DeMar DeRozan has been playing at a superstar level since he joined the Chicago Bulls in 2021. He was even getting MVP shouts during his first season with the team. However, injuries have derailed the Bulls and thrown DeRozan’s future into doubt.
Asked about DeMar DeRozan potentially leaving the Chicago Bulls and going to the Los Angeles Lakers, NBA and Bulls’ insider Sam Smith elaborated on the star’s future on the Bulls’ website.
“Well, DeMar has been pretty open that he thought he was going to the Lakers and home as a free agent two years ago and that’s where he wanted to go,” Smith wrote. But he’s since said he believes in finishing what he started and has grown to like Chicago and the Bulls.
“Things change depending on, as I’ve said and we know, how the postseason goes. But with one more year on his contract, I expect DeRozan to be with the Bulls next season. Perhaps not after that.”
These decisions are never easy for the players, but DeMar DeRozan is 33 years of age and he has been linked with a trade away from the franchise. DeRozan is under contract with the Chicago Bulls till 2024, and he is hardly the type to request a trade. But stranger things have happened.
Sam Smith Explained Why DeMar DeRozan Being Traded Isn’t That Straightforward
His contract situation means that DeMar DeRozan isn’t guaranteed to stay on any team he might be traded to next season. And Smith broke down why that has led him to the conclusion that the Chicago Bulls won’t trade DeRozan.
“The time to have traded DeRozan would have been at this trade deadline given that would have meant two playoff runs for an acquiring team, and DeRozan now can still be a difference maker and that last piece kind of player for a team that’s close,” Smith wrote.
“He becomes a rental after this season, so his value isn’t quite as high and thus I expect he finishes his contract with the Bulls.”
DeMar DeRozan is averaging 25.1 points per game this season, and he could make a huge difference to any team needing a star. But the Lakers just sorted their roster out, so it’s hard to imagine them trading their new, young pieces for DeRozan. And his contract situation might just mean that he will have to stay with the Bulls till 2024.
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