Bulls’ Patrick Williams vows to be healthy for training camp

Bulls’ Patrick Williams vows to be healthy for training camp originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

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LAS VEGAS — The fact that Patrick Williams re-signed with the Chicago Bulls for five years and $90 million and it’s not even the most important storyline surrounding the fifth-year forward tells you all you need to know about his importance to this next roster iteration.

Williams’ season ended in late February after just 43 games, and he underwent left foot surgery shortly thereafter.

After last month’s NBA Draft, executive vice president Artūras Karnišovas didn’t commit to Williams being ready for training camp. But with just two words, Williams said he will be.

“For sure,” he said on Saturday at halftime of the Bulls’ summer-league opening victory.

Williams attended the game with Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu, Dalen Terry and Chris Duarte, who was acquired from Sacramento in the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade acquisition.

Initially sidelined by a bone edema, Williams said that resting the bone bruise has been a large part of his rehabilitation, which was estimated at four to six months. But he’s now being cleared to do more.

“I’m running and jumping now with no pain, no swelling. So it’s just a matter of getting my legs back under me,” Williams said. “The bone is fully healed. That rehab process is pretty much resting, making sure that I’m getting enough rest on that foot. Going over some things like how you run, how you walk, some preventative things. But for the most part, it’s let the bone rest, let the body do what it does.

“After not being able to jump around for four months, the muscles in the leg, the Achilles strength, the pop that comes with playing a lot, you have to gain that back. That’s the same if I sprained my ankle and I’m out two weeks. It’s going to take a little bit of time to get that pop back. That’s kind of what I’m dealing with now. It couldn’t happen at a better time.”

Neither could the Bulls’ belief in the forward, who, as the fourth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, represents Karnišovas’…

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Publish date : 2024-07-13 23:59:57

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