**Front office discussions**: Can Chicago retool its roster without blowing it up? Do expiring contracts and young players in a possible Zach LaVine trade have more value than future first-round picks? How much stock do the Bulls put in the games that LaVine did not play this season? Is Chicago comfortable keeping DeMar DeRozan past the trade deadline knowing it could lose him in free agency? DeRozan is eligible to sign a three-year, $129 million extension up until June 30.
**Off the board**: Coby White (Jan. 15 signing restriction) and Ayo Dosunmu (Jan. 15 signing restriction)
**Players with trade value**: Alex Caruso ($9.5M, UFA 2025), DeRozan ($28.6M, UFA 2024) and Nikola Vucevic ($18.5M, UFA 2026)
**Free agents in July**: DeRozan (UFA), Lonzo Ball ($20.5M, Player), Patrick Williams ($9.8M, RFA), Andre Drummond ($3.4M, UFA) and Torrey Craig ($2.5M, Player)
**Controllable contracts**: Dalen Terry ($3.4M, RFA 2026), Julian Phillips ($1.6M, Team 2026) and Terry Taylor ($2M, UFA 2025)
**Long-term salary**: =LaVine ($40.1M, Player 2026), Jevon Carter ($6.2M, Player 2025), White ($11.1M, UFA 2025) and Dosunmu ($6.5M, UFA 2026)
**Draft capital**: The Bulls owe San Antonio a top-10 protected first in 2025. That pick is also top-eight protected in 2026 and 2027. Chicago can trade a first-round pick two years after the pick to San Antonio is conveyed. The Bulls are allowed to swap their own first in 2024, 2028, 2029 or 2030. The Trail Blazers owe Chicago a first-round pick that is top-14 protected over the next five seasons. Chicago has two second-round picks available to trade.
**The finances**: Chicago is $1.7 million below the luxury tax and $6.4 million below the first apron. It has a $10.2M disabled player exception and can use it to sign or trade a player with one year left on his contract.
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**Chicago Bulls**
**Front office discussions**: Can Chicago retool its roster without blowing it up? Do expiring contracts and young players in a possible Zach LaVine trade have more value than future first-round picks? How much stock do the Bulls put in the games that LaVine did not play this season? Is Chicago comfortable keeping DeMar DeRozan past the trade deadline knowing it could lose him in free agency? DeRozan is eligible to sign a three-year, $129 million extension up until June 30.
**Off the board**: Coby White (Jan. 15 signing restriction) and Ayo Dosunmu (Jan. 15 signing restriction)
**Players with trade value**: Alex Caruso ($9.5M, UFA 2025), DeRozan ($28.6M, UFA 2024) and Nikola Vucevic ($18.5M, UFA 2026)
**Free agents in July**: DeRozan (UFA), Lonzo Ball ($20.5M, Player), Patrick Williams ($9.8M, RFA), Andre Drummond ($3.4M, UFA) and Torrey Craig ($2.5M, Player)
**Controllable contracts**: Dalen Terry ($3.4M, RFA 2026), Julian Phillips ($1.6M, Team 2026) and Terry Taylor ($2M, UFA 2025)
**Long-term salary**: =LaVine ($40.1M, Player 2026), Jevon Carter ($6.2M, Player 2025), White ($11.1M, UFA 2025) and Dosunmu ($6.5M, UFA 2026)
**Draft capital**: The Bulls owe San Antonio a top-10 protected first in 2025. That pick is also top-eight protected in 2026 and 2027. Chicago can trade a first-round pick two years after the pick to San Antonio is conveyed. The Bulls are allowed to swap their own first in 2024, 2028, 2029 or 2030. The Trail Blazers owe Chicago a first-round pick that is top-14 protected over the next five seasons. Chicago has two second-round picks available to trade.
**The finances**: Chicago is $1.7 million below the luxury tax and $6.4 million below the first apron. It has a $10.2M disabled player exception and can use it to sign or trade a player with one year left on his contract.
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