Offseason Moves the Chicago Bulls Should Have Made

September 17th, 2013 by Andres Montero Leave a reply »

Now that the offseason is in the rear-view mirror, did the Chicago Bulls make the best moves possible?

Going into the summer, the Bulls had little cap space to work with since they found themselves over the tax threshold. They were allowed to offer one player the tax-payer exception—a contract exceeding no more than $3.18 million for a maximum of three years.

Any other free agents would have to sign for the veteran's minimum.

In an effort to improve its three-point shooting, Chicago used the exception on sharpshooter and former Buck Mike Dunleavy, inking him to a two-year, $6.5 million deal. It also re-signed Nazr Mohammed to a one-year deal.

Jimmy Butler is set to be the starting shooting guard, and Derrick Rose's return will give the offense an immense boost. So, even though the Dunleavy and Mohammed signings were the only moves the Bulls made, they didn't need much else. 

But did Chicago miss out on other opportunities? Let's look at some other moves and perhaps some alternative signings Chicago should have made.

 

Signing Michael Beasley

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