Bulls Jaden Ivey out for 2 weeks with knee soreness, Zach Collins to have season-ending surgery

In four games with the Bulls, the 24-year-old Ivey was averaging, 11.5 points, four assists and 28.9 minutes. In 33 games with Detroit this season, he averaged 8.2 points, 1.6 assists and 16.8 minutes.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan said Ivey was cleared to play the added time when he came to Chicago and didn't complain about knee soreness. Now Ivey will use the next two weeks to build up his leg strength then be re-evaluated.

“Certainly when he came here and, you know, he started getting more minutes — in the first few games his minutes were in the 30s — you could just see he wasn't like stopping, starting. He didn't have that explosiveness that you saw when you watched him play.”

Donovan said the Bulls medical staff ran tests on Ivey and determined, “they've just got to get him a lot stronger. I think there's a feeling that if he can get some of the strength back, then he can get back to where he was athletically."

The 6-foot-9 Collins has played in just 10 games this season with Chicago, averaging 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 18.4 minutes. He missed the first 21 games with a broken bone in his hand, then suffered the toe injury in late December.

“I think it's been really hard for him personally,” Donovan said. “I think he did everything he wanted to go. Surgery is always the last resort.”