Chicago hopes to keep its pillars. After denying a departure of Luol Deng to the Washington Wizards, the Bulls are in talks with the Anglo-Sudanese winger for an extension of his contract, says Yahoo! Sport.

Still bound to the franchise of Illinois for a season,the teammate of Joakim Noah turned on an average this season of 16.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

The native of Wau (South Sudan) received a salary of 14, 3 million or a little less than 11 million Euros.