Michael Carter-Williams is eligible for restricted free agency this summer, but won’t be receiving a qualifying offer from the Bulls, according to David Kaplan of ESPN 1000 in Chicago (Twitter link). According to Kaplan, executive VP of basketball operations John Paxson confirmed the decision during an appearance on ESPN 1000.
Carter-Williams, the NBA’s Rookie of the Year back in 2013/14, has seen his usage and his production fall off since his days with the Sixers. After being acquired by Chicago in a preseason trade for Tony Snell last fall, Carter-Williams appeared in 45 games for the Bulls in 2016/17, averaging just 6.6 PPG, 3.4 RPG, and 2.5 APG on 36.6% shooting (18.8 minutes per game).
Although they won’t tender a qualifying offer to Carter-Williams, the Bulls still have multiple restricted free agents to focus on in the coming days. Nikola Mirotic, Cristiano Felicio, and Joffrey Lauvergne are also eligible to become RFAs, and are better bets than Carter-Williams to receive QOs.
Without a qualifying offer in hand, Carter-Williams is on track to become an unrestricted free agent this weekend. The 25-year-old’s QO would have been worth $4,187,598.
Wow. Lottery pick to ROTY to not even being tendered an offer. That’s a crazy fall.
He needs to look at Shaun Livingston’s career and model his game after Shaun’s. Ofcourse Shaun’s basketball IQ is very high, don’t know about MCW.
Yep. If MCW had a few brain cells, he’d be dangerous.
This is the same path Malcolm Brogdon will take. Joel is the real ROY.
You mean he is the real ROM (Rookie of the Month) since he didn’t make it to a year.
Haha
Watched this guy all of last season. Nothing but pure garbage. Good riddance.