The Chicago Bulls have been awarded a $10.2 million disabled player exception because of the season-ending knee injury to guard Lonzo Ball, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
The club applied for the exception last week, ESPN previously reported.
The exception allows a team to replace a player who is out for the season. The Bulls would be allowed to trade or claim a player only in the final year of their contract or sign a free agent to a one-year deal.
Bulls vice president Arturas Karnisovas said on draft night that the team did not expect Ball, who has not played since Jan.