Bulls Sign Jahmir Young To Two-Way Contract

The Chicago Bulls announced tonight that the team has signed guard Jahmir Young to a two-way contract. In a subsequent move, the team waived center Adama Sanogo.

Young, 6-2, 185, has spent the 2024-25 season with the Denver Nuggets G League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Gold, tallying averages of 22.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 2.1 steals in 34.5 minutes across 30 games (24 starts) during the regular season and Tip-Off Tournament. Young recorded seven double-doubles and scored 25-plus points in eight games, including a career-high 40 points and 10 assists against the Capital City Go-Go on Feb. 12.

An Upper Marlboro, Md. native, Young played collegiately at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2019-22) and the University of Maryland (2022-24). He earned the Conference USA (CUSA) Rookie of the Year Award and was named to the CUSA All-Freshman Team and All-CUSA Third Team in 2019-20, along with consecutive All-CUSA First Team laurels in his sophomore and junior seasons with the 49ers.

At Maryland, Young averaged 18.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 33.3 minutes across 67 games (all starts) while garnering All-Big Ten Second Teams honors as voted by coaches in consecutive seasons (2022-24) and an All-Big First Team selection through media voting in 2023-24.

Sanogo appeared in 13 career games for Chicago over the last two seasons (2023-25), totaling averages of 3.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in 6.7 minutes per game. Through 40 career regular season games (39 starts) with Windy City, Sanogo posted 20.4 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 29.4 minutes per contest.