Would a bevy of second-round picks not be more beneficial then losing players who cannot be retained due to financial constraints? Should this occur, which seems plausible, then why not trade them now for something, even if the return is modest? Knowing this, it likely means that White and Green will be lost in free agency for nothing.
I will eat a shoe if the Bulls go into the tax. If the Bulls choose to retain Vucevic and Dosunmu - while keeping all other guaranteed contracts on the books - there is no way to re-sign White and Green while adding additional players to the roster without going into the tax. This is why inactivity at the deadline cannot be justified It’s certainly not enough space to retain White and Green, who, based on the above, are seemingly the odd men out. Not meaningful, game-changing players, at least. That’s nowhere near enough money to sign five additional players. Ten players on the books for $149.5 million, leaving a buffer of $12.5 million between guaranteed contracts and the tax line. Nonetheless, in order to project what lies ahead, let’s break out the calculators and dive into some numbers. As for the former, even if an answer is provided, it still makes little sense. Knowing this begs an obvious question: If it’s not possible to pay everyone, in large part due to the luxury tax avoidance mandates set by ownership, why weren’t players moved at the deadline to recoup some value before the offseason?Īs a follow up, does this now mean the Bulls could lose several players in the offseason for nothing? However, assuming #continuity remains the focus into the offseason, the Bulls will not be able to keep everyone.ĭecisions will need to be made. You won’t catch me endorsing any strategy that involves the Bulls doing very little moving forward. There was another very good and real reason why Chicago had to make a move at the deadline, and it hinges entirely on the financial inability to keep the current group intact. Your favorite Bulls beat writer, Will Gottlieb, thoroughly debunked several pie-in-the-sky talking points that Bulls figureheads will be pushing over the coming days and weeks. The Bulls want you to believe that standing still at the deadline last week was the right decision.
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