{"id":796834,"date":"2026-07-27T05:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/796834\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:34:35","slug":"zach-collins-agrees-to-2-year-extension-with-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/796834\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Collins agrees to 2-year extension with Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2254617\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2254617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2253051769-scaled-e1782875287393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1442\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zach Collins is reportedly returning to the Bulls with a fresh 2-year extension.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Complete Coverage: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/freeagents\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Free Agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls, with a fresh front office repositioning the roster, have opted to retain a frontcourt piece.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania initially reported that Zach Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2072142314286305457\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will return to Chicago<\/a> on a two-year, $17 million extension that keeps him with the team through the 2027-28 season. The Bulls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/bulls\/news\/chicago-bulls-extend-zach-collins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed the deal<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Originally acquired in a three-team deal at the 2025 trade deadline, Collins was limited to 10 games last season by toe surgery. He averaged 9.7 points and 5.6 rebounds in 18.4 minutes off the bench as the Bulls opened the season 6-4.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: We have extended F\/C Zach Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zcollins_33?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@zcollins_33<\/a> \ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vXxCYVi7Ud\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vXxCYVi7Ud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/2072152002012831972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Collins is reportedly returning to the Bulls with a fresh 2-year extension. \u2022 Complete Coverage: 2026 Free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,4862,6,4104],"class_list":["post-796834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-basketball","tag-bulls","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-extension","tag-nba","tag-zach-collins"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116990317076249270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}