Center Jalen Smith, 24, averaged 9.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.6 blocks in 17.2 minutes across 61 games for the Pacers last season.
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00:00or yes the bulls yes the bulls have made a signing here we go come on
00:07lebron is opted out and he's committed no no i'm trying to uh jalen smith jalen smith the
00:14young center from the pacers yes free agent three years 27 million dollars sticks is his nickname
00:21because he was so skinny and he came here because it's the home of sticks i don't think that was
00:28related but he does fit the profile of the kind of player the kind of age of the player that the
00:34bulls want to build with he's 24 years old he got a three-year deal he got a three-year deal and he
00:39averaged 9.9 points a game 5.5 rebounds for the pacers this past season and uh he hit 42 percent
00:47of his three-point shots so you have a guy who is is a threat from the perimeter you have somebody
00:53that has some size and some some flexibility and i think that you look at um this move being
00:59consistent with the other couple moves that they have made with josh giddy and uh matthias uh
01:04modus bezeles that's exactly right and patrick uh williams and patrick williams you're right
01:11bringing him back he's going to be 23 in august kobe and io kobe and io they're going young
01:17they're going young they're trying to get younger and more athletic and so this is consistent with
01:23that move i didn't see this one coming but when you lose andre drummond you have a spot on the
01:28roster this one fills an older veteran with a young up-and-comer so that makes a lot of sense
01:34i uh i've been doing that quite a bit let's see if they can really get it going right we still
01:39there's still a couple names out there and uh be that'd be really big news well the biggest news
01:44is what what happens with uh zach levine and demar de rosa want to close the loop on on the rose or