Tyson Chandler didn?t agree to contract terms during a face-to-face meeting with Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager John Paxson on Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif.

But Paxson remained optimistic that a long-term deal for the 7-foot-1 forward will get done.

Chandler?s camp has asked for $75 million over six years, according to a team source. That?s well above the Bulls? offer, though they had to revise their thinking when Philadelphia re-signed center Sam Dalembert for what turned out to be $64 million over six years. Chandler posted better numbers than Dalembert last season.

The Bulls are trying to convince Chandler and his agent Jeff Schwartz that players don?t get paid on potential and have offered to include incentives to raise the value of a new deal.

?In a perfect world, every player should have incentives in his contract to push toward,? Paxson said. ?But it?s a difficult thing to work through.?