The rotation through and through is actually starting to look pretty good for the Chicago Bulls after landing Tomas Satoransky from the Wizards.
Even though it seemed like there wasn’t much more that the Chicago Bulls could do to make moves on the free agent market, we were definitely caught by surprise. Then July 1 happened and the Bulls made the move to grab the Washington Wizards potent point guard Tomas Satoransky on a sign-and-trade deal.
On June 30, the Bulls made a decently big splash on the free agent market for the first day in this cycle given the cap flexibility the front office was working with. The Bulls nabbed former Indiana Pacers forward Thad Young on a reported three-year deal worth $41 million. An efficient and hard-working two-way forward like Young is a good fit for this Bulls frontcourt rotation.
The report that the Bulls landed Satoransky in a sign-and-trade deal with the Wizards came from the Twitter timeline of ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Chicago has reached agreement on a sign-and-trade with Washington for guard Tomas Satoransky, league sources tell ESPN. Bulls are signing Satoransky to a three-year deal, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2019
What the Bulls sent to the Wizards in return for Satoransky was a 2020 second round pick and another future second round pick. That return came courtesy of a Tweet from the timeline of K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.
The Bulls are sending a 2020 2nd round pick and the rights to swap a future 2nd round pick in the Satoransky deal, per source.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) July 1, 2019
At this point, I don’t see the Bulls taking a shot on another big player since they have to be running out of cap space. The Bulls are signing Satorasnky to at least a three-year deal, just like Young got the day previous.
The good news in terms of what the Bulls could do on the free agent market is that the rotation looks to mostly be rounded out now. This team upgraded enough in the NBA Draft, between point guard Coby White and center Daniel Gafford, that more depth to tie up cap space just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
What the Bulls are getting in Satoransky is a point guard that can play well off White in the rotation and can help space the floor alongside a ball dominant scoring shooting guard like Zach LaVine. Satoransky is a career 40 percent shooter from three-point range and around 48 percent from the field in general.
Last season, Satoransky averaged 8.9 points per game, 5.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.0 steal. There are a lot of positives that Bulls fans can see in the basic stats and production that Satoransky registered last season with the Wizards.
A lot of the advanced numbers also play to the big benefit of Satoransky. He posted an offensive rating of 121 and a defensive rating of 116 last season. A 59 percent true shooting percentage, 25 percent assist rate, and a career-high 3.8 offensive win shares are all major positives for what Tomas Satoransky can bring to the Chicago Bulls for a long time.