Chicago Bulls: 4 prized buyout market targets post-deadline

The next point of emphasis for the NBA landscape on the open market following the explosive March 25 trade deadline involves the buyout market heating up. And this is something that the Chicago Bulls and first-year executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley could get involved in this year.

Since Karnisovas and the Bulls made a lot of moves at the trade deadline this year to get the roster reshaped in a way that they can go into win now mode, hitting the buyout market could be realistic for this team. The Bulls head into their first game post-deadline, which comes on the night of March 27 on the road against legendary head coach Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs.

Ironically, the Spurs provided one of the biggest buyout market targets for teams that will be looking to improve their roster at this point in time. And in general, the buyout market looks to be more fruitful this year than in most of years past in recent memory.

Potential buyout market targets for the Chicago Bulls this year

Even one notable former Bulls player, veteran small forward Otto Porter Jr., could be a name to watch on the buyout market.

OPJ was one of multiple now former Bulls players shipped off at the deadline. The Bulls landed key players such as the former Orlando Magic star big man Nikola Vucevic, ex-Boston Celtics big man Daniel Theis, and former Washington Wizards small forward Troy Brown Jr. There were a lot of moves made by the Bulls new front office regime at the deadline.

But what next steps could the Bulls take to continue building up this roster on the buyout market? Here’s a look at four targets to watch in particular that could be top names to watch on the buyout market this year.