3 Way Deal Between Bulls, Portland and Utah?

[Mike-Dub]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4317515

Sources: Boozer could go to Chicago 
By Marc Stein and Chad Ford
ESPN.com

Another major multi-team trade might be looming in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls having discussed a deal that would be headlined by Carlos Boozer and Kirk Hinrich, according to NBA front-office sources.

Sources stressed to ESPN.com that no deal was imminent Thursday and that both Portland and Utah are still evaluating multiple trade scenarios. But two sources with knowledge of the three-team proposal confirmed that there have been substantive talks regarding a trade that would land Boozer in Chicago, Hinrich in Portland and Tyrus Thomas in Utah.

A deal featuring those main components would deliver the elite low-post scorer that the Bulls have been chasing for years in Boozer and furnish Portland with a lead guard in Hinrich that the Blazers are known to rate highly as a potential backcourt mate for Brandon Roy. It's possible that other players would be added to balance out the transaction from a salary-cap perspective if the three teams elect to take these talks further.

Yet even if this deal collapses, sources say it is clear that the Jazz are becoming increasingly open to the possibility of moving Boozer now to increase their financial flexibility to re-sign restricted free agent Paul Millsap.

Despite fresh reports Thursday about the Blazers weighing whether to sign Millsap to an offer sheet, Hinrich is the player Portland prefers, according to one source close to the process, after the Blazers came so close last week to landing the versatile Hedo Turkoglu.

Boozer has only one season left at $12.7 million after declining the option in his contract to become an unrestricted free agent July 1. It's believed that the Jazz are determined to keep Millsap but are concerned about the luxury-tax consequences of signing him to a long-term deal.

Marc Stein and Chad Ford are senior NBA writers for ESPN.com.

[Evantime34]

The bulls are scary if this happens.

[celticinorlando]

wow...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4317515

[xmuscularghandix]

Well they just lost there best player to FA, if they get Boozer along with Rose and a healthy Deng... it could draw a good FA either now or next year.

[Evantime34]

Losing Ty Thomas and Hienrich but gaining Boozer is a great move for them. Losing Gordon will hurt but this is a great deal for them.

[xmuscularghandix]

The bulls are scary if this happens.

They can do whatever they want... Gordon was their best player and now he's gone. Let Chicago dump it to the post against KG/Perk/Sheed we'll see how that works.

[Prof. Clutch]

I would love to have Kirk Hinrich on the C's...

[Mr October]

Well they just lost there best player to FA, if they get Boozer along with Rose and a healthy Deng... it could draw a good FA either now or next year.

yeah, Rose is the only must keep player on that team.

[beantownboy171]

Well theres still one more player in the deal that we haven't heard about yet that would have to come from Portland. My guess is its either Travis Outlaw or Steve Blake. I wonder who he goes to. If its the bulls, then thats another team that we're going to have to watch out for.

[celticinorlando]

I'd like Kirk Hinrich on the C's...

you are 100 percent correct on that

[beantownboy171]

Well theres still one more player in the deal that we haven't heard about yet that would have to come from Portland. My guess is its either Travis Outlaw or Steve Blake. I wonder who he goes to. If its the bulls, then thats another team that we're going to have to watch out for.

Btw, this has already been reported on another thread.

[winsomme]

ummm, what is POR giving up here and who are they giving it up to?

[Mike-Dub]

Well theres still one more player in the deal that we haven't heard about yet that would have to come from Portland. My guess is its either Travis Outlaw or Steve Blake. I wonder who he goes to. If its the bulls, then thats another team that we're going to have to watch out for.

Btw, this has already been reported on another thread.

Thanks beantownboy171 and if the Bulls get Travis Outlaw then they will be a REALLY SCARY TEAM TO FACE!

[Change]

Can we get involved and get Travis. Portland is bound to trade him, and we can use him.

[fairweatherfan06]

tried this in the trade machine and Portland would have to include another player (Travis Outlaw to Chicago works) for the trade to work, but if the Celtics jumped in the trade we could get Outlaw send Pruitt and TA to Chicago (why they would I'm not sure but they could cut Pruitt and save some dough)

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lcsnol