Three years after leaving school early to chase an NBA dream, Duke basketball's DJ Steward has found the perfect opportunity.
He's undersized for his position. He left school too early. All in all, he's just a dime-a-dozen two-guard. That's what the critics have said about former five-star recruit DJ Steward ever since he bolted from Durham following his one-and-done Duke basketball campaign.posting 37 points
in an NBA 2K25 Summer League game for the Chicago Bulls in Las Vegas, all the hard work paid off to the tune of an official regular season contract in the league. Better yet, it's with Chicago, DJ Steward's hometown. On Sunday morning, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Steward "has agreed on a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls."
Free agent guard DJ Steward has agreed on a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. Steward, 22, has averaged 19.3 points for the Bulls in Las Vegas Summer League — including 37 points on Friday night.Steward, undrafted in 2021 after averaging 13.0 points per game for the lackluster 2020-21 Duke basketball team, spent the past three seasons improving from one year to the next in the G League.
Now, keep in mind that the 6-foot-2, 165-pound sharpshooter will likely spend much of his time in the G League again next season. This go-round, though, the 22-year-old DJ Steward appears almost certain to get a call-up to the big show from time to time and log his first career appearance in an NBA regular season game.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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