The Bulls have rescinded their qualifying offer to Joffrey Lauvergne, tweets Shams Charania of The Vertical. The move makes him an unrestricted free agent, and Charania notes that several teams are already expressing interest.
The qualifying offer was $2,137,149 and Lauvergne had a $3,248,466 cap hold, so Chicago frees up a little bit of money by letting him go.
The Bulls acquired the third-year center/forward from Oklahoma City in a trade at the February deadline. He played 20 games with Chicago, averaging 4.5 points and 3.4 rebounds in about 12 minutes per night.
Lauvergne was selected by Memphis with the 55th pick in 2013 and was traded to Denver on draft night. He spent two years with the Nuggets before being dealt to the Thunder in 2016. He earned a little more than $1.7MM last season.
Knicks should give him the max! He has the potential to be a combination of wilt and Jordan! – dionis
Give him the max Knicks! He has the potential to be a combination of Jordan and wilt! – something dionis would say
Give me that Carmelo trade that is supposed to happened but never has
The Bulls are in a rebuild. There is no point in bringing Melo to the Bulls. He obviously wants to go to either the Cavs or the Rockets
So the Bulls traded Gibson, 1.5 years of McDermott and a pick for a guy whose rights they renounced and maybe a 3rd string point. It’s pretty apparent why you Chi fans all hate their ownership
More precisely management! Bafoons felt need to also include our first round pick to minny for butler. Having the 7 and 16th pick sounded much better, right? Jump now lemmings
That one confused the Hell out of me. No way the 16th pick was a deal breaker for Minnesota. Bulls had the bargaining chip and seemed to make a rush decision.
How about keeping Gasol in 2016 when the Kings were offering their unprotected first round pick…
And Ben mclemore. I know he’s not the best and kinda a bust. But he’s still young with athleticism
And ownership. It all starts at the top. Jerry Reinsdorf is, dare I say, one of the most incompetent owners in all of sports — as far as winning and accountability goes.
The guy simply doesn’t care, as long as the shekels keep rolling in.
He simply rewards cronies with lifetime jobs, never holds them accountable, and s h ! Ts all over the fans.
And Payne is hot garbage!
So remind me again why we gave away our 2nd rounder for money to the owner? We were told because of a roster crunch yet they continue to let players walk……
Every report during and after the draft was that they were using that money to buy our rondo.
Why? More $$ for Jerry? If your really tanking, but out Wade