COVID continues to ravage the nation and the NBA. Case in point, Ersan Ilyasova — a player the Chicago Bulls signed using the NBA’s hardship exception just a few days ago — has entered health and safety protocols.
Amid the issues that the Chicago Bulls faced recently with the league’s health and safety protocol, the team made a multitude of additions to the roster via 10-day contracts thanks to the hardship exemption.
The NBA has made a minor adjustment to its new hardship rules, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN (Twitter links). As Marks outlines, a player who is signed
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne, the Chicago Bulls are planning to sign Ersan Iİlyasova to a 10-day contract. İlyasova has played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne, the Chicago Bulls are planning to sign Ersan Iİlyasova to a 10-day contract. İlyasova has played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder.
The former second-round pick out of Turkey is known as a stretch four, having made 36.7% of his career attempts from beyond the arc.
It was a discouraging finish but a promising 2020-21 season overall for the Jazz, whose top six most-used players remained under contract for 2021-22, providing a solid starting point for this season’s roster.
He had a difficult adjustment to Utah last season, but posted numbers this season that are typical of what he used to do in Memphis: 16.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game while shooting 44% from the field and 41% from three-point range.
Ilyasova jumped at the chance to join the team with the league’s best record.
Assuming Ilyasova’s contract is a minimum-salary deal, he’ll earn $17,567 per day for the rest of the regular season, with Utah’s cap hit working out to $11,100 per day.
Ilyasova will be an unrestricted free agent able to sign outright with any team, assuming he goes unclaimed on waivers this weekend.
Milwaukee will send Donte DiVincenzo, D.J. Wilson and Ersan Ilyasova to Sacramento in the deal, while the Bucks will also receive forward Justin James from the Kings.
There’s no doubt that the Bucks will put an offer on the table, but after two consecutive seasons of Milwaukee finishing the regular season with the NBA’s best record and then falling short of the Finals in the postseason, it remains to be seen whether Giannis will accept it.
Despite having one of the most impressive team seasons in NBA history, Milwaukee somehow is still flying under the radar, writes Yardbarker's Sean Keane.
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