Bulls to sign local product DJ Steward to two-way deal originally appeared in NBC Sports Chicago
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The Chicago Bulls have a history of local products taking advantage of summer league opportunities.
Guard DJ Steward is poised to become the latest, parlaying his strong showing in the NBA Summer League into agreeing to sign a two-way contract with his hometown team. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report the news.
Like Javon Freeman-Liberty before him, Steward impressed with his scoring ability and downhill play. Steward, who played high school locally at Fenwick and Whitney Young before attending Duke for a year, averaged 17.4 points and 6.4 assists and shot 40 percent from 3-point range in five games in Las Vegas by the Bulls.
That included a dominant 37-point, seven-assist performance in Friday’s overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Steward, 22, is a three-season G League veteran. After going undrafted following his only season at Duke, he played for the Stockton Kings for two seasons and the Maine Celtics the last.
He joins Adama Sanogo and Andrew Funk for now as two-way players under contract with the Bulls. And he also joins Ayo Dosunmu, Matas Buzelis and Jevon Carter as hometown products, living the dream of signing with their hometown franchise.
