Ayo Dosunmu Rumors

KC Johnson: Billy Donovan on the eve of his Hall of Fame enshrinement Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu, Patrick Williams, Dalen Terry and Matas Buzelis are flying in for it, which Donovan said is very touching Bulls ownership/management also here as part of large organizational contingent

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KC Johnson: I reported earlier this offseason on this very segment that I had heard far more chatter about Ayo Dosunmu in terms of the trade market than I had about Coby White. I can now tell you that chatter has largely died down, at least as of late July, and I do expect Dosunmu to be back in a Bulls uniform for next season. The Bulls did have substantive talks — I'm told — with a Western Conference playoff team earlier this offseason regarding Dosunmu, but the two teams could not find common ground on a trade package. All signs for now point to Ayo returning.

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Bulls on CHSN: KC Johnson: The Bulls did have substantive talks, I'm told, with a Western Conference playoff team earlier this off-season. Well, earlier, regarding Dosunmu. But the two teams could not find a common ground on a trade package. And all signs for now point to Ayo Dosunmu returning.

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Joel Lorenzi: Ayo Dosunmu, Isaac Okoro, Kevin Huerter and Coby White courtside for this Bulls SL game

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KC Johnson: Bulls remain active in trade market. FWIW, I’ve heard more chatter surrounding Ayo Dosunmu than Coby White.

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Bulls on CHSN: "From my seat they've got to try to look to trade either Ayo Dosunmu or Coby White." Bulls Insider @KCJHoop joined The Chicago Lead to discuss if the Bulls should consider trading Coby White and how the Desmond Bane trade might impact their decision 👀. "I've been saying for a while in my from my seat, they've got to try to look to trade either Ayo or Coby because I think it'll be very hard to re-sign both of them after next year when they both have unrestricted free agency. So I think you got to get out in front of things like that. What's crazy is they value both those players highly, and they obviously are a big part of how they want to play stylistically, to your point, the stylistic change. So I think that'd be a tough decision to make but that's a front office's job, to make hard decisions."

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“He was the main guy I wanted them to draft last year,” Dosunmu said of Buzelis. “His body transforming is one of the things that’s surprising me. Seeing him become more powerful, as he continues to get stronger and he continues to finish better at the rim, he’s going to understand that there are very limited people that are able to stop him. Once he gains that confidence, he can shoot, he can put it on the floor. It’s going to be over.”

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Rather than waiting until August or fall camp, Bulls vets including Coby White, Dosunmu and Patrick Williams made plans months ago for the team to meet in Los Angeles in early June for an intense week of scrimmaging, lifting and just hanging out with each other.

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“Matas is a hard worker, a tremendous worker,” Dosunmu said. “He loves the work. I have high praises for him, high expectations for him. I’m seeing him in person, him getting stronger. He’s starting to realize how strong he is and how he’s able to dominate. I know Giannis is a Hall of Famer, top 20, top 30 player [all time], but Matas has a chance to really dominate the game like that because he’s 6-10, 6-11, and as he continues to get stronger, continues to get in the weight room, he’s only going to get bigger. So I think he’s going to continue to grow gradually like that in terms of him being able to finish, rebound, him being able to just dominate the game, and that’s definitely going to show.”

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KC Johnson: Ayo Dosunmu said his shoulder is doing fine. Said rehab is going great. Took brace off at 6 weeks and lifts without brace. Process has been great and healing fine. 5-on-5 maybe around August.

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Austin Krell: Justin Edwards, Quentin Grimes, and Guerschon Yabusele are questionable for tomorrow's season finale between the Sixers and Bulls. Kyle Lowry, Andre Drummond, and Kelly Oubre Jr. are out. Josh Giddey, Lonzo Ball, Ayo Dosunmu, and Tre Jones are out for Chicago.

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Anthony Chiang: Bulls injury report for tonight vs. Heat: Out: Lonzo Ball, Dosunmu, T. Jones. Questionable: Josh Giddey, Kevin Huerter, J. Smith. Probable: Nikola Vucevic.

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KC Johnson: Ayo Dosunmu confirms what has been reported--that he could've tried to play through injury. And that he considered that. But shoulder likely would've kept popping in/out. This way, especially with lengthy, 4-6-month rehab, he gets ahead of it and it doesn't bleed into next season

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KC Johnson: Ayo's approach: "Use this time away from the game to just find different hobbies, get connected to the Lord more, read more books. Find different things to do because I have so much time on my hands. Rather than look at it in a bad way, try to find light in the situation."

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