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That would have required the Nets to participate.

If the Bulls want to stay under the tax, they can only afford to pay Gallinari something like $6.7 million a year. With LaVine on a max contract and Terry on a rookie contract, they have $9.988 million in space before the tax threshold. With Drummond taking up $3.3 million of that, there's only around $6.7 million left. Boston can offer Gallinari $6.5 million on the tax payer's MLE and seemingly don't want to give him more than 1 year. I'm sure they can clear some room later on in the off-season if they need to. All the rumors pointed to Gallinari getting at least 2 years at $7.5 million a year.

Alright, now that the Drummond signing actually happened, I can bust this out.

I don't think you want Drummond playing more than 15-20 minutes a game. Everything I've read from Nets and Sixers fans/sites is that Drummond did very well for them in a back-up center role.

This is the most White Sox Bulls off-season you can imagine so far. Although, what is the equivalent of a non-elite reliever in the NBA? They need to sign more of those.

You also have to wonder how much $300k a year matters for someone like Drummond.

I'm assuming they're just not gonna use the $5 million Theis TPE if they're not willing to go over the tax.

I doubt they were gonna use the full MLE anyhow.

Looks like KC Johnson's sources were right. Gallinari probably gets done soon.

It really sucks to be a fan of a team owned by the Reinsdorfs.

Yeah he's interesting. I doubt he'd get a full MLE. Might be a good backup plan to Gallinari.

NGL I thought Jalen Brunson was actually just Rick Brunson for a while. I remember when Rick played for those awful Bulls teams.

Well this sucks. Short deal and fairly cheap. This does open up Mitchell Robinson as a possibility again though.

I don't think the Bulls could have spent that much on Bamba could they? Isn't that a little more than the full MLE?

Whatever it takes

I understand AKME probably have some limitations put on them by ownership to not go into the tax (yet), but if what's rumored is going to be the moves they'll make, it's pretty disappointing. Last off-season was very creative, but we also had a ton of assets to work with. Right now, not so much. But I was still hoping they'd pull something out of their ass.

I don't even like Bamba that much, I actually think Hartenstein is the best free agent center. But Bamba seems like a way better guy to get than Gallinari. That's how bad I think Gallinari is.

I'd rather pay for Bamba than Gallinari. At least Bamba has room to grow. At the worst he ends up a lot like Lauri that can actually blocks some shots.

Bulls are interested in Gallinari, according to KC Johnson. They're also interested in Andre Drummond for the vet min. Gallinari fixes the shooting issues, but his defense is a huge problem. I'm sure playing on the Hawks didn't help him, but he's been a negative defensive player for a while. He did play with Donovan in OKC, so I can see the connection there. Drummond is a nice value on the vet min, but you can't play him along side Vucevic and he's a defense only guy. IMO, Gallinari is a huge overpay for the MLE. You're basically paying for the name and not the production. It seems like such a Garpax move.

We see so many good defensive plays against us. Then we we our guys not catching routine balls. It's so infuriating.

Harrison has no shot against Ohtani's fastball

Leury swung at ball 4...

Pollock has been pretty much useless the past 1.5 weeks.

I was watching him getting blown away by 93 from Cotton and thought where the fuck is the guy who turned around 99 from Liam? A few pitches later he hits the opposite field walk off homer.

Naylor just walked off the Twins. Twins had a 3 run lead in extras and still lost.