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Bulls_Fan20 · 05-24-2012, 12:32 PM

Right now the Bulls are on the books for approximately $75 million in 2012/13 if you include these three, but doesn’t take Omer’s extension into account. Luxury tax threshold will be $70.3 million, and I doubt Reinsdorf will approve going over this coming year. I think Brewer has the biggest chance to be gone, since Butler can easily fill his place for much less. Dumping Brewer gets us to $70.7 million, but that's only with 10 guys, two of which (Rose and Deng) will be out for extended periods of time.

So we need to add at least 4 guys – veteran minimum is about $1 million, so getting to $66 million (pre-Omer) is the goal. I’d love to cut both Korver and Watson and re-sign them to cheaper contracts, but I don’t know if they will go for that, especially if we won’t be in contention for a title next year.

I’ve thought for a while now that the Bulls need to trade/amnesty either Boozer or Noah to stay under the tax next season. Nobody really wants to get rid of Korver or Watson (esp. with Rose and Deng out). I’m not sure why the Bulls won’t amnesty Boozer, but that’s not for me to figure out. Getting Boozer/Noah’s contract off the books will allow us to retain our current players (except Brewer), give Omer an extension, and have some room to sign vets to fill out the roster.

05-24-2012, 12:32 PM	#9
Bulls_Fan20 Local High School Star Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,155	Re: What do we do with Watson, Korver and Brewer? Right now the Bulls are on the books for approximately $75 million in 2012/13 if you include these three, but doesn’t take Omer’s extension into account. Luxury tax threshold will be $70.3 million, and I doubt Reinsdorf will approve going over this coming year. I think Brewer has the biggest chance to be gone, since Butler can easily fill his place for much less. Dumping Brewer gets us to $70.7 million, but that's only with 10 guys, two of which (Rose and Deng) will be out for extended periods of time. So we need to add at least 4 guys – veteran minimum is about $1 million, so getting to $66 million (pre-Omer) is the goal. I’d love to cut both Korver and Watson and re-sign them to cheaper contracts, but I don’t know if they will go for that, especially if we won’t be in contention for a title next year. I’ve thought for a while now that the Bulls need to trade/amnesty either Boozer or Noah to stay under the tax next season. Nobody really wants to get rid of Korver or Watson (esp. with Rose and Deng out). I’m not sure why the Bulls won’t amnesty Boozer, but that’s not for me to figure out. Getting Boozer/Noah’s contract off the books will allow us to retain our current players (except Brewer), give Omer an extension, and have some room to sign vets to fill out the roster.