bearadonisdna wrote:JeremyB0001 wrote:bearadonisdna wrote:Yeah niko probably has no trade value. If teams dont want to take on his contract right now they wont give up an asset to take on his contract.
That being said the bulls offered the qualifying offer. Which is par for the course. Niko is still a young player for the most part. I think the bulls would have to take on salary to trade niko.
Who says that teams don't want to take on Mirotic's contract right now?
I would say teams dont want to take on his contract because he is currently a Fa and can be signed with giving up assets.
Well, yeah, I was going to point that out - he currently has no contract to take on.
At most, there just a few teams in the NBA that can currently sign Mirotic. Because he's a restricted free agent, teams can only sign Mirotic if they have enough cap space to sign him to a contract so big that the Bulls won't want to match. I imagine that the Bulls would match a contract up to $12 million per season without blinking. That's what many think they've already offered Mirotic. Only three teams other than the Bulls have over $12 million cap space: the Mavs, the 76ers, and the Suns. There may or may not be a few other teams that could clear that kind of cap space without having to give up assets to do so. So there are 25+ teams that would have to do a sign-and-trade to acquire Mirotic right now. I would guess that the Bulls and teams interested in Mirotic would prefer not to do a sign-and-trade. Teams will be more comfortable trading for him and the Bulls will get more in return if Mirotic first signs a reasonable contract with the Bulls and then plays decently as one of the team's top options.