UNB! Sports Staff Report
Greg Monroe will sign a one-year, $5 million deal with the Bostpn Celtics, league sources tell ESPN.
The New Orleans Pelicans could only offer Monroe $2.2 million. They also offered Monroe the chance to be the starting center, but Monroe will join the Celtics with fewer assurances on playing time.
Bulls trade Mirotic to Pelicans
According to ESPN, the Chicago Bulls traded Nikola Mirotic to the Pelicans on Thursday.
New Orleans is planning to guarantee the $12.5M salary of Mirotic in the 2018-19 season.
In return, the Bulls acquire Omer Asik, Tony Allen, Jameer Nelson, and a 2018 first-rounder with "minima" protections.
Sources also told ESPN that the Bulls may waive Allen. They may keep Nelson, according to report after a previous one that said the Bulls wouldn't.
