Omer Asik is worth 8 million?? Are you serious??
I figure 8 mill because centers are always over paid, I would hope we could sign him for 6 - 6.5. If we did get him for 6 mill that would give us 8.5 left over after signing a player like Flynn for 4 mill we could use the last 4.5 to round out the roster with 1 year deals. Then that 4.5 gets coupled with pierce and nocionis contract to be used on a FA SF.
As a second-year player, Asik is subject to the Gilbert Arenas provision, which basically limits his salary to the full MLE. As a player who will have two years with the same team, Asik will be an early Bird free agent, so the Bulls can give him the average player salary without dipping into the MLE (as opposed to New York, who would have to use the MLE to give more money to one-year Knick Jeremy Lin).