BRUTAL Lonzo Ball Update – Potential Drummond Trade REJECTED… | Chicago Bulls News

BRUTAL Lonzo Ball Update – Potential Drummond Trade REJECTED… | Chicago Bulls News

Reports have been released on if Lonzo ball will ever be back to play basketball again and we’re also going to talk about what the bulls turn down for Andre Drummond at the trade deadline I’m your host showy Mercer this is another episode of bulls digest and before we

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Upload you’ll be able to stay up toate with our takes on the Chicago Bulls and everything you need to know about them so without further Ado let’s get into the first Topic at hand there today and that is Will Lonzo ever play again well this is a different topic that we’re

Bringing up first today not necessarily starting off on a positive note uh Lonzo ball has been out for quite a significant amount of time now and in that time the Bulls have not been so good they were good in the brief that he was there but it’s been over two years

Now and not a whole lot’s been happening uh we could see at the start of this article it says Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo ball has not played a game in the NBA for more than two years since injuring his knee in a game against the Golden State Warriors and with the

Former UCLA star be being deemed out for the entire 2023 24 season by the time next season rolls around it will have been three years since he has last put on an NBA uniform despite this lengthy absence there are still high hopes for Ball’s future in the league however

There are also concerns about his ability to return to playing at a high level after such a long time off one person who is skeptical about Ball’s potential comeback is Sam Smith a well-respected Insider for the Chicago Bulls and I believe that we have brought up some articles that Sam Smith or just

Tweets or quotes from him in the past on the this Channel and definitely a reputable Source by all means and we’re going to get into right those right away he is not optimistic about Ball’s prospects since injuring his knee in January 2022 the dynamic two-way guard has undergone three knee surgeries the

Last being a cartilage transplant procedure last year although he was slay to begin running and jumping last month he has yet to do so raising doubts about his Readiness for next season I’m not optimistic about ball though we all hope he can play again but if he can come

Through yet another surgery it’s actually unfair to expect him to return to a high level of play after basically not playing for 3 years and the way it sounded almost learning to walk again Smith wrote In His Latest mailbag session and that is absolutely not what

We want to hear when it comes to Lonzo ball that right there doesn’t just say that is he going to be really good or at the level of play that he was at when he comes back that right there says is he really even going to come back at all

And that’s not what we like to hear Chicago Bulls fans cuz once again in the short stint that Lonzo the ball was here it’s been the best Bulls have been since Derrick Rose and that’s for sure trajectory like Grant Hills Smith like in balls trajectory to that of Hall of

Famer Grant Hill once considered the second coming of Michael Jordan Hill’s career was derailed by several Anor ankle injuries that limited him to playing only 47 games from 2000 to 2003 he then missed the entire 2003 to 2004 season before returning in the next one becoming an allar with averages of 20

Points 5 rebounds three assists and 1.4 seals per game now I want to say right away Lonzo ball is not Grant Hill that is a completely different situation Grant Hill was a near all NBA player if not all-nba I I can’t remember if he exactly made the team back in the mid to

Late 90s and that is not necessarily what Lonzo ball was he was a very impactful player but he was nowhere near the player of Grant Hill I understand the injury worries with that there but Grant Hill when he came back was not the player that he was before he got injured

By any means he definitely had a long career but that isn’t exactly a sign of high hopes for Lonzo ball if that’s what we’re looking to do with him he would then become what Grant Hill was which was a solid starter and then a role player Now Grant Hill the comparison to

Michael Jordan as well he really was more like Scotty Pippen than Michael Jordan but it is what it is that’s what they had said there and uh I I’ll stick with my Scotty Pippen comparison and I don’t like to compare gr Hill to Lonzo ball I understand the injury seem

Similar but really just not the case in my opinion I do believe he will play in the NBA again but it seems a lot to expect it to be next season to the point you look at him like in 2020 Grant Hill took several years and a team change to

Finally get back to helping a team after missing several seasons and a different team at that Smith added and that’s important to note as well when he came back he was with the magic uh when another injury had happened I mean he left the magic he played on teams like

The Suns the Clippers Brant Hill definitely made his way around in the league and had to find a way to become productive without being the guy on the team after his injuries and that is definitely a more difficult thing to do in this league next we’ve got to talk

About something else more than just Lonzo ball because Lonzo ball that’s not exactly what I want to start out with there today but will he come back what do I think well hopefully so I really do hope he comes back it’s it’s going to take him some time to get back into the

System hope is still alive here but I’m not going to guarantee or put my opinion on anything and solidify that really lock it in because it’s really unsure there’s not enough information out there for me to really say that it’s going to come back and ever play at all but there

Is much optimism on my side that he will for sure now moving on to the next topic Drummond to resign now all signs point to that because once again the Bulls made no moves at the NBA trade deadline a few teams were calling for Drummond and I’ve heard that there were some

Offers that the Bulls probably should have taken if they don’t plan on reigning him so it they should resign the offseason right well we’re going to look into that right now the report indicates the Chicago Bulls pulled out of a deal that would have sent Andre Drummond to the Sixers

Chicago’s decision makers had a change of heart and this is by Nick Ru and it’s h no shock to me they had a change of heart I mean we haven’t wanted any trades to go through in the past last couple of Seasons so no Shockers here

That a deal didn’t uh get done Chicago Bulls Andre Drummond is playing in the final year of the two-year contract he signed in 2022 so it would have made perfect sense for the team to move on from him according to Hoops Hypes Michael Scot the Bulls had a deal lined

Up that would have sent the big man to Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for several draft picks however the Bulls backed off the deal at the last minute and the deal with the 76ers was ideal the potential trade with the Sixers was ideal as the latter needed a center to

Replace the injured Joel embiid who remains without a timeline after ongoing surgery to repair tear in the lateral meniscus in his left knee and that definitely is a serious injury for embiid they need whatever they can Paul Reed is a really solid backup but he is showing that he can’t really play

Starers minutes consistently he’s had a few really good games but I wouldn’t really expect him over a seven game scaries to help swing things at all uh I would definitely tried to go for a different look if they could maybe that’s tried why they tried to get Drummond in there dealing Drummond would

Have also ensured the Bulls wouldn’t be left high and dry this off season if the backup big man opted to sign with another team however the trade between Chicago and Philadelphia never materialized as the Bulls decision makers apparently had a change of heart the 76ers believed they had a trade done

To acquire Bulls Center Andre Drummond before Chicago pulled out of talks hours before the deadline now I am just not shocked that the Bulls did pull out from this trade for sure they def this isn’t the first time that the front office has had a change in

Heart when it comes to trades I believe we heard last summer a Zack LaVine trade that was going to go down and then last minute they said no we don’t want to pull the trigger on that we’ll keep Zack LaVine for now see what else we can get

For him or maybe he’ll stay with this team next thing we saw on this though was the Bulls wanted three second round picks for Drummond League’s sour in said for context the next acquired three R picks in the three team Royce O’Neal trade and that’s fair value in my

Opinion I think that Royce O’Neal and Andre Drummond the value is pretty similar for what they could do there for sure um if not Drummond a little bit higher than Royce O’Neal I know it’s easy to Plug and Play Royce O’Neal in your lineup a little bit more than

Drummond but Drummond’s probably a little bit better of a player than Royce O’Neal so definitely I can understand the 3 seconds if that was the value on it maybe they agreed to something that they weren’t too happy with maybe it was too seconds and a player and they

Weren’t sure on the player we don’t know really what went down but was this the right decision for the Bulls I’m not too sure you guys let me know everything that you have to say about this down below in the comments section let me know your thoughts like to hear all of

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In this video your host, Joey Mercer, breaks down the recent reports of Lonzo Ball and his playing status, along with the potential trade the Bulls turned down at the trade deadline.

0:00 Bulls news
0:39 Will Lonzo ever play again?
5:51 Drummond to resign?

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