The Bulls formed a lineup composed of LaVine, DeRozan, Dragic and Ball in 2021. Later, the team's intermittent injuries never allowed the Bulls to return to the madness of the early formation period. Since they built this lineup, they have made the playoffs once every three years, and they have stopped in the first round of the playoffs and have not made the playoffs for two years, which has made the team and players lose hope.
With a 39-43 record this season and a win rate of less than 50%, the Bulls are in ninth place in the East and on the verge of the playoffs, where they are still beaten by their opponents, so they will not make the playoffs this season. After the team was eliminated, DeRozan said: "Ball is out for the season, LaVine is injured, we have a lot of key players in the team who are out of action, I don't know if I'm not lucky enough. Hopefully the team can build a competitive squad and let's go for the championship together instead of playing the play-offs here. ”
Despite this, the Bulls have not given up hope. According to Bulls reporter KC Johnson, the Bulls offered DeRozan a two-year, $80 million contract extension. But DeRozan refused. An annual salary of $40 million is honestly quite a lot for a player of DeRozan's age, and DeRozan refuses to renew his contract for his own reasons. The first reason is that DeRozan is at the end of his career and he definitely wants a long-term contract because it will be the last big contract of his career, and the second reason is that DeRozan is currently very unhappy with the current roster of the Bulls, as mentioned above.
After DeRozan refused to renew his contract, the Bulls' vice president of basketball operations, Karnisowas, also quickly responded, saying: "This team hasn't achieved much, it's time for a change." I'm taking responsibility for that, and I'm going to have to find those questions this offseason and give the team an answer!" This time there is no chance to talk about it again, people buy something and know how to bargain, you don't give a chance to bargain when you give a direct response, this is obviously going to be broken up, this time the Bulls will definitely decide to dismantle the team and rebuild, because their team management feels that the team has not achieved results in the past three years, and it is still public, this guy is a ruthless person, and all the players of the team have been denied, is this time going to play a big change?
This season's DeRozan can be called an iron man, playing 80 games for the Bulls, and playing an average of 37.6 minutes per game. Looking at DeRozan's stats this season, DeRozan averaged 24 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocks per game per game, shooting 48% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range, and 85.3% from the free throw line. These numbers are down from the first two seasons with the Bulls.
Next season DeRozan will usher in his 16th season, and in the blink of an eye, DeRozan has also been in the league for 15 years, and I have to sigh that time flies so fast. DeRozan will turn 35 this summer, and DeRozan said: "My championship window is gradually closing, and when I have a championship, I will give everything I can to fight for it. DeRozan will definitely enter the free market in the offseason, so the championship team can get him, and the team that has a high probability of winning the championship, DeRozan may choose to join below the market price, because he is full of desire for the championship trophy.
Throughout DeRozan's career, he was indeed a little unlucky, he was suppressed by James during the Raptors period, James left the West DeRozan then went to the West to join the Spurs, and as a result, the Raptors won the championship in 19, and he missed the championship. After joining the Bulls, the team has just seen an improvement, and a large number of injuries have come one after another, resulting in the team playing a good hand of cards. Everyone thinks that DeRozan should not leave the Bulls, and which team is more suitable for him to go next.
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