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Time of India
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
NBA Trade Rumors: Chicago Bulls Guards Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu Drawing Leaguewide Interest Amid Roster Shakeup
Coby White (Image via NBA) The Chicago Bulls are again stirring the NBA trade pot—this time with Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu reportedly gaining attention from teams across the league. Following the trade that sent Lonzo Ball to Cleveland in exchange for Isaac Okoro, the Bulls appear to be on the verge of further backcourt changes amid tightening salary cap pressures and a looming financial reset. Trade Buzz Around Bulls' Backcourt According to ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel, White and Dosunmu have emerged as intriguing trade assets this offseason. 'Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White have drawn plenty of trade interest around the league, sources said. More teams have inquired about Dosunmu since before the draft than White,' Siegel reported. While the Chicago Bulls could hold onto both players through the trade deadline, the noise around potential offseason moves suggests that at least one could be on the way out. Coby White: Career Year, Rising Value Coby White is coming off the most impressive season of his six-year NBA career. The 25-year-old averaged: Stat Category 2024-25 Season Stats Points 20.4 Assists 4.5 Rebounds 3.7 Steals 0.9 Field Goal % 45.3% 3-Point % 37.0% Free Throw % 90.2% True Shooting % 60.1% Minutes Per Game 33.1 White's performance reached its peak during a 14-game stretch in March, where he averaged 29.1 points per game, ultimately earning Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors. Across 422 career games with Chicago, he has maintained averages of 15.2 points, 3.8 assists, and 3.6 rebounds per game. Ayo Dosunmu: Underrated But Reliable While Dosunmu's 2024–25 season didn't grab headlines like White's, his impact was consistent. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Providers are furious: Internet access without a subscription! Techno Mag Learn More Undo Also 25 years old, Dosunmu played a crucial role on both ends of the floor. Ayo Dosunmu (Image via Getty) Stat Category 2024–25 Season Stats Points 12.3 Assists 4.5 Rebounds 3.5 Steals 0.9 Field Goal % 49.2% 3-Point % 32.8% Free Throw % 78.5% True Shooting % 58.5% Minutes Per Game 30.3 Over 279 career games, Dosunmu has recorded steady averages of 10.2 points, 3.3 assists, and 2.9 rebounds. Contract Status and Cap Situation Both White and Dosunmu are entering the final years of their contracts, earning $12.8 million and $7.5 million respectively. Their pending free agency adds urgency to the Bulls' decision-making, especially with limited room under the cap. Chicago Bulls' 2025–26 Financial Snapshot: Key Financials Amount Total Salary Commitments $153+ million Remaining Cap Space ~$1.5 million Major Expiring Contracts (2026) ~$95 million The expiring deals of Nikola Vucevic ($21.5M), Zach Collins ($18M), and Kevin Huerter ($18M) could clear the path for a near-total cap reset in 2026. This potential flexibility increases the likelihood that the front office will act now to align the roster with future goals. What's Next for the Chicago Bulls? While no trade is imminent, the groundwork for a backcourt shakeup is clearly in motion. Whether the Chicago Bulls decide to keep one guard, move both, or wait until the deadline, their long-term strategy is starting to emerge—cut costs now, assess young talent, and open the door to a major retooling next summer. As Brett Siegel noted, even amid uncertainty, there is persistent 'buzz that exists regarding one of these players being dealt this offseason.' Also read: NBA Speculation: Giannis Antetokounmpo' Future Raises Eyebrows as LeBron James' Trade Talk Fades With the Bulls' quiet but deliberate moves in the background of Summer League, all eyes remain on Chicago as the front office navigates one of the most crucial offseasons in recent memory. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Manika Batra's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 3. Watch Here!
Times
28-04-2025
- Times
Council boss gets £90k payoff despite drink-driving arrest
A Labour council that has been labelled the 'worst local authority in Britain' agreed to give its former chief executive a £90,000 payoff after his arrest for drink-driving and fleeing the scene of an accident. Bayo Dosunmu 'stepped down' from his £190,000-a-year role as chief executive at Lambeth council in London after he was arrested more than three times over the drink-drive limit in June last year. Dosunmu, 46, failed to stop after crashing his Jeep into another car in central London following a night out but he was followed by the vehicle and forced to stop. • Is this Britain's worst council? The area where tenants live in squalor Police said Dosunmu was slurring his words and 'struggling to follow directions'. The executive, who oversaw several anti-car policies while head of the council, later admitted to being uninsured, drink-driving and failing to stop after the crash. He was given a 12-month community order, with 15 days of rehab sessions and 150 hours of community service. He was also banned from driving for two years. A freedom of information request by a Lambeth resident has revealed that the authority paid Dosunmu £87,879 after the council 'agreed to jointly enter into a settlement agreement' after the 'unexpected and unprecedented emergency situation'. In a statement, Lambeth council said: 'Bayo Dosunmu stepped down as chief executive of Lambeth council in July 2024. He received payment in respect of his notice period, untaken annual leave and for his work as acting returning officer for the general election and a by-election. These were paid in line with his contract and for work already completed.' Earlier this year, Lambeth, which is nearly £1 billion in debt and has been accused of 'severe maladministration', applied to central government for a £40 million bailout because of a huge budget shortfall in its housing division. The authority said the 'emergency' cash was necessary because of the rent caps and rising maintenance costs after the Grenfell fire. However, critics pointed out that the authority had been forced to pay council house tenants more than £16 million in compensation for substandard homes and poor service since 2017. A month earlier, the council, which has spent £25 million on climate initiatives and is paying 53 staff more than £100,000 a year, announced plans to dim its street lights to help deal with its financial problems. It also announced that it would increase parking charges and consult on changes to council tax support and children's centre provision among a package of measures to lower costs and raise income. The freedom of information request, by Sheila O'Reilly, a Lambeth resident, asked whether the council had considered Dosunmu's behaviour to be gross misconduct. The authority replied: 'The council considered the issues as ones which gave rise to the question of whether trust and confidence in Dosunmu as chief executive had broken down.' The response explained that he was suspended the day of his arrest and then 'stepped down' the following month but that 'no reason was given'. It added that under a 'contractual entitlement', Dosunmu was paid £46,943 'in respect of his notice period'; another £6,687 for 'untaken annual leave'; and two 'pro rata payments — up to the date of suspension — for his acting returning officer duties' during recent elections, which amounted to £34,250. The document also revealed Dosunmu was allowed to keep his local government pension. The TaxPayers' Alliance described the payment as 'an absolute disgrace', stating that residents expected their council tax to be spent on frontline services. O'Reilly is so disillusioned with the council that she has set up a petition calling on the government to intervene. The petition describes the Labour-dominated authority as'increasingly authoritarian' and operating as a 'virtual one-party state' with no effective opposition. After the last local election, 58 of the area's 63 councillors were Labour, although four were later suspended from the party in a row over the authority's reaction to the war in Gaza.
Daily Mail
27-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Labour-run council boss who fled drink-drive crash is handed £90,000 taxpayer-funded 'golden goodbye'
A Labour-run council chief who fled from a drink-drive collision has pocketed a taxpayer-funded 'golden goodbye' worth almost £90,000, it has been revealed. Bayo Dosunmu, who was chief executive of Lambeth council in south London on a salary of £190,000, was charged last June with driving offences. He was held by the Metropolitan Police after allegedly fleeing the scene of a car accident in the capital - and later pleaded guilty to charges he faced. The then-46-year-old from Hammersmith in west London was charged with failing to stop after a road accident and being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He had been paid £187,775 a year, according to a Lambeth Council document from November 2022, while also receiving a further unknown payment for his role as Returning Officer for elections. After being arrested in June last year, Mr Dosunmu was later barred from driving for two years. Now documents have revealed how the 46-year-old received £87,879 after he and the Lambeth local authority 'agreed to jointly enter into a settlement agreement', the Telegraph reported. Campaigners have condemned the payout as a waste of taxpayers' money. Mr Dosunmu was behind the wheel of a white Jeep ahead of the crash with a blue Toyota just before 9am on June 23 last year, near Wandsworth Bridge Road in Fulham. The CEO, said to be living in a flat in Chelsea Harbour, was discovered to be three times the drink-drive limit - and when appearing before Westminster magistrates last September, he admitted to being uninsured, drink-driving and failing to stop. The sentence was a 12-month community order, while telling him to attend 15 days of rehab sessions as well as 150 hours of community service. The Telegraph has now revealed a freedom of information request asked whether Lambeth council deemed his behaviour to have been gross misconduct. The local authority responded by saying: 'The council considered the issues as ones which gave rise to the question of whether trust and confidence in Dosunmu as chief executive had broken down.' And it went on to tell how he was handed £46,943 'in respect of his notice period', as well as £6,687 for 'untaken annual leave' plus two 'pro rata payments'. Those later ones were for his duties as acting returning officer at the general election last July as well as a simultaneous by-election, adding up to an extra £34,250. Mr Dosunmu is also reported to have kept his local government deferred pension. Elliot Keck, from campaign group the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: 'It's an absolute disgrace that a council boss on a six-figure salary was handed nearly £90,000 of taxpayers' cash after being convicted of drink-driving and fleeing the scene of a crash. 'Residents expect their hard-earned money to fund frontline services, not soft landings for disgraced officials. 'Lambeth council should explain why someone who brought the council into disrepute was handed a golden goodbye instead of being shown the door without a penny.' When contacted today, a Lambeth Council spokesperson said: 'Bayo Dosunmu stepped down as chief executive of Lambeth Council in July 2024. 'He received payment in respect of his notice period, untaken annual leave and for his work as acting returning officer for the general election and a by-election. 'These were paid in line with his contract and for work already completed.'
Telegraph
26-04-2025
- Telegraph
Council boss caught in drink-drive crash handed £90k golden goodbye
A council boss convicted of drink-driving and failing to stop after crashing his car received a 'golden goodbye' pay-off of almost £90,000 of taxpayers' money. Bayo Dosunmu 'stepped down' from his £190,000-a-year role as chief executive at Labour-run Lambeth council after he was arrested in June 2024. He was later disqualified from driving for two years after admitting a series of motoring offences. Newly released documents have revealed that Dosunmu, 46, received £87,879 after he and the council 'agreed to jointly enter into a settlement agreement' following the 'unexpected and unprecedented emergency situation'. The pay-off was described as a waste of taxpayers' money amid claims that his criminal behaviour 'brought the council into disrepute'. The council's own constitution stated that it 'reserves the right to take action against any employee whose actions and/ or behaviour, inside or outside work, could reasonably be regarded as bringing the council into disrepute.' Dosunmu was driving a white Jeep when he was involved in a collision with a blue Toyota just before 9am on June 23 2024 at a junction near Wandsworth Bridge Road in Fulham, south west London. Three times the drink-drive limit He was followed by the Toyota as he attempted to drive away and was forced to stop. Police said Dosunmu was slurring his words and 'struggling to follow directions'. Dosunmu, who was living in an apartment in Chelsea Harbour, was found to be three times the drink-drive limit. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in September 2024, he admitted to being uninsured, drink-driving and failing to stop after the crash. He was received a 12-month community order, with 15 days of rehab sessions and 150 hours of community service. A freedom of information request asked whether the council had considered his behaviour to be gross misconduct. The authority replied: 'The council considered the issues as ones which gave rise to the question of whether trust and confidence in Dosunmu as chief executive had broken down.' The response explained that he was suspended the day of his arrest and then 'stepped down' the following month but 'no reason was given'. Under a 'contractual entitlement', it added that Dosunmu was given £46,943 'in respect of his notice period', another £6,687 for 'untaken annual leave' and two 'pro rata payments – up to the date of suspension – for his acting returning officer duties' during the general election and a by-election on July 4 2024, which amounted to £34,250. He also kept his local government deferred pension. 'Absolute disgrace' Elliot Keck, the head of campaigns at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: 'It's an absolute disgrace that a council boss on a six-figure salary was handed nearly £90,000 of taxpayers' cash after being convicted of drink-driving and fleeing the scene of a crash. 'Residents expect their hard-earned money to fund front-line services, not soft landings for disgraced officials. 'Lambeth council should explain why someone who brought the council into disrepute was handed a golden goodbye instead of being shown the door without a penny.' A spokesman for Lambeth council said: 'Bayo Dosunmu stepped down as chief executive of Lambeth council in July 2024. He received payment in respect of his notice period, untaken annual leave and for his work as acting returning officer for the general election and a by-election. 'These were paid in line with his contract and for work already completed.' Sheila O'Reilly, the Lambeth resident who lodged the data request, has set up a petition calling on the Government to intervene because the authority is 'increasingly authoritarian' and operating as a 'virtual one-party state' with no effective opposition and spiralling debts. Colin Aylott KC, Dosunmu's lawyer, told the court hearing that his client had a 'history of public service' and 'some degree of pride' when he got the job at Lambeth council. 'To have lost his job and the ramifications that flow from that have taken a heavy toll on him,' he said, adding that Dosunmu is now living with a relative.
Chicago Tribune
05-03-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Chicago Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu dedicated to leadership despite season-ending injury: ‘I want to continue to grow'
Ayo Dosunmu still isn't sure exactly when he got hurt. At some point in the last two years, the Chicago Bulls guard suffered a fracture along the back side of his left shoulder. Dosunmu can't point to a game — or even a day, or a week, or a month — when the initial breakage occurred. But over the next two seasons, his shoulder began to slip out of its socket during games. Sure, it hurt, but the pain was always manageable — and by the next day, it was basically gone. Dosunmu, 25, played through at least five dislocations, each time feeling confident that his body would bounce back. And that worked. Until it didn't. Two weeks ago in New York City, Dosunmu's shoulder slid out of place again. It hurt. Again. And the next day, for the first time, the pain didn't go away. It hurt when he slept. It hurt when he opened and closed his fist. Dosunmu sat out the next three games, hoping rest would fix the problem. It didn't. Dosunmu tried to play through the pain one final time in a home game against the Toronto Raptors. Within 48 hours, an MRI had identified the fracture and the need for season-ending surgery. 'It is kind of bizarre just knowing that there was a fracture there,' Dosunmu said. 'It was something that I played on — and I think I could have continued to play on. But I don't know, for whatever reason the last time, it probably knocked it out in a different way, because it was a different pain than I previously felt.' This is the first time that Dosunmu has ever needed surgery. The guard's durability has been one of his strongest traits in Chicago, where he had missed only 12 games through his first three seasons in the league. Despite its early ending, this season was a success for Dosunmu. He cemented himself as an integral anchor for the offense, which was able to fundamentally transform its pace and style in transition due to Dosunmu's ability to command the open floor. The Bulls hoped to utilize this final stretch of the season to develop players like Dosunmu, leaning into the young core following the trade of Zach LaVine. But for the guard, the greatest frustration is the missed opportunity to lead. Dosunmu wants to build a better future for the Bulls. And at the start of this season, he made a pact with teammate Coby White to do just that — invest in their leadership as the young faces of the team's future. This year was going to be different. They were going to be different. More accountable. More vocal. They would challenge each other and listen when they were challenged. If a teammate called them out, they wouldn't argue. Even if this wasn't a winning season, they would build a culture for the Bulls to carry through future seasons. This wasn't new for Dosunmu. His father began encouraging him to use his voice as a fifth grader. At every turn of his career, Dosunmu has begun as the youngest player on the roster — a freshman playing varsity for Westinghouse College Prep, a freshman starter for Illinois, a rookie assuming the point guard position for the Bulls — but that never kept him quiet. Photos: Cleveland Cavaliers 139, Chicago Bulls 117 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 'My whole life, I've just been blessed to have people that push me to be a leader,' Dosunmu told the Tribune. 'When I got to the NBA, coach (Billy Donovan) saw in me that I could be a leader for this team. It was like, 'Wow. This thing that I always practiced, it's real now.' So I definitely feel comfortable in that role.' Dosunmu is a curious person. That curiosity isn't an accident — it's a practice. He annotates self-help books — most recently 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle — to create a framework for his own self-talk. He spends daily time with a devotional book to shift his perspective back toward his faith. In January, he started up a Bible study with his grandma. This curiosity informs the way Dosunmu crafted his voice on the Bulls. His teammates describe him as a 'cerebral' leader. He knows when to pull teammates aside to administer a little tough love, when to step into a huddle in the locker room to inject life into a dejected team. 'He's always led by example,' White told the Tribune. 'He was a guy you knew that was gonna always go out there, compete, no matter how that game looked, he was never gonna throw in the towel. He was always gonna play his hardest. But I feel like this year, he's taking a huge step in using his voice and becoming his own.' Dosunmu's final basket of the season was also one of his proudest. At that point, Dosunmu knew it was probably his final game of the season. Everything hurt. It was a struggle just to get his left arm above his head. But his right arm was still working — which was enough for Dosunmu to work with in overtime against the Toronto Raptors, when he launched himself into a passing lane to pick off a lazy pass. Sprinting into the open court, Dosunmu dribbled once with his left hand before cradling the ball in his right, leaping skyward and crushing a dunk through the rim. It hurt, but it was worth it — a type of hard-nosed mentality that Dosunmu hopes to keep instilling into the Bulls from the bench through the rest of the season. 'I try to embody that being from Chicago,' Dosunmu said. 'I want to continue to grow and continue to build this here. It's not going to happen overnight. That's how you build greatness and that's how you become one of the elite teams in the NBA.'
