Shams had a rumor that the Bulls and Vucevic are discussing an extension.
HoopsRumors reminds us that if this is a true extension (and not letting the contract expire and re-signing as an unrestricted free agent), the max he could receive a starting salary worth up to $26.4MM on a deal that covers as many as four years. (hoopsrumors.com/2023/05/bulls-nikola-vu…)
KC Johnson (who will tell you he’s not good at playing GM), “offered a short-term, two-year $48-50 million, or three-year $66-72 million contract as possible figures for Vucevic's next deal” (nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/report-bull…)
These are insane figures. As I said last month, Vuc should be retained only if on a role player salary. They cannot dedicate their payroll under the tax so much to a player that you have to compensate for everywhere else. They already do this for the other parts of the ‘big three’, who are far better players.
