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Chicago elevating two way wing Onuralp Bitim to regular roster spot

The Chicago Bulls have made a decision to elevate one of their two way players to a regular roster spot.

The Chicago Bulls have made a decision to elevate one of their two way players to a regular roster spot after the dust of All-Star Week has settled. Per a release circulated by the team, the Bulls have elected to convert the two way contract of forward Onuralp Bitim to a standard NBA contract.

Though Bitim has just played in two games with Chicago at the NBA level since signing with the team last July, the Turkish forward has played a dozen games with the Windy City Bulls. There, he logged 16.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. He has been Windy City’s best 3-point shot as well, going 43.3% from beyond the arc at the G League level.

The 24-year-old, 6-foot-6 wing will help pick up some of the slack in Chicago’s rotation created by the loss of forward Patrick Williams to foot surgery for the rest of the league’s 2023-24 season.

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Former Chicago point guard Ryan Arcidiacono signing with Windy City Bulls

Arcidiacono is rejoining the Bulls to play for the ball club’s G League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls.

A familiar face is rejoining the ranks of the Chicago Bulls, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. Former New York Knicks point guard Ryan Arcidiacono is rejoining the Bulls to play for the ball club’s G League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls.

It is something of a full circle moment with the team that signed him as an undrafted free agent out of Villanova in 2017. The Arch of Dimes (as Arcidiacono is sometimes called) has since also played for the Portland Trail Blazers at the NBA level. The 6-foot-3, 29-year-old floor general played so few minutes in his last stop that it is hard to get an idea of his production with a greater opportunity — just 2.3 minutes per game.

But Arcidiacono has career averages of 4.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game which were similar to his play at similar stops as recently as last season with the Blazers.

At this stage of his career it seems unlikely that we will see too much of Arcidiacono at the NBA level with the Bulls. But the Philly native could find luck trying to rehab his career at that level, even if not necessarily with Chicago.

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Aggies alumnus Quenton Jackson named NBA G League Player of the Week for Windy City Bulls

Alumnus Quenton Jackson is making the most of his time with the Windy City Bulls and earned NBA G League Player of the Week honors Tuesday.

Texas A&M alumnus Quenton Jackson is making the most of his opportunities with the Windy City Bulls and received NBA G League Player of the Week honors on Tuesday.

Jackson earned the accolade with a jaw-dropping stat line on Jan. 30. During a 117-104 win against the Birmingham Squadron, he tallied a career-high 40 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The 2022 Texas A&M graduate signed with the Chicago Bulls on Sept. 8 but was waived on Oct. 16 before the 2023-24 regular season began. He started playing for Chicago’s G League affiliate on Nov. 9.

Jackson was undrafted in 2022 and agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Washington Wizards on Sept. 13, 2022. He was waived 32 days later on Oct. 15 and joined the Capital City Go-Go, the Wizards’ G League club. Jackson signed a two-way deal with Washington on Feb. 10 and played in nine games to finish the 2022-23 campaign before being released on July 24.

The 6-foot-5, 173-pound shooting guard became the 39th Aggie all-time to register 1,000 career points in College Station. In 87 games and 33 starts, he tallied totals of 1,035 points, 154 assists and 128 steals.

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Bulls guard Carlik Jones named G League MVP

Jones led the G League in scoring in his first season with the Windy City Bulls.

The Bulls have themselves an MVP — sort of.

On Wednesday, the NBA G league announced that Windy City Bulls guard Carlik Jones was named the 2022-23 Kia NBA G League Most Valuable Player.

Jones averaged a league-high 26.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 24 regular season games for Windy City.

On March 3rd, Jones had his two-way contract with the Bulls converted to a standard NBA contract following the waiving of Goran Dragic.

In four appearances with Chicago this season, Jones has scored three points in 28 minutes of action.

In his rookie season, Jones appeared in five total games with the Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets.

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