Arizona’s Tobe Awaka signs 2-way deal with Bulls, per report
· Yahoo Sports
There is precedent, both recent and in the past, of standout Arizona players going undrafted but still quickly finding their way into the NBA. Tobe Awaka will try to join that list.
The reigning Big 12 Conference Sixth Man of the Year has signed a 2-way deal with the Chicago Bulls, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
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The 6-foot-8 Awaka, who played two seasons at Arizona after beginning his career at Tennessee, is likely to play for Chicago in the NBA Summer League next month in Las Vegas. Per the terms of a 2-way contract, Awaka will be limited to a certain number of games with the Bulls during the 2026-27 season while spending the rest of the time with their G League team, the Windy City Bulls.
It’s a similar scenario that Caleb Love found himself in a year ago after going undrafted and then signing with the Portland Trail Blazers. Love, who was the 2023-24 Pac-12 Player of the Year, averaged 10.4 points in 49 games with the Blazers as a rookie and 24.7 points in 10 games in the G League.
Other undrafted Arizona players to go on to play on in the NBA as rookies include Keshad Johnson with the Miami Heat in 2024-25, Alonzo Trier with the New York Knicks in 2018-19 and TJ McConnell with the Philadelphia in 2015-16.