February 20: The Bulls have officially signed Young to a two-way contract and waived Sanogo, the team announced in a press release. Since the moves were completed late Wednesday night, Young will be eligible to appear in up to 16 NBA games for the rest of the season.
February 19: The Bulls are making a change to one of their two-way roster slots, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype and NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter links). Shortly after Haynes reported that the team would be waiving big man Adama Sanogo, Scotto followed up to say that guard Jahmir Young would fill that slot.
Sanogo has been on a two-way contract in Chicago for most of the past two seasons after going undrafted out of UConn in 2023. However, he has appeared in just 13 total regular season games for the Bulls and logged a total of 87 career minutes at the NBA level.
Sanogo has played a more meaningful role for the Windy City Bulls in the G League, earning a spot on both the NBAGL All-Rookie Team and the All-NBAGL Third Team last season. In 22 NBAGL games this season, he has averaged 16.6 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in 28.1 minutes per contest.
According to Haynes, Sanogo is expected to miss about four weeks with a knee injury, so the Bulls have decided to fill his two-way slot with a healthy player.
The newcomer, Young, is a 24-year-old point guard who has been playing well in the G League for the Grand Rapids Gold this season after going undrafted out of Maryland last June. He has scored 22.4 PPG on .476/.260/.783 shooting in 30 games for Denver’s NBAGL affiliate, while also contributing 7.3 APG, 4.5 RPG, and 2.0 SPG.
If Young officially signs today, he’ll be eligible to appear in up to 16 NBA games this season for the Bulls, a prorated portion of the full-season 50-game limit. That number would dip to 15 if the deal isn’t formally finalized until Thursday.
No worries I’m sure Sanogo will be back on this team by this upcoming September.
I don’t like this move. I like Sanogo. Definitely a PF. A winner in college
Oh hey look another guard!
yeh wtf
Yeah another guard. Exactly. Wait until the draft and the ” Chicago Bulls draft” Another guard who can’t shoot worth a crap. 12 Guard offense coming to your neighborhood soon. Good thing with the Crap TV station I won’t have to watch it anyway. Just saw a story that said Bulls viewership is down 63 %. To which I say, Only 63 %? I bet it’s higher.
I would like to see Sanogo sign with Heat, I think thaihe could mimic Adebayo of the bench.
I’d like to see Sanogo sign with a real basketball team with real doctors. Not Zoc Doc.