Bulls Bring Norvell Jr. Back Home on a One-Year Deal

The Bulls have signed Chicago native Zach Norvell Jr. to a one-year contract.

by
Matt Berklan
November 26, 2020

The Bulls have stayed busy on Thanksgiving. They have signed hometown product Zach Norvell Jr. Adrian Wojnarowski announced the signing via Twitter.

Free agent G Zach Norvell has agreed to a one-year deal with the Chicago Bulls, agents Reggie Brown and Andy Shiffman of @PrioritySports tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 26, 2020

Norvell, Chicago born and raised, attended Simeon High School on Chicago’s Southside. He attended Gonzaga from 2017 to 2019 before going undrafted in last year’s draft. He was signed on a two-way contract by the Lakers, but in December he was waived. In February he was signed to a 10-day contract with the Warriors.

He had 5 cumulative games at the NBA level, but had 36 games with the G-League affiliates of the Lakers and Warriors. During his minimal NBA experience, he averaged 2.0 PPG, 1.2 RPG, and 0.6 APG. His G-League Stats were 14.7 PPG, 4.6 RPG, and 2.9 APG while shooting 38% from three-point range.

NBA Stats:

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	22	TOT	NBA	SG	5	0	41	3	12	.250	3	8	.375	0	4	.000	.375	1	1	1.000	0	6	6	3	2	0	3	4	10
2019-20	22	LAL	NBA	SG	2	0	5	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	22	GSW	NBA	SG	3	0	36	3	11	.273	3	8	.375	0	3	.000	.409	1	1	1.000	0	5	5	3	2	0	3	4	10
Career			NBA		5	0	41	3	12	.250	3	8	.375	0	4	.000	.375	1	1	1.000	0	6	6	3	2	0	3	4	10

1 season		GSW	NBA		3	0	36	3	11	.273	3	8	.375	0	3	.000	.409	1	1	1.000	0	5	5	3	2	0	3	4	10
1 season		LAL	NBA		2	0	5	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/26/2020.

G-League Stats:

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	TOT	36	23	29.8	5.1	12.9	.395	3.0	7.8	.387	2.1	5.1	.408	1.0	1.2	.814	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.9	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.1	14.7
2019-20	SAN	7	6	30.3	4.3	12.0	.357	3.1	8.7	.361	1.1	3.3	.348	0.4	0.6	.750	0.6	4.7	5.3	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.6	12.4
2019-20	SBL	29	17	29.7	5.3	13.1	.404	3.0	7.5	.394	2.3	5.6	.416	1.1	1.3	.821	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	2.0	15.2
Career		36	23	29.8	5.1	12.9	.395	3.0	7.8	.387	2.1	5.1	.408	1.0	1.2	.814	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.9	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.1	14.7

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/26/2020.

While the Bulls are over the 15 player max regular season roster limit, they continue to add players. They’re allowed to carry up to 20 players through training camp, which explains the overage. Usually this allows more guys a good look at making the team before sending them to the G-League or cutting them as part of their typical two-way contract.