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Bulls Nightly Desk · transactions · Saturday, September 26

Marquel Sutton Joins the Chicago Bulls Roster

Free agent→Chicago Bulls
Marquel Sutton
· 23 · rookie
The move
Joins the Bulls
official roster · Sep 26, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Bulls payroll
$161.5M
under the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
21 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Bulls Nightly Desk · 3 h ago

Marquel Sutton, 23, is on the Chicago Bulls roster as of the official listing on Saturday, September 26. The rookie enters without an NBA line from last season and without a contract on file yet.

The move

Marquel Sutton, 23, moves from free agency with no prior roster to the Chicago Bulls, according to the official roster dated Saturday, September 26. Sutton is a rookie with no NBA appearances last season. No report preceded this move; none is logged in the injury report or elsewhere in the record ahead of the roster listing.

The money

Sutton's contract terms, including cap hit and years, are not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day. The Bulls carry a payroll of $161.5 million across 14 contracts for 2026-27, which sits under the $165.0 million salary cap. The luxury tax line is $200.4 million, the first apron is $209.0 million, and the second apron is $221.7 million.

The fit

Sutton has no NBA line from last season to draw on. He joins a Bulls roster now at 21 players, above the 15-man standard limit with three two-way spots also filled. Last season's rotation was led by Josh Giddey at 32.1 minutes and 17.0 points, Nikola Vucevic at 30.8 minutes and 16.9 points, Matas Buzelis at 29.2 minutes and 16.3 points, and Coby White at 29.1 minutes and 18.6 points, with Jaden Ivey, Anfernee Simons, Tre Jones and Isaac Okoro also logging 26 minutes or more.

What position does Marquel Sutton play?

Not announced.

Was Sutton's move to the Bulls reported in advance?

No report preceded it; none is logged.

What is Sutton's contract with the Bulls?

Not on file yet. Public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

How many players are on the Bulls roster now?

21, above the standard 15-man limit, with three two-way slots also filled.

By the Bulls Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Bulls rotation

tracker →
Josh Giddey32.1 min · 17.0 pts
Norman Powell29.6 min · 21.7 pts
Matas Buzelis29.2 min · 16.3 pts
Nic Claxton27.8 min · 11.7 pts
Tre Jones27.0 min · 14.1 pts
Isaac Okoro26.9 min · 9.3 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.