According to Rich Paul, Ball's agent, the Chicago Bulls and Lonzo Ball, they have agreed to a $85 million four-year deal. This is part of a signed-and-trade agreement with New Orleans Pelicans.Ball is the Bulls' guard position. He can develop around Zach LaVine or Nikola Vucevic, as Chicago attempts to compete in the Eastern Conference.New Orleans began to allow Zion Williamson to run the offense. Ball's role as an off-ball wing for the Pelicans was to control the offense in open court, and then delegate duties to Williamson in half court. With Chicago, he'll be able to return to control things more.Ball, 23 years old, has experienced ups and downs in four seasons since he was drafted into the league as No. Ball was the 2nd overall pick in 2017. Although it was difficult to live up the high expectations in Los Angeles, things began to settle down once he arrived in New Orleans. Ball was part of the Anthony Davis deal and found new life shooting with the Pelicans. Ball's two seasons with the Lakers saw him shoot 31.5 percent from deep, 43.7 percent from the line and 31.5 percent from the foul line. He has since increased those numbers to 37.6 and 66.4 percent.He averaged career highs in 2020-21 from three-point percentage (3.378), field goal percentage (4.414) and free-throw percentage (5.781) as well as true shooting percentage (.551) to points per game (14.6).He was also able to protect the ball like never again with a career-low 14.5 percent turnover rate and a career-high 20.5 usage percentage.Ball has had many injuries throughout his career. He has not played a full NBA season. In his two first seasons in Los Angeles, he missed 65 games and 26 with New Orleans.
