The Bulls changed Lonzo Ball to the Cavaliers for Isaac Okoro, according to ESPN.
Los Chicago Bulls They transferred to Lonzo Ball to the Cleveland Cavaliers by Isaac Iaccording to ESPN.
Ball, 27, averaged 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists this season. Ball underwent a meniscus and cartilage transplant in the left knee in March 2023, after several procedures failed to solve an injury he suffered during the 2021-22 season, his first in Chicago. He was discharged since the beginning of March due to a sprain on the right wrist and played 35 games this season after missing the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
For the cavaliers, the acquisition of Ball provides a fast base and of defensive mentality with a height of 1.98 meters, while the franchise prepares for the possible loss of You Jeromewho will leave for another team in free agency. As the Cavaliers enter the 2025-26 season with approximately $ 12 million above the salary limit in the second half of the year, and with the All-Star and defensive player of the year Evan Mobley receiving a $ 45 million bonus in its maximum rookie contract, the Ball contract for two years and $ 20 million, with a team option for 2026-27, it becomes more acceptable.
The president of Basketball Operations of the Cavaliers, Koby Altman, and his staff have been interested in Ball for months, asking for him on the February exchanges deadline and finally ending the agreement on Saturday.
The agreement gives the Bulls an eaves 3 and D in Okoro, 24, who appeared in 55 games, averaging 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists. He has 35.1% success in triple in his career.
