For the past few weeks, the Chicago Bulls have been able to keep an eye on their young talent during Summer League. Guys like Javon Freeman-Liberty and Adama Sanogo showed out, while others like Dalen Terry struggled to live up to expectations. Regardless, Summer League is the perfect opportunity to evaluate rookies, sophomores, and other unproven talent.
However, not every player who appears in Summer League will earn a shot in the NBA. In fact, very few will. Some will end up in the G League, and some will make their way overseas. And two former Bulls Summer-Leaguers just signed with the same overseas club.
According to Daniel Greenberg on Twitter, Yago Dos Santos, who played for the Bulls Summer League team this year, and Marko Simonovic, who played in Summer League last year and was just recently waived by Chicago, have both signed with KK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Yago Dos Santos who played for the Chicago Bulls Summer League team is joining former Bull Marko Simonović and signing a deal to play for the KK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade basketball team.
— Daniel Greenberg (@ChiSportUpdates) July 17, 2023
KK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade is located in Serbia who competes in the EuroLeague and Serbian KLS. Last season, former NBAers Jaylen Adams, John Holland, and Facundo Campazzo played for the club.
In four appearances for Chicago’s Summer League team this year, Dos Santos averaged 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 39.1% from the field and 44.4% from distance.
Meanwhile, in five Summer League appearances last year, Simonovic averaged 15.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per contest while shooting 50.8% from the floor.
They are set to team up with Mike Tobey, Milos Teodosic, Shabazz Napier, and Joel Bolomboy on next year’s squad, giving them a team full of former NBA players and NBA-level talent.
