What It Means:

The Vertical's Shams Charania reports that the NBA has warned the Bulls about not playing healthy players. Lopez, along with Justin Holiday, is part of the team's youth movement, and tanking process. Lopez might not be that involved, though his presence will cause Cristiano Felicio and Bobby Portis to see lighter workloads over the 19 games.

For the rest of the year, our models like Lopez to average 28.9 minutes, 13.7 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Bulls.