Chicago Bulls Team Salary

Quick: Over the cap.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Projection for 2021-22 ($112,414,000 cap): Up to $36.9 million in cap space, less with their own first-round pick, Thaddeus Young, Tomas Satoransky, Al-Farouq Aminu’s player option and none with Lauri Markkanen’s cap hold.

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart:
PG: Coby White, Tomas Satoransky, Ryan Arcidiacono, Devon Dotson (two-way)
SG: Zach LaVine, Denzel Valentine, Javonte Green, Adam Mokoka (two-way)
SF: Garrett Temple, Al-Farouq Aminu, Troy Brown Jr
PF: Patrick Williams, Thaddeus Young, Lauri Markkanen (injured)
C: Nikola Vucevic, Daniel Theis, Cristiano Felicio

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

Mid-Level Exception — $4,491,000 (Garrett Temple)
Bi-Annual Exception — $3,623,000

Waived Players: Noah Vonleh, Simi Shittu, Zach Norvell Jr

Traded Players: Luke Kornet, Chandler Hutchison, Daniel Gafford, Otto Porter Jr, Wendell Carter Jr

G-League Affiliate: Windy City Bulls (Brad Seymour president, Josh Kreibich general manager, Damian Cotter head coach)

Two-Way Contracts: Adam Mokoka, Devon Dotson

Note: Two-Way Contracts pay $449,115 for the full 2020-21 season, pro-rated based on in-season signing date. Once a player reaches 50 games played, his salary will jump to the minimum for his years of service.

Governor: Michael Reinsdorf

Basketball Executives:

Arturas Karnisovas — executive vice president of basketball operations
Marc Eversley — general manager
Pat Connelly — vice president of player personnel
JJ Polk — assistant general manager
Steve Weinman — assistant general manager
Brian Hagen — associate general manager
Jim Paxson — director of pro personnel
Doug Collins — senior advisor of basketball operations
John Paxon — senior advisor of basketball operations

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Billy Donovan

Assistants: Maurice Cheeks, Chris Fleming, Josh Longstaff, John Bryant, Damian Cotter, Billy Schmidt

Training Staff: Chip Schaefer (director of performance health), Todd Campbell (head athletic trainer), Arnold Lee (assistant athletic trainer), Matthew Johnson (head strength coach), Geoffrey Puls (assistant strength coach)

Pick Swaps

2021 — The Bulls can swap second-rounders with the New Orleans Pelicans (Nikola Mirotic).
2021 — Owe a first-rounder (top-4 protected in 2021, top-3 in 2022, otherwise converts to 2024 and 2025 second-rounders) to the Orlando Magic (Nikola Vucevic).
2022 — The Bulls can swap second-rounders with the Detroit Pistons (Jameer Nelson), may go to the Sacramento Kings (James Ennis, Xavier Tillman Jr). May swap with the Los Angeles Lakers second-rounder from the Washington Wizards (Tomas Satoransky).
2023 — Owe a first-rounder (two years after the 2021 obligation to the Orland Magic, top-4 protected in 2023, top-3 in 2024, otherwise converts to 2026 and 2027 second-rounders) to Orlando (Nikola Vucevic).
2023 — Owe a second-rounder to the Washington Wizards (Otto Porter).

Cash Paid ($5,617,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,617,000 max): $1,300,000 from the Boston Celtics (Daniel Theis) — $4,317,000 remaining

Deadlines

6/22/21 — NBA Draft Lottery.
7/29/21 — NBA Draft.
7/31/21 — Team option on Ryan Arcidiacono.
7/31/21 — Qualifying offer deadlines Lauri Markkanen and Javonte Green.
8/1/21 — Thaddeus Young’s $15,190,000 (incentives TBD) guarantees for 2021-22.
8/1/21 — Tomas Satoransky’s $10 million guarantees for 2021-22.
8/1/21 — Final Day of 2020-21 season.
8/2/21 — Start of 2021-22 season and moratorium.
Before the first day of 2021-22 season — Extension deadlines on Troy Brown Jr.
10/31/21 — Team options on Coby White and Patrick Williams.
6/29/22 — Qualifying offer deadlines on Troy Brown Jr.
Before the first day of 2022-23 season — Extension deadline on Coby White.
10/31/22 — Team option on Patrick Williams.
6/29/23 — Qualifying offer deadline on Coby White.
Before the first day of 2023-24 season — Extension deadline on Patrick Williams.
6/29/24 — Qualifying offer deadline on Patrick Williams.

Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates but no later than January 7 each year.

Transactions

8/14/20 — Fired coach Jim Boylen.
9/22/20 — Hired coach Billy Donovan.
11/16/20 — Otto Porter’s opted into his contract.
11/16/20 — Issued a $4,698,198 qualifying offer to Denzel Valentine.
11/16/20 — Issued one-year two-way contract ($50,000 guaranteed) qualifying offer to Adam Mokoka.
11/18/20 — Drafted Patrick Williams (2020-4th) and Marko Simonovic (2020-44th).
11/19/20 — Declined to issue qualifying offers to Kris Dunn, Max Strus and Shaquille Harrison.
11/21/20 — Signed Patrick Williams (2020-4th) to a $32,101,641 rookie-scale contract.
11/21/20 — Denzel Valentine signed his $4,642,800 qualifying offer.
11/21/20 — Signed Devon Dotson to a two-way contract ($50,000 guaranteed).
11/22/20 — Re-signed Adam Mokoka to a two-way contract ($50,000 guaranteed).
11/27/20 — Signed Zach Norvell Jr. to a non-guaranteed $1,445,697 minimum summer contract (Exhibit 9).
11/27/20 — Signed Garrett Temple to a $4,767,000 contract.
11/27/20 — Signed Noah Vonleh to a non-guaranteed $2,028,594 minimum contract.
12/6/20 — Signed Simi Shittu to a non-guaranteed 898,310 minimum summer contract (Exhibit 9).
12/14/20 — Waived Noah Vonleh.
12/19/20 — Picked up the third-year rookie-scale option on Coby White.
12/19/20 — Picked up the fourth-year rookie-scale options on Wendell Carter Jr and Chandler Hutchison.
12/19/20 — Waived Simi Shittu and Zach Norvell Jr.
12/21/20 — Extension deadline on Lauri Markkanen elapsed.
3/25/21 — Traded Daniel Gafford and Chandler Hutchison to the Washington Wizards and Luke Kornet to the Boston Celtics for Troy Brown Jr from the Wizards, and Daniel Theis, Javonte Green and $1,300,000 from the Celtics.
3/25/21 — Traded Otto Porter Jr, Wendell Carter Jr, a 2021 first-rounder (top-4 protected in 2021, top-3 protected in 2022 otherwise converts to 2024 and 2025 second-rounders and a 2023 first-rounder (two-years after the 2021 obligation, top-4 protected (initially in 2023), then top-3 protected (initially in 2024) otherwise converts to 2026 and 2027 second-rounders) to the Orlando Magic for Nikola Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu.