The Chicago Bulls and power forward Bobby Portis won't agree to a rookie scale contract extension, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Portis is slated to make $2.5 million this season and will become a restricted free agent in the summer of 2019. As a restricted free agent, Portis can sign an offer sheet with any team after July 1, 2019 and then the Bulls will have 48 hours to match the offer or let him walk.

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In 73 regular-season games last year, Bobby Portis averaged 13.2 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 47.1 percent from the field, 35.9 percent from beyond the arc and 76.9 percent from the free-throw line. Portis’ 2017-18 season got off to a rocky start. He punched former Bull Nikola Mirotic in a practice fight during training camp and was suspended for the first eight games of the season.

Portis will start for the Bulls to open the season while second-year forward Lauri Markkanen recovers from a right elbow injury. Jabari Parker was supposed to be the starter, but Portis outplayed Parker in the preseason, and Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg likes how Parker has played with the second unit.

In 199 career NBA games, Portis has averages of 9.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists. The Bulls drafted Portis with the 22nd overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.