A lot of the questions I get from Bulls fans are about the front office’s plans for free agency this summer. Well, the truth is the mid-season trade that brought Omer Asik’s contract from New Orleans and Zach LaVine’s restricted free agency will limit what the Bulls might be able to do. And, John Paxson has been clear in various media sessions that the Bulls do not plan to overpay veteran free agents just because they have money to spend.
But the trade that brought Asik to Chicago (along with Tony Allen, Jameer Nelson and a 1st round draft pick for Niko Mirotic) provides the blueprint for a strategy that could come into play in early July.