Look Who’s Back In Town
The Bulls made a blockbuster trade today, and thankfully it did not involve Brian Cardinal. Brad Miller is coming home (so to speak):
The Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings have reached tentative agreement on a trade sending Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden and Cedric Simmons to the Kings for Brad Miller and John Salmons, ESPN.com.
One source said the Bulls players were pulled off the team bus Wednesday afternoon and were told they had been traded.
Michael Ruffin of the Bulls also was told be was being traded to Portland in a separate deal, the source added.
Does this address our low-post problems? Defensively Miller is average and will hopefully play well off of TT and Noah. Offensively? Miller can score and is a great passer, which this team needs to help the offense flow better (since VDN refuses to implement any kind of cohesive offense).
Also contractually, we get Noce off the books and out of the rotation, which is good for all involved. Miller is another $11 million that will come off the books in 2010. Couple that with Hughes $13 million and that leaves a lot of cap space for the summer of LeBron. Salmons has a reasonable $5 million a year and comes off in 2011. While he duplicates Deng’s position, he can play the 2 also. I’m not sure how he is defensively, but he is definitely longer than BG so he can help defend bigger guards as well. More analysis of this trade to come, but it looks like a good move. I know, I know, no Amare or Bosh, but its not bad.
***UPDATE: Rumor has it that Ruffin is going to Portland for Ike Diogu. It is unclear whether Diogu then goes to the Bulls or if he is going to the Kings. (Thanks to Matt from Sharapova’s Thigh for the tip).
***UPDATE: Diogu is going to the Kings. (Thanks Adam).
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