The Chicago Bulls Have Converted Onuralp Bitim to Standard NBA Deal
So we received some pretty interesting news this morning that was first reported by sham shiria that the Bulls are going to be converting the two-way deal of aop B team to a standard multi-year deal a guy who has played all but six NBA minutes this season now we
Don’t have the specifics of the multi-year deal what the amount is how long the contract is for but for a guy who has barely seen any playing time and a player who still had games left on his two-way deal for which he could have played with the bulls for the remainder
Of the season it’s not like they had to convert his contract because he’ already exceeded the total amount of games he could play at the NBA level but by signing ba te to this deal on a standard NBA contract this now fills the Bulls final roster spot putting them at 15
Players which effectively takes them out of the buyout Market no Joe Harris Marcus moris Evan Forni potentially even Killian Hayes no the roster is full now now they could still sign another player to a two-way deal with bim’s two-way deal roster spot now opening up but just
An odd move to decide to convert a player who has barely seen anytime on the court to a standard NBA deal don’t get me wrong he’s been putting up impressive numbers on the windy city bulls and I’ve actually been wanting the Bulls to play him more especially given
How short-handed they are right now and he does provide shooting but to me I don’t know this just seems like a cheap deal move to keep them under the tax without bringing in someone off the buyout market and to just fill that final roster spot with one of their
Two-way players maybe they’ve been seeing something recently in practice with P team that has them excited about his future potential and fitting with this roster not only for this season seon but next season as well and they wanted to get him on a cheap contract and locked into the future before his
Value would go up but I don’t know man this just seems like a stretch I’ll be curious to see if he’s actually going to start getting some playing time now that he has a full-time roster spot and the Bulls are still without Patrick Williams and Tory Craig but even with the bulls
Being short-handed I really can’t see him cracking the rotation over guys like Julian Phillips and dalen Terry or even Javon Carter for that matter and does this really help with the bulls and their overall playoff push no not really the only thing I can think of is they
Knew they weren’t going to be getting any of the buyout candidates that they had wanted either because those guys didn’t want to join the Bulls or the ones that they thought were going to be bought out are actually going to be remaining on their current team uh they
Were looking around and saying well we’ve got one more roster spot we’ve got these two-way guys who won’t be eligible to play in the playoffs if we make it there I guess we might as well sign one of them so they can actually be available come playoff time but even
Then they’re not going to crack the rotation I don’t know this just seems like a very odd move to me very confusing but then again a lot of things this front office has been doing lately is very confusing anyway just wanted to share my quick thoughts on this breaking
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Breaking down the news of the Bulls signing Bitim to a multiyear NBA deal
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14 Comments
Why not convert Adama Sanogo?
That dude can shoot i saw some windy city bulls g league games
Honestly heading into the season I was excited about Bitim hes gonna be good
Reinsdorf ownership :^)
This better be under the intention to get Onuralp Bitim minutes, this better not be another Marko Simonovice signing where you are putting players on contracts that aren't ready.
Bitim is a national player, he is an experienced player than 80% of the young players in Bulls. He shot %40 3pt in World's third best league and Eurocup. I know fans and this video's owner are surprised by this decision, but Bitim is overall a great player, no need to underestimate or undeevalue. He is miles better than some.of the forwards in Bulls roster right now. He shoots at least 3pt shot consistently and with volume…
locking him in so they dont lose him this offseason? why is he still not even been active? Bulls are garbage smh
I expect nothing from this team until Jerry dies and sells
This just feels like the "come on…. do something!" meme and this is what they did to shut people up. Any move at this point is basically a lateral move and without some big changes we are going to remain stagnant.
AK doesn't know what he is doing
…they definitely need help in rebounding on both sides of the court
Bro is a sniper he can put up three's like nothing đź’Ş
It's he least amount of of work AK can do. Now he can say he did something.
Gotta play him and they still need a very serviceable big man to play the 4 spot with intensity, rebounding and defense.