Depending on who you want to believe, the Chicago Bulls are either “aggressively shopping” All-Star center Pau Gasol or simply listening to offers from around the NBA.
Different take. Either way, shopping or listening, Bulls are looking for rotation player and 1st-rd pick for Pau/Taj https://t.co/fkNOuYHEn4
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 17, 2016
Hoiberg on why trade deadline gets busy: "People lie until the last 48 hours."
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 17, 2016
Gasol, 35, can head into unrestricted free agency this summer by opting out of his current deal.
The Bulls have also reportedly dangled forward Taj Gibson in trade talks.
Per Yahoo!:
The Chicago Bulls are aggressively shopping All-Star forward Pau Gasol, league sources said.
Gasol, 35, can opt out of his contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent, and Bulls general manager Gar Forman seems determined to move him before Thursday’s trade deadline with the hope of bringing back value.
Gasol is expected to decline the player option on the $7.4 million owed him in 2016-17. […] Gasol is averaging 17 points and 10.9 rebounds for the struggling Bulls.
