DeMar DeRozan's Bulls career is over, according to the Register, the Bulls, Spurs and the Kings reached a three-way deal, DeRozan signed first and then exchanged for 3 years and 76 million to join the Kings, Harrison Barnes was sent to the Spurs, and DeRozan teamed up with Fox Xiaosa to impact the playoffs in the new season. Barnes goes to the Spurs and Duarte goes to the Bulls.
The door to DeRozan's contract extension with the Bulls has been open this summer, but due to changes in the team's coaching staff and roster, especially after Caruso was traded to the Thunder, DeRozan changed his mind and he didn't want to play for the Bulls anymore.
DeRozan, who has recovered as a free agent, wants to leave Chicago, and the Lakers, Heat and Kings are all interested in bringing in Azan, but neither the Lakers nor the Heat have room to sign DeRozan naked, and they can only do it through a sign-and-trade deal; The Kings became the dark horse team for DeRozan, the Kings and the Bulls actively negotiated, and the Kings and DeRozan were interested in each other, after a period of brewing, DeRozan was finally sent to Sa City, and he will join forces with Fox and Sa Jr. to impact the playoffs in the new season.
The Lakers have missed out on the market one after another, and James's goals for reducing his salary have all been snatched away - Harden signed a 2-year 70 million contract extension with the Clippers, Thompson joined the Mavericks for 50 million in 3 years, Valanciunas joined the Wizards for 3 years and 30 million, and DeRozan was also sent away by the Bulls.
In 2022, the Lakers actively pursued DeRozan, and DeRozan was willing to join the Lakers, but in the end, the Lakers chose Wei Shao; Now the Lakers are missing out on DeRozan again.
DeRozan is 34 years old, 15 years of career so far, played for the Raptors, Spurs and Bulls, played a total of 1,110 regular season games, averaged 21.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1 steal per game, only led the team to the playoffs once in three years of career and a round trip; in terms of honors, DeRozan was selected as an All-Star 6 times and was selected to the All-Star team 3 times.