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Position: G
Born: 03/16/91
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:200 lbs. / 90.7 kg.
Salary: $4,200,000
Born: 03/16/91
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:200 lbs. / 90.7 kg.
Salary: $4,200,000
Marc Berman: As expected, Knicks plan to exercise $4.2M option on swingman Reggie Bullock today. Is a no-brainer as 3 and D guy. Thibodeau likes defense and veterans. Bullock missed OTAs because girlfriend having twins, as we reported.
A big factor in the Knick offseason is what the club chooses to do with Taj Gibson, Bobby Portis, Elfrid Payton, Wayne Ellington and Reggie Bullock. The Knicks have considered scenarios where they pick up the option for Payton and retain Bullock, per SNY sources.
The idea of taking a bad contract into cap space could be one of several avenues the Knicks are considering this offseason. Depending on what they decide to do with the contract options for Bobby Portis, Wayne Ellington, Taj Gibson and Reggie Bullock, New York could have more than $60 million in cap room in the offseason. The Knicks, who told teams recently they’d be open to taking on a bad contract, have not made decisions on any players with options yet.
Knicks keeping Reggie Bullock?
Bullock, coming off spinal-fusion surgery that delayed his Knicks debut until January, is a free agent. The Knicks have to decide whether to enforce the final guaranteed year for the 29-year-old swingman — at a team-friendly $4.2 million. Originally, the Knicks had to make that decision by June 28 but when the season/free agency was delayed, so was that deadline.
In addition, the spokesman for LGBT issues still will be on the cap for $1 million even if they waive him. Lastly, Bullock is also close with Thunder point guard Chris Paul, having played on the Paul-sponsored AAU team “CP3 All-Stars’’ in North Carolina. Late in the season, Paul rocked a No. 25 Bullock Knicks’ jersey to a game. Knicks president Leon Rose has his former favorite client, Paul, on his trade radar.
