I think Brogdon can be had this summer. The Bulls would just have to be willing to over pay what the market might be... Dallas, Indiana and Utah seem to be the teams that are going to throw money his way but not the kind of money I think the Bulls should in order to not get matched. Dallas was talking between $15-20M per and I'm sure the Bucks would do everything they could to match that,but it seems they might be in a tougher spot than many think... I think 4/90 might just get it done and I would pay that for him.
I thought this was an interesting article from the Ringer this week... here are some excerpts....
Malcolm Brogdon has been a cheat code in the playoffs. The Bucks went from good to great when he returned from a plantar fasciitis injury four games ago. Their net rating with him on the floor (plus-24.8 in 105 minutes) doesn’t even seem real. Milwaukee still has another level it can reach: It has been using Brogdon as its sixth man since he came back. Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said that he wants to keep Brogdon in that role even after they lost Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday, but moving him back into the starting lineup is his trump card if the series gets any closer. He would be even more important in a potential NBA Finals matchup with Golden State. It could be the perfect showcase for Brogdon, who will be a restricted free agent this summer.
Brogdon, a second-round pick in 2016, will be in line for a massive raise after playing on a minimum contract the last three seasons. He’s one of the most complete guards in the NBA. It just took a new coaching staff in Milwaukee for people to realize it. Like Khris Middleton, Brogdon was a victim of the mismanagement of the previous regime. He was known mostly for backing into the Rookie of the Year Award in 2016-17, beating out Joel Embiid primarily because the oft-injured big man only appeared in 31 games. It was hard for Brogdon to make a name for himself last season: How good could a secondary option on a team that won 44 games and lost in the first round really be? The reality, as we saw this season, is that a team with enough talent to make Brogdon the fourth or fifth option should be one of the best in the NBA.
Brogdon reached the Valhalla of shooters this season: Shooting higher than 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3, and 90 perfect from the free throw line. There have only been 14 seasons in NBA history where a player has hit those benchmarks. Brogdon is the first since Steph Curry in 2015-16. And he’s not just a shooting specialist, either. Brogdon was a point forward in college: He can handle the ball, shoot off the dribble, and make plays on the move. There are no good options for the defense when he is playing off the ball. He can drain open 3s or attack closeouts and create open 3s for someone else. He’s a smart player who rarely gets sped up or makes bad decisions, averaging 3.2 assists on only 1.4 turnovers per game this season.
A player who shoots and passes as well as Brogdon is a force multiplier. He can slide into almost any role in the offense. He was the fifth option in their starting lineup behind Giannis Antetokounmpo, Middleton, Eric Bledsoe, and Brook Lopez in the regular season, and there were large stretches of games where he was the second option on the second unit. He can handle any amount of offensive responsibility in between.....
.......Brogdon will have a lot to play for over the next few weeks. He isn’t one of the headliners in this year’s free agent class, but he would be a great consolation prize for any team with cap space. Three stand out: Utah, Dallas, and Indiana. Brogdon could be a great secondary option behind Donovan Mitchell, Luka Doncic, or Victor Oladipo. There aren’t many free agents who can create their own shot, run the offense, space the floor, and defend multiple positions without disrupting the locker room. Brogdon is the kind of player that any coach would love: a wise-beyond-his-years 26-year-old who founded a charity that builds wells in East Africa and is known as “The President” by his college teammates.
Brogdon should get a long-term contract for more than $15 million a season. The issue for Milwaukee is whether they can give that much money to someone with such a small role in the offense. They don’t need Brogdon in the regular season: They can plug in a more limited shooter like Pat Connaughton and Sterling Brown and be fine. He only becomes crucial when they advance in the playoffs and every player’s weaknesses are magnified. There’s no basketball reason to let a player like Brogdon walk for nothing, but keeping a legitimate championship contender together over the long haul is also incredibly expensive. Just ask Golden State and Cleveland, who paid massive luxury tax penalties over the last few seasons.
The ownership group in Milwaukee will have to dig deep into their pockets this summer. Almost every key player in their rotation will be a free agent: Middleton, Brogdon, Lopez, Mirotic, and Hill. They gave Bledsoe a four-year, $70 million extension in March, which means just keeping Middleton, Lopez, and Brogdon will push them deep into the luxury tax. Middleton will get a max contract from someone, while Lopez, who is on a one-year, $3.4 million contract, is almost as underpaid as Brogdon. Hill ($19 million) and Mirotic ($12.5 million) would have to take deep pay cuts to stay in any scenario. This is where handing out big contracts to Bledsoe and Tony Snell (player option for $12.2 million in 2021-22) could haunt the Bucks. .................
https://www.theringer.com/2019/5/21/18633361/malcolm-brogdon-bucks-raptors-warriors
