Bulls 'fully expect' to sign Jimmy Butler to max contract

The Chicago Bulls expect to sign Jimmy Butler to a maximum contract this summer, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Butler will enter restricted free agency after reportedly turning down a four-year, $40 million offer from the Bulls in October.

The team expects to sign him to a max deal "before another team even gets involved to tempt him with an offer sheet," even if it requires paying the luxury tax, according to the report.