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NBA Trade rumors: Bulls capped out with Otto Porter Jr. opting in, but it’s trade season

There was never much doubt about Bulls forward Otto Porter Jr. exercising his $28,489,239 player option for 2020-21. Sure enough, Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reported Sunday night that Porter has indeed opted in for this upcoming season.

Porter just suffered through a lost 2019-2020 season with Chicago. After a sluggish start to the campaign, the 27-year-old injured his foot just nine games in and missed about four months. He returned to play in five more games before the Bulls’ season ended in mid-March. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged 11.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.