9:51pm: The Bulls have officially waived Bradley, according to the NBA transactions log.
9:22am: The Bulls are expected to waive center Tony Bradley on Tuesday in order to open up a spot on their 15-man roster to sign Patrick Beverley, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter).
Bradley signed a two-year contract with Chicago during the 2021 offseason and appeared in 55 games with the team last season, but hasn’t had a role for the Bulls in 2022/23. The big man has logged just 33 total minutes across 12 appearances, scoring 19 points and grabbing 11 minutes during that time.
Assuming Bradley goes unclaimed on waivers, which seems like a safe bet, the Bulls will remain on the hook for the rest of his $2,036,318 salary — he’s still owed approximately $562K of that amount, tweets ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
There had been some speculation that the Bulls might release Goran Dragic in order to add Beverley, but it seems Dragic will stick around. The decision will result in a crowded point guard depth chart for the Bulls. Even with Lonzo Ball not expected to return this season, Chicago will still have Beverley, Dragic, Alex Caruso, Ayo Dosunmu, and Coby White in the mix at that spot (though some of them can play the two as well).
As for Bradley, Woj notes (via Twitter) that there are still some teams in the market for a backup center, so it’s possible the 25-year-old will find a new NBA home in the coming days or weeks. He’ll be playoff-eligible for a new team, since he’s being released prior to March 1.
Yes!!!! No offense to Tony, but having a player like him on your team, even at the end of the bench, denotes a big lack of depth. He looked better at shooting in limited action this year, but I’d rather Simonovic be the third backup
Meyers Leonard was hired, Bradley will have someone pick him up on a 10-day or more. Guaranteed.
Well, that removes Dragic as a possibility, at least for the time being, for teams like GS still looking for a backup point. Chris Chiozza is having an amazing season in the G-League for the LI Nets and he’s not on a two-way deal. I’m not sure he’s still eligible for one anyway. The Nets may want to use their open roster spot to prevent other teams from poaching him even if they want to leave him in LI. Otherwise I could see a team like GS who had him once before I believe from taking him. The other reason for putting him on the main roster before March 1 is for PG depth in case of injury during the playoffs.
No loss. Should of happened before this.
He played really well during his time in Philly. Unfortunately, they just signed Dedmond, which likely means there would be no desire for Bradley.
Tony Bradley just haven’t done enough in the league to be anything more than your third Center.
Not entirely true. He filled in admirably for Embiid for a long stretch a few years back.
He’ll never be a starting center, but he is a guy who can give you 10-12 quality minutes a game.
Former first rounder
Bye bye, Bradley…we hardly knew ya. But we will always cherish that one basket you made in garbage time a few games ago…
You will? Obsessed much…
Apparently you youngsters need to see /sarcasm tags…