JULY 25: The Bulls have officially signed Alkins to a two-way contract, the team announced today in a press release.
JULY 22: The Bulls have agreed to a two-way deal with undrafted guard Rawle Alkins, tweets Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. The Arizona product spent the past few weeks with the Raptors‘ Summer League team.
Toronto liked Alkins’ summer performance where he averaged 9.0 PPG, 4.7 RPG and 2.0 APG. The Raptors offered Alkins a camp invitation but he chose the deal with the higher guaranteed money, per TSN’s Josh Lewenberg.
As a two-way player, Alkins will spend most of his time with the Bulls’ G League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls. However, he is permitted to spend up to 45 days with the NBA team. The Bulls have the option to convert Alkins’ deal into a standard NBA deal if they choose.
In his sophomore season with the Wildcats, Alkins averaged 13.1 PPG, 4.8 RPG, and 2.5 APG. Entering the 2018 NBA Draft, Alkins was ranked as the 49th-best prospect on Jonathan Givony’s top-100 list at ESPN.com.
Solid UDFA pick-up for the Bulls…As the legend Lombardi once said himself, “What the he11 is going on here?”
The Bulls front office actually going out and getting a talented UDFA, instead of just signing some low-ceiling, low-floor guy with ties to Iowa State lol..
I’m actually growing a bit of confidence in the Bulls front office, and maybe, just maybe it is because of a relatively low profile addition..
I think adding Doug Collins as the front offices senior advisor is really paying off big time for this franchise…That’s really been the only change, but his addition seems to have added a serious change in philosophy and serious degree of legitimacy to this front office!!
In Doug Collins I trust!!