season continues. According to Eversley, the ball, which underwent meniscal surgery in January, is undergoing rehabilitation from a pre-surgery bone bruise, but his long-term health remains a question mark.
The Bulls currently have 15 contracts after resigning Derrick Jones Jr. Dragic’s signature also underscores the desire for core continuity that management has endorsed since the closing date. He is a solid veteran who can contribute to every role while playing seamlessly along Vucevic, Ravien and DeMar DeRozan.
And who can forget his long-standing ties to the Bulls? Derrick Rose was famous for dunking into Dragic in January 2010, and broadcaster Stacey King became obsessed with broadcasting, and Dragic and Rose began to share laughter about the play for many years.
Well, Dragic is a bull.
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