Zach Lavine: Offered 4/80 from Kings update p26 Bulls Matched

[Betta Bulleavit]

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For once, I actually agree with KC.

KC’s position on this could be extremely telling with him being the mouth piece for the organization. Just saying.

[HoopsterJones]

Not sure if true, but somebody said that ESPN reported that the Bulls will likely match the offer.

[Dresden]

It's a steep price, no doubt, but he was the centerpiece of the Butler deal, and it would really suck to only get to see one year of a guy who was just coming off ACL surgery.

I also don't think the Bulls should be letting young players they value walk for nothing at the beginning of their rebuild. If they have to overpay some, so be it, IMO. The free agency game has never worked for them, and probably won't as long as Forman/Paxson are there, unfortunately.

I'd much rather save the cap space so that we can sign two max free agents in 2019 or 20, than waste in a guy who has never been a net positive on the court, and is coming off an ACL.

And when was the last time the Bulls signed a max free agent from another team...??? Not happening bud. Bulls match this since they can't convince anyone to come to or stay with this franchise.

Boozer, Gasol, Wallace. And just because it never happened in the past, doesn't mean it won't ever. Haven't you ever read the fine print "past performance is no guarantee of future results"?

[Ctownbulls]

KC article scares me...he is lubing the casual Bulls fan up.

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[umfan83]

No way do I even consider matching this. Haven’t seen enough out of Zack to warrant that kind of money. Have fun playing for the Kings

Take into consideration that full recovery from ACL tear is 18+ months. What you saw out of him was not necessarily what you’ll see from him in future years. That has always been the issue though from the moment the Bulls acquired him

[Kurt Heimlich]

KANGZ sticking it to us. Of course the most moronic front office in the NBA has to target our guy. Lose lose situation. Oh well

[PhilippineBulls]

Let him walk. Wel have 60m in capspace in 2019. Sign jimmy, kyrie, and ad.

[boundbymusic]

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For once, I actually agree with KC.

That article coming out = Bulls are matching. Using KC to try and get out ahead and spin it.

[Chicago-Bull-E]

Of course you don't sign him to that.

Go to the trade board or general boar, the Kings fans are disgusted with this move and fans of other teams mocking the Kings.

That being said, KC says they must match, so it's likely already a done deal, the fools will match.

[kulaz3000]

Honestly, I'm so meh about the whole Zach situation. I really don't really care if we match or let him go quite honestly. I really haven't been so ambivalent about such a big decision by the Bulls, which probably means that best decision would be to let him go.

[contestedlayups]

Is it not a warning sign that the worst organization in the league just offered a bloated contract no one else was willing to put up? And you guys want to match it?

I'm done here.

How is this bloated exactly? If the Bulls were looking to sign Lavine for $18 mil, what's the difference?

[BR0D1E86]

Not sure if true, but somebody said that ESPN reported that the Bulls will likely match the offer.

I can’t wait until two years from now when the trade board spends its time debating how many picks they’d require to take on Lavine’s bad contract.

[The Box Office]

I let him go. That's too much. He's not even better than Prime Ben Gordon.

[draftbarnes]

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[Kurt Heimlich]

Were gonna match. Wish we wouldn't though. Let the kangz cap themselves out with the perma-lotto team they've built.

[RebuildaBulls]

KC wrote something why Bulls should match or something like that

[stl705]

I could care less about his comments, in fact i think he’s 100% right. Bulls left with their pants down... again.

Maybe Gar/Pax never intended to resign Lavine, maybe they hust wanted an easy way to part ways. Everyone in the league and every basketball fan could see the Kings had to offer a big $$ deal for Lavine, hindsight not required.

[dougthonus]

Would be surprised if the Bulls don't match. I hope they pass, but doubt it.

[contestedlayups]

I'd much rather save the cap space so that we can sign two max free agents in 2019 or 20, than waste in a guy who has never been a net positive on the court, and is coming off an ACL.

And when was the last time the Bulls signed a max free agent from another team...??? Not happening bud. Bulls match this since they can't convince anyone to come to or stay with this franchise.

Boozer, Gasol, Wallace. And just because it never happened in the past, doesn't mean it won't ever. Haven't you ever read the fine print "past performance is no guarantee of future results"?

And those three names is exactly why relying on free agency with this front office is by far the worst way to go. It's bitten the Bulls franchise so many times in the past, yet for some reason everyone on these forums thinks that they'll get it right this time!

[StunnerKO]

This fan base is all over the place