The Chicago Bulls viewed Lonzo Ball as their skeleton key long before he was actually on the team. Months of rumors connecting Ball to the Bulls turned from smoke to fire in the opening minute of NBA free agency, when the complicated sign-and-trade and new $85 million contract that would send the point guard from New Orleans to Chicago was announced as the first offseason deal of the summer of 2021. The entire thing came together so quickly that the league tagged the Bulls for tampering and eventually docked them a second round draft pick.
The Bulls went on to add DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso to a roster
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