By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Initially coming in on a short-term deal, Kostas Antetokounmpo inked a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls.
Antetokounmpo, 24, will rejoin his brothers Giannis and Thanasis in the NBA. The Bulls announced the two-way contract Friday.
He was crowned champion with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020. His total of games played at 22 includes two with the Dallas Mavericks, beyond the two-year stint at Los Angeles. Back in Europe, he spent the 2021-22 season with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne.
Per the press release: “The Chicago Bulls have signed forward Kostas Antetokounmpo to a two-way contract. In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced.
Born in Athens, Greece, Antetokounmpo (6-10, 200) has appeared in 22 career games in three seasons, logging career averages of 1.0 points, 1.0 rebounds across 4.0 minutes per game. Prior to joining Chicago, Antetokounmpo spent time with the Los Angeles Lakers (2019-2021) and the Dallas Mavericks (2018-19).
Drafted in the second round (60th overall) of the 2018 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, Antetokounmpo’s draft rights were traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the draft rights to 54th overall pick and guard Shake Milton. Antetokounmpo later signed a two-way deal with the Mavericks in 2018, was waived in by Dallas in 2019 and claimed on waivers by the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019 – where he later became an NBA champion with the Lakers in 2020.
Antetokounmpo played one collegiate season at Dayton (2017-18), seeing action in 29 games (6 starts) as a freshman and averaged of 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and shot 57.4% from the field. Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo will wear No. 37.”
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