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Plans call for a music hall, housing, park and pedestrian-friendly spaces as part of a 10-year development project that could start as early as 2025.
Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it will match the $1.8 billion-per-year offer by Amazon Prime Video. Turner has had an NBA package since 1984, and games have been on TNT since the network launched in 1988.
The longtime NBA executive, who was the Bulls’ general manager from 1969 to 1973, also helped found the Orlando Magic.
The second-year forward knows there’s a youth movement underway. Now that he’s healthy, he’s looking to see what part he’ll play in it.
Buzelis has opened some eyes through the first three games of Summer League play, displaying a versatility in scoring and defense. But what really stands out is his confidence, bordering on cockiness, as well as his desire to win.
With Bulls exec Arturas Karnisovas still looking to move LaVine, an NBA source said the team could be headed for locker-room headaches. DeMar DeRozan served as a buffer between LaVine and coach Billy Donovan, but he’s with the Kings now.
The former Stevenson High School star could have made $113 million more if he had waited to sign a contract next year.
The grades have an incomplete feel with Summer League in full swing, but luckily for Karnisovas, he still has time to continue building out the youth movement.
DeMar DeRozan is officially a King as the Bulls announced the three-team trade Monday night. The Bulls also acquired two second-round picks and cash considerations.
The Bulls and Kings were looking for another trade partner, and they found one Saturday night — the Spurs, for whom DeRozan played before joining the Bulls.
For the actuality that there has been “change,” we can only say, “Thank you.” But now that we have early evidence of what change looks like to the Bulls, we can only plead, “Make it make sense.”
It won’t be pretty in the 2024-25 season for the Bulls, and that’s just how they need it to be in order to retain a first-round pick in the loaded ’25 draft class. The road map to the bottom has a definitive path.
Tuesday afternoon didn’t offer much clarity for the Bulls, whose roster problems begin and end with what to do with LaVine.
The final straw for DeRozan, considered the “King of the Fourth” for three seasons with the Bulls, came when Alex Caruso was traded to the Thunder for Josh Giddey.
Free agent Andre Drummond was the first piece to go Sunday, agreeing to sign with the 76ers. That didn’t mean executive Arturas Karnisovas was close to done with an “ambitious” plan to flip the roster.
The youth movement continues for Arturas Karnisovas, who agreed to a deal with Williams, 22. In the last week, Karnisovas added Josh Giddey and first-round pick Matas Buzelis before making sure Williams didn’t hit the open market.
With the league turning its attention to free agency Sunday night, it’s time to put a bow on the two-night NBA Draft and break down the winners and losers.
The additions of Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis have not come by accident. The youth movement is alive and well for the Bulls, but now they need help with the start of free agency to continue to push it.
It’s not guaranteed that father and son will actually play in a game together. But it raises the possibility that it could happen in what would be an NBA first — a father-son on-court duo in the league simultaneously as players.
“We don’t know what he’s going to look like in a month or two, so we’re just going to take one step at a time, and hopefully he’s going to be ready for training camp,” Karnisovas said.