{"id":45825,"date":"2025-03-23T00:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T00:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=45825"},"modified":"2025-03-23T00:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T00:41:04","slug":"bulls-get-unfortunate-news-about-19-million-starter-as-uncertainty-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=45825","title":{"rendered":"Bulls Get \u2018Unfortunate\u2019 News About $19 Million Starter as Uncertainty Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2199408938-1-e1742673222624.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2199408938-1-e1742673222624.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2199408938-1-e1742673222624.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2199408938-1-e1742673222624.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bulls Get \u2018Unfortunate\u2019 News About $19 Million Starter as Uncertainty Looms\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan looks on against the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chicago Bulls have 12 games left in the regular season, but they may have already seen the last of starting point guard Tre Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Acquired at the trade deadline in the deal with the San Antonio Spurs that sent Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings, Jones has been a favorite of Bulls head coach Billy Donovan in what has been an unconventional season for the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for both sides, he is injured.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered a foot injury against the Kings on March 20. Jones initially shook off the injury but further testing revealed the true extent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago Bulls guard Tre Jones has been diagnosed with a left foot sprain. Jones will be re-evaluated in two weeks,\u201d the Bulls announced in a statement on the team\u2019s website on March 22. \u201cUpdates will be provided as appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTre Jones was playing very well before this unfortunate setback,\u201d The Athletic\u2019s Darnell Mayberry posted on X in reaction to the news.<\/p>\n<p>Jones has also received praise for making \u201cwinning\u201d plays.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Billy Donovan, DeMar DeRozan Praise Tre Jones<\/h2>\n<p>Jones is averaging 14.9 PPG, 7.1 APG, and 4.8 RPG in his nine starts, but his impact was evident before that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 18 games with Bulls, including 9 starts, Jones has averaged 11.5 points, 4.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds,\u201d Chicago Sports Network\u2019s K.C. Johnson posted on X on March 22. \u201cHis ability to make winning-type plays and high IQ led Billy Donovan to say Jones has the \u2018it\u2019 factor.<\/p>\n<p>Former Spurs teammate DeMar DeRozan, now of the Kings, also praised Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTre is my guy. Love Tre. I told guys when Tre got [to the Bulls] how cool of a guy he was. Everybody loved him,\u201d DeRozan said, per the Chicago Sun-Times\u2019 Joe Cowley on March 21. \u201cI think he jumped on the FaceTime the other night, talking trash to me. We had a good time in San Antonio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones, being a point guard, deflected the credit for his success onto his teammates, saying they simplify his responsibilities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"d07d4df2ce85a3e8ee00ff66d1030e4a\">\n<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe last 2-3 weeks we\u2019ve really seen this team come together and bond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tre Jones &amp; Josh Giddey catch-up in Phoenix:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy teammates are playing well,\u201d Jones said, per NBA.com\u2019s Sam Smith on March 18. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s working for me. I go off of them, just trying to do everything I can to help this team win. We\u2019re winning right now, so we\u2019ve got to keep this thing going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls will have five games left in the regular season on the short end of Jones\u2019 projected timeline, which is only for reevaluation. They must also navigate the Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Jones could miss more time ramping up and may have played his last game in a Bulls uniform.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bulls Face Looming Decision on Tre Jones<\/h2>\n<p>Jones\u2019 production with the Bulls is a double-edged sword for the organization. He is a positive story in a maligned season. However, his price tag could climb higher than the front office is willing \u2013 or perhaps even capable \u2013 of matching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Jones, this is his type of team and offense. Coming over from San Antonio, they played fast, but it wasn\u2019t exactly smash the turbo button on the controller like it is for the Bulls. This is a style of basketball he\u2019s played his whole life,\u201d Cowley wrote on March 18.\u00a0 \u201cBut for how long? That\u2019s suddenly a big-picture concern that the organization has to start adding to a long list of concerns beyond this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other question would be how would the Bulls squeeze Jones in and stay under the cap? Wanting to keep him and able to keep him could become two very different scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones is on an expiring two-year, $19 million contract.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Buckhalter covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. He has covered both leagues since 2016, including bylines at FanSided, Last Word on Sports and Clocker Sports. He&#8217;s based in Villa Park, Illinois. Follow Josh on Twitter and Instagram: @JoshGBuck More about Josh Buckhalter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls may have seen the last of trade pickup and fill-in starting point guard Tre Jones following a new update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bulls Get \u2018Unfortunate\u2019 News About $19 Million Starter as Uncertainty Looms - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=45825\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bulls Get \u2018Unfortunate\u2019 News About $19 Million Starter as Uncertainty Looms - 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