Boston’s Jayson Tatum inked his over a year ago.
Utah’s Donovan Mitchell and Miami’s Bam Adebayo a bit more recently.
The draft class of 2017 is starting to get those big extension pay days, while the Bulls and Lauri Markkanen bob and weave through a slow game of chicken.
Neither side is to blame, as the new regime would love to make sure that Markkanen is truly a foundation piece that can eventually reach unicorn status as a 7-footer with multiple dominant skills, while Markkanen hopes that his organization has faith in him reaching that level.