According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Andre Drummond has picked up his player option for the 2022-23 season and will remain with the Chicago Bulls. The option is worth $3.36 million. Drummond will return to Chicago to presumably back up Nikola Vucevic, who just signed a three-year, $60 million contract extension with the Bulls.
This news conflicts with a previous report from Marc Stein, who noted that Drummond was expected to sign with the Dallas Mavericks at the start of free agency. However, in an update he posted to Twitter, Stein noted that Dallas’ pursuit of Drummond was contingent on another trade going through.
