WOJ : Bulls' Lonzo Ball picks his 21.4 million player option.

[Effigy]

Can't he medically retire and give the Bulls some cap space? He would still get his money.

I would never offer player options but team options. If they don't like it.....leave.

That includes my Joel.

The player option isn’t what killing them, it’s just one more year. The guaranteed aspect is what hurts them and the inability to replace him. Being screwed for 2 1/2 years or 3 1/2 isn’t that big of a difference.

[durden_tyler]

The NBA will eventually have to deal with these "guaranteed" contracts for these kind of injury-prone players. Next CBA perhaps.

[Nate505]

He earned it

[wegotthabeet]

hoping to see a shaun livingston like arc for this guy.

[Dubious Handles]

Both Ball boys are damaged goods. They swindled nba teams for hundreds of millions of dollars while barely playing, Lavar is a genius.

[Clav]

My face would be burning with shame and embarrassment while picking up that option, but I'd still do it 100%.

Just...you know, both agent/player and ownership group/team agreed to this contract and signed that dotted line years ago. It's the players' legal right to receive it and the paying team's responsibility to fulfill it. I get the sentiment, but yeah, this business was sealed years ago. Sports ownership...high risk, high reward. sometimes it doesn't work out right

[ChuckChilly]

My face would be burning with shame and embarrassment while picking up that option, but I'd still do it 100%.

No reason to be embarrassed. That would be like getting hurt on the job and feeling guilty about getting workers compensation.

[Pointgod]

Basically a 20 million expiring contract that the Bulls have handy to make a trade.

[Rendei]

My face would be burning with shame and embarrassment while picking up that option, but I'd still do it 100%.

Just...you know, both agent/player and ownership group/team agreed to this contract and signed that dotted line years ago. It's the players' legal right to receive it and the paying team's responsibility to fulfill it. I get the sentiment, but yeah, this business was sealed years ago. Sports ownership...high risk, high reward. sometimes it doesn't work out right

This isn't a typical business deal. This is a business deal that the entire city of Chicago probably has an opinion about. I would definitely be aware of all of that.

[snaquille oatmeal]

Isn’t he half a season away from being half a season away to entertain when he is coming back?

[payton2kemp]

The NBA will eventually have to deal with these "guaranteed" contracts for these kind of injury-prone players. Next CBA perhaps.

How many guys have had career ending injuries recently? its not that common. This is pretty rare.

[WentzerWuver]

Can't he medically retire and give the Bulls some cap space? He would still get his money.

I would never offer player options but team options. If they don't like it.....leave.

That includes my Joel.

No GM likes to give that, but in negotiations, you need to submit sometimes. Can come back and bite you, but other option can too. Jalen Brunson has player option, imagine you are Knicks and you put your foot down and Brunson walks away...

Knicks hired his pop to be an assistant, so they have all the leverage and if push comes to shove, they can even play hard ball by threatening to fire Rick if his boy doesn't sign the generous no player option max contract.

I doubt Brunson even asks for that option, tbh.

[Michael Jackson]

Jamal Crawford torn ACL, Jay Williams career ending motor cycle accident, D Rose career ending injury, Lonzo Ball career ending injury. Bulls PGs have a 20+ year history of lost opportunity. Who knows what could have been

That is the karmic price of having Jordan healthy (sans the ankle) for his career. You must pay the basketball gods. Is the debt paid in full? I doubt it.

[Wallace_Wallace]

Im hearing from sources that after sending written confirmation he would accept this option, Lonzo stood up from his desk and injured his knee again.

Yeah, he was with LiAngelo and his son. He feels bummed that he has no niece to celebrate with

[Edrees]

Jamal Crawford torn ACL, Jay Williams career ending motor cycle accident, D Rose career ending injury, Lonzo Ball career ending injury. Bulls PGs have a 20+ year history of lost opportunity. Who knows what could have been

Lonzo had bum knees since the day he was drafted

[SweaterBae]

Teams know the risks. People act like only one party signed on the dotted line. Eliminating guaranteed contracts in these situations is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. He got hurt playing basketball for the team, got hurt again(and again) rehabbing to play basketball for the team. He didn't crash his motorbike or smash into a tree snowboarding, and even then, that would only matter if both parties had agreed that those activities violated the terms of the contract they both signed.

[jbk1234]

Can't he medically retire and give the Bulls some cap space? He would still get his money.

He would've needed to do it a year ago and I'm not sure you can medically retire and still pick up an option.

[HearshotKDS]

Think we see like 7-8 minutes in 3-4 games next season where he looks like he doesnt have the health to play in NBA anymore. And thus will end the Lonzo Ball Bulls - with something like 40 games played out of 250ish games possible.

[Revived]

Both Ball boys are damaged goods. They swindled nba teams for hundreds of millions of dollars while barely playing, Lavar is a genius.

Lavar played a role in turning them into damaged goods with those awful BBB shoes.

[Revived]

The NBA will eventually have to deal with these "guaranteed" contracts for these kind of injury-prone players. Next CBA perhaps.

It’s a slap in the face of actual durable players that guys like Lonzo make so much $$ for doing nothing.

Imagine how Mikal Bridges feels for example lol