The Chicago Bulls are set to file formal paperwork with the NBA in an effort to recoup $10.2 million for injured guard Lonzo Ball, The Athletic reported Sunday.
The Bulls try to get again a few of the $20.5 million Ball is about to make subsequent season via a disabled participant exception. He is also scheduled to be paid $21.4 million in 2024-25.
Ball, 25, has not performed in an NBA sport since Jan. 14, 2022, and he isn’t anticipated to take the court docket for the Bulls subsequent season both. The No. 2 total draft decide in 2017 has been coping with a persistent left knee harm.
The New Orleans Pelicans signed Ball to a four-year, $85 million contract in August of 2021 then shipped him to the Bulls in a sign-and-trade deal. In his lone season with the Bulls, Ball averaged 13.0 factors, 5.2 assists and 1.8 steals in simply 35 video games.
In 252 profession video games (239 begins) over 5 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers (2017-19), Pelicans (2019-21) and Bulls, Ball averaged 11.9 factors, 6.2 assists and 1.6 steals. — Field Level Media/Reuters
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