Trade Radar · confirmed · Saturday, October 3 · 3 d ago

Bulls Notes: Powell, Wilson, Buzelis, Essengue

confirmed · roster changeReported by Joel LorenziRead the original report ↗

Norman Powell has accumulated a lot of knowledge during his 11 NBA seasons that will make him a valuable leader on a young Bulls team, writes Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic. Powell and newly acquired Buddy Hield are the only players on Chicago’s roster older than 28, so there will be plenty of teaching moments […]

Confidence

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Reporter starting tier	50	1 call on the ledger, tier used until 5
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−3	3 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Norman Powell

Bulls · G · 21.7 pts · 3.5 reb · 2.5 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $21.50M · next season $22.57M

Buddy Hield

Bulls · G · 7.6 pts · 2.3 reb · 1.4 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $9.66M · next season $10.10M

Chicago Bulls

$164.3M · under the cap · 14 contracts · cap sheet

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