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5 Free Agents the Chicago Bulls Can Buy Low On This Summer

By Alex Kirschenbaum

Mar 26, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Donald Sloan (15) moves the ball during the fourth quarter against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center. Brooklyn Nets won 120-110. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 26, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Donald Sloan (15) moves the ball during the fourth quarter against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center. Brooklyn Nets won 120-110. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /
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Maurice Harkless is a RFA, but the Chicago Bulls could use a young talent like him for cheap.
Feb 04, 2016; Portland, OR, USA; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) and Portland Trail Blazers forward Maurice Harkless (4) go for a loose ball at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter. Mandatory Credit: Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Maurice Harkless

A big reason I’m slotting Harkless here is the praise that’s been heaped upon the restricted free agent Trail Blazer by the one and only Ricky O’Donnell of SB Nation’s Blog a Bull.

Harkless is defensive-minded tweener forward, whom Terry Stotts’ Blazers mainly slotted at the three. He’s just 23 years old, 6’9” and a 215-pounder that figures to only get better as he goes along. Another guy who would actually fit the “younger and more athletic” summer agenda that hasn’t been the actual summer agenda at all, Harkless would be a great Hoiball candidate.

He’s not a particularly good shooter, but you can trust him to finish three feet and in. He could thrive in certain shooting-heavy lineups. In terms of his three-point shooting, he’s averaged over 30 percent just once in his four NBA seasons (that year he actually averaged a quite-legit 38.3 percent. He’s a restricted free agent, but he’s still available and one would think he’d at least command Darrell Arthur money.

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