http://www.suntimes.com/output/bulls/cst-spt-bull151.html Bulls will match offer for Duhon August 15, 2005 BY JOHN JACKSON Staff Reporter Advertisement As expected, the Bulls have decided to match the three-year, $9.07 million offer sheet guard Chris Duhon signed with the Toronto Raptors, but plan on waiting until the deadline late this afternoon before officially doing so, a team source said Sunday. ''You never know what might happen, so that's the reason for waiting until the end of the day,'' the source said. ''But unless something really unforeseen happens, [the offer sheet] will be matched.'' Bringing Duhon, a rookie who started 73 games last season, back into the fold is just the first move in what Bulls operations chief John Paxson hopes will be a busy week. At some point today, veteran free-agent Brian Grant -- who was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers last week under the NBA's ''amnesty'' rule -- was expected to decide where he will to play this season. As of Sunday night, Grant, 33, had narrowed his choices to two or three teams with the Bulls seriously in the mix. ''John Paxson and [coach] Scott [Skiles] made a great presentation to Brian about what his role would be and how he would fit in,'' said Mark Bartelstein, Grant's agent. ''I've received calls from about 20 teams for Brian and it's a tough call for him. The Bulls are definitely one of the teams he's considering.'' With Duhon's offer sheet calling for a first-year salary of $2.8 million, the Bulls have $2.2 million left of their $5 million mid-level exception to make an offer to Grant. Other teams have more money to spend, but that probably won't be the deciding factor considering the Lakers still owe Grant nearly all of the $29.8 million that remained on his contract. On Tuesday, Paxson plans to fly to California to meet with forward Tyson Chandler and his agent, Jeffrey Schwartz. Because Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf also will be in California for some baseball meetings, he is expected to sit in on the get-together. Like Duhon, Chandler is a restricted free agent, meaning the Bulls have the right to match any offer from another team. Because Paxson has repeatedly said that's precisely what he will do, none of the Bulls restricted free agents -- a group that also includes center Eddy Curry and guard Jannero Pargo -- have received much interest from other teams. ''I want to be able to sit down with Tyson and tell him what we're thinking and try to get a deal done,'' Paxson said Sunday. ''Unfortunately, the way this process has worked, a lot of the restricted guys haven't gotten much attention in the market.'' At this point in the free-agent period, most of the teams capable of making an offer for the big money Chandler is seeking have used up their salary cap room, so his best bet is working out a deal with the Bulls. It's doubtful, though, the Bulls would be willing to strike a deal in the six-year, $60 million range that Chandler is seeking without making part of the deal based on incentives. Chandler, 22, was a key contributor to last season's success, but averaged just eight points (along with 9.7 rebounds) and would paid on potential rather than production. Paxson will meet this week with Curry's agent, Leon Rose, to discuss his status, a source said. 其中說到Duhon沒有意外應該會簽下 (大家可以稍稍放心，明天起床應該會有好消息^^) 還有B.Grant已經把可能加入的隊伍縮小至二到三隊 而公牛隊很有可能是其中之一^^ 另外有說到Chandler的部分 不過看的頭有點痛.. 有人要幫忙翻嘛...^^" 謝啦..:) --

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