JULY 8: The Bulls have officially signed Gafford, the team announced today in a press release.
JULY 7: Second-round pick Daniel Gafford has reached an agreement with the Bulls on a four-year contract with a total value of $6.1MM, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. The first two seasons of the deal are fully guaranteed.
The 6’11” center out of Arkansas was the 38th player taken in last month’s draft. He spent two years with the Razorbacks, averaging 16.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per game as a sophomore and earning a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team as well as first team All-SEC honors.
The Bulls will use cap room to make it a four-year deal, with yearly salaries likely to be set at $898,310, $1,517,981, $1,782,621 and $1,930,681.
“He’s a defensive rolling center, high energy, can run the floor,” Bulls executive vice president John Paxson said after the draft. “He’s very athletic. His rebounding numbers, analytically, his shot-blocking numbers were really high.”
Was there any doubt
He was blocked by Felicio
Possible steal of the draft
He balled out in his debut
Looked good tonight too. Quick dribbledrive penetration.
Loved this pick the moment the Bulls made it, surprisingly…The Bulls’ Front Office has actually played it pretty smart through the draft and free agency.
By adding length and improving the strength of their overall rotation by 4 quality players, this should really help the Bulls. They’ve been lacking quality depth for awhile now, and this new depth should help push then to the playoffs. How far they’ll get, idk, but it’s def. an improvement!!