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Bobby Marks: Mozgov joins a list of Omer Asik, Mirza Teletovic, Chris Bosh, Nikola Pekovic and Aaron Gray that have seen their salary removed in the past three-years as a result of a long-term injury waiver.
Shams Charania: The NBA has removed Omer Asik's deal from the Chicago Bulls' salary books via career-ending injury/illness, freeing up an additional $3M in space, league sources tell @The Athletic @Stadium. Chicago now has upwards of $23M in salary space for free agency.
Bulls request removing Omer Asik's salary off the books
Shams Charania: The Chicago Bulls have requested the NBA to have Omer Asik's contract removed from team salary via career-ending injury/illness, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. It would free up $3M in space for the summer. Asik was waived by the Bulls in October.
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Malika Andrews: Bulls sign PG Shaquille Harrison to a two-year minimum contract. His 2018-19 salary has $250,000 guaranteed. His 2019-20 salary has $175,000 guaranteed if he’s not waived before 8/15/19, per league sources. Bulls are also leaning toward using the stretch provision on Omer Asik.
The Chicago Bulls are walking away from the oft-injured Omer Asik, announcing they had waived the center on Sunday. Asik hadn't played for the Bulls this season after he was ruled out indefinitely with inflammatory arthritis in September. Asik's $11.3 million salary for 2018-19 was fully guaranteed, and he is owed $3 million for next season as a partial guarantee. The Bulls would owe him the full $14.3 million unless a team claims him off waivers, which is unlikely.
The Chicago Bulls have signed guard Shaquille Harrison. In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. In a preceding move, the Bulls waived center Omer Asik. Harrison (6-4, 190) was waived by the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 15, 2018. He played in four games (three starts) for the Suns during the 2018 preseason and averaged 7.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.25 steals and 1.25 blocks in 22.4 minutes per game. Harrison first signed with Phoenix on Feb. 21, 2018, and averaged 6.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.13 steals in 23 games last season, his first in the NBA.
Shams Charania: Bulls signing Shaquille Harrison to standard NBA deal, waiving eight-year NBA center Omer Asik. Asik is dealing with inflammatory arthritis issue and is under salary for for $11.3M this season, then partial guarantee on $11.9M for next season.
Darnell Mayberry: To make room for Shaquille Harrison, the Bulls will waive center Omer Asik, sources tell The Athletic.
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Scott Kushner: The last time the #Pelicans made the playoffs, their second most used two-man tandem was Omer Asik and Tyreke Evans (1,665 minutes together). This time? Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis (2,223 minutes together).
The new CBA will impact the Bulls signing of Sean Kilpatrick in a multitude of ways. For starters, Chicago is still $2M below the minimum salary cap floor. Although Chicago now has $90M counted against the cap, the amount of salary applied to the floor is the amount earned while playing for the Bulls and not the full cap hit. The acquisition of Omer Asik, Noah Vonleh, Willie Reed, Tony Allen and Quincy Pondexter in previous years would have pushed the Bulls above the floor. For trade purposes, only the amount guaranteed (or earned at the time) in 2018-19 and 2019-20 will apply and not the cap hit. For example, if Kilpatrick has a $2M non-guaranteed salary next season, the amount used in a trade will be $0. The Nets will also receive a set-off based on the salary earned with the Bucks, Clippers and Bulls.
KC Johnson: Omer Asik and Jameer Nelson have yet to take physicals and thus won’t address reporters today. Plan is for Lauri Markkanen to meet Bulls in Sacramento, per Hoiberg. Zipser starts vs. Clippers.
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