{"id":46167,"date":"2025-03-23T22:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=46167"},"modified":"2025-03-23T22:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:51:31","slug":"bulls-floated-as-potential-suitor-for-15-million-unlikely-breakout-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=46167","title":{"rendered":"Bulls Floated as Potential Suitor for $15 Million \u2018Unlikely Breakout\u2019 Star"},"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\/MixCollage-23-Mar-2025-01-11-PM-2046-e1742753579615.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\/MixCollage-23-Mar-2025-01-11-PM-2046-e1742753579615.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-23-Mar-2025-01-11-PM-2046-e1742753579615.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-23-Mar-2025-01-11-PM-2046-e1742753579615.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bulls Floated as Potential Suitor for $15 Million \u2018Unlikely Breakout\u2019 Star\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Ty Jerome #2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts against the Miam Heat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chicago Bulls\u2019\u00a0offseason remains a source of intrigue despite their continued trek toward the postseason. However, the Bulls are already being speculatively linked to Cleveland Cavaliers swingman Ty Jerome in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s John Hollinger noted Jerome is a \u201cpotential flight risk\u201d this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Jerome is averaging career-highs with 12.0 points, 3.4 assists, and 2.5 rebounds this season. The former Memphis Grizzlies executive, Hollinger, thinks the Bulls could poach him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJerome is having one of the most unlikely breakout seasons in league annals, suddenly emerging in his sixth season out of Virginia (wahoowa!) as a serious contender for both the Sixth Man of the Year and Most Improved Player awards,\u201d Hollinger wrote on March 21. \u201cKnowing the Cavs can only get to $14 million, if you\u2019re a team like the Brooklyn Nets or Chicago Bulls that has some cap space this summer, is it out of the question to offer Jerome $20 million a year? \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jerome, 27, is on an expiring two-year, $5 million contract with $15.9 million in career earnings. He could beat that in Year 1 of his next deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s shooting 41.8 percent from 3 and an unfathomable 55.6 percent from floater range, boasts the league\u2019s 10th-highest steal rate among players with at least 1,000 minutes, averages nearly three assists for every turnover and has compiled a 20.1 PER for a team that\u2019s a phenomenal 56-13,\u201d Hollinger wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Re-signing Jerome could impact other moves, further exacerbating the issue for the Cavs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bulls Boast Guard Heavy-Roster<\/h2>\n<p>Guard-heavy rosters are one of the key features of the Bulls under executive vice president of basketball operations Art\u016bras Karni\u0161ovas and head coach Billy Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>Their best teams featured heavy contributions from Ayo Dosunmu, Coby White, Lonzo Ball, and Zach LaVine. DeMar DeRozan, who is a forward but entered the league as a guard and handles the ball as frequently, can also be included in that group.<\/p>\n<p>This season, newcomers Josh Giddey, Kevin Huerter, and Tre Jones have all made an impact.<\/p>\n<p>That is not to dismiss the veterans and prospects of current and years past, such as Carlik Jones, Goran Dragic, and Jevon Carter.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Bulls\u2019 plethora of options, they could find themselves in a position where Jerome would be more than a luxury addition. Both Giddey and Jones are free agents and could already be pricing themselves out of the Bulls\u2019 comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>That could open the door for Jerome to land in Chicago this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the Bulls also have Dalen Terry, Julian Phillips, Matas Buzelis, and Patrick Williams all mixing in somewhere from 2 through 4, and even some 5.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ty Jerome Could Be Fallback Option for Bulls<\/h2>\n<p>Giddey has averaged 13.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 1.1 steals per game with the Bulls this season. He is expected to seek somewhere in the range of $30 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>Jones has averaged an 11.5\/4.9\/3.2 line since joining the Bulls at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>He is injured and could miss the rest of the regular season, further clouding his future with the Bulls. Giddey is believed to be a priority, which could leave Jones as a backup plan for the Bulls this offseason. Jerome is more likely to come into play for the Bulls if Jones also leaves.<\/p>\n<p>By then, the Cavs breakout star may have already secured a lucrative payday for himself in free agency.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls have a path to cap space this offseason, and they could use it to poach Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":46170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46167","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 Floated as Potential Suitor for $15 Million \u2018Unlikely Breakout\u2019 Star - 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=46167\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bulls Floated as Potential Suitor for $15 Million \u2018Unlikely Breakout\u2019 Star - 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