Rebuilding Chicago Bulls have decided to move on from veteran center Omer Asik, and have waived the 32-year-old on Sunday. In case that Asik, who only played four games for the Bulls, doesn’t get a claim from waivers by another NBA team, Chicago will have to pay him $14.3 million, which is the full guaranteed value of his remaining contract.
Omer Asik joined the Chicago Bulls from New Orleans Pelicans in February, as part of the trade that sent Nikola Mirotic in the opposite direction. In four games of the 2017-18 season he played for the Bulls, he averaged 1.0 and 2.5 rebounds while playing 15.2 minutes on average. He didn’t play this season at all, being ruled out in September with inflammatory arthritis.
Asik started his NBA career in Chicago in 2010, playing two seasons there before stints with Houston Rockets and the Pelicans. Through his entire NBA career, he averaged 5.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
After waiving Omer Asik, the Bulls decided to sign free agent point guard Shaquille Harrison who was released by the Phoenix Suns before the start of the season. Harrison played in 23 games for the Suns in the last season averaging 6.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.
