Brandon Boston Jr. is getting another NBA look, and this time it comes with the Chicago Bulls on a training camp contract.
For a player who once carried plenty of promise, that’s a meaningful next step. Boston’s path to the league was built on big-time pedigree: a highly recruited five-star at Sierra Canyon, then a stop at Kentucky, one of the premier programs in the country. His college run didn’t fully match the hype, and an injury dinged his stock, but the upside never disappeared.
The Clippers took the swing on that potential. Boston had moments in Los Angeles, but the fit never quite clicked.
Inconsistency, inefficient shooting, and a lack of physicality eventually pushed the front office to move on. After that came a short run with the New Orleans Pelicans, then a move overseas, and now he’s back in position to chase an NBA roster spot.
Chicago could be the right stage for him. Unlike his earlier stops, he’s not walking into a situation crowded with established names.
With the Bulls in the middle of a rebuild, the lane is clearer for a young player trying to prove he belongs. The source material points to Josh Giddey and Norman Powell as the only real stars on the roster, with the rest made up of younger players much like Boston himself.
That doesn’t mean anything is handed to him. He still has to earn it. But if Boston shows the same flashes he did with the Clippers and Pelicans, along with whatever growth he picked up overseas, Chicago would have a tough time letting him walk.
And if the Bulls don’t keep him, there’s still a good chance someone else will.
For Clippers fans, it’s a feel-good development. Boston never became what LA hoped he would be, but seeing him land another chance in the league is still easy to root for.
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