Bulls Have Deals in Place to Trade Hinrich and the 17th Pick to Wizards or Kings E-mail
Written by Dave Pustilnik   
Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:46

The Chicago Bulls have come to an agreement to trade Kirk Hinrich, along with the 17th pick in tonight's draft, to the Washington Wizards.  What the Bulls will be getting in return is unknown as of yet. Via Chad Ford of espn.com:

"The Chicago Bulls have a deal in place that would move Kirk Hinrich and the 17th pick to the Washington Wizards, freeing up enough cap space to pursue two maximum-salary players on this summer's free-agent market, sources with knowledge of the Bulls' plans said Thursday.

It wasn't immediately clear what Washington would send to Chicago in the trade.

The deal can't be officially consummated until July 8, when the Wizards will have room under the salary cap to absorb Hinrich's $9 million contract without having to send back anything of similar value.

Since it's a good-faith deal for the time being, there remains a chance it could fall apart. But according to one source, the Sacramento Kings are prepared to make a similar deal with the Bulls in the Wizards' stead if that were to happen.

Either way, moving Hinrich and the pick would push Chicago's space under the cap from $20 million to more than $30 million. That puts the Bulls on equal footing with the Miami Heat in pursuing not just one but two members of a free-agent class that is expected to include LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer, Amare Stoudemire and Joe Johnson."

What the Wizards or Kings really get out of taking on Hinrich's salary isn't really clear to me.  The Wizards will now have an explosive backcourt after tonight with Arenas and Wall.  Where does Hinrich fit into the picture?  Backing up Wall?  You're going to pay a guy $9 mill to back up Wall?  And same with the Kings...backing up Tyreke Evans?  I dunno...bizarre.  But this is ridiculously good for the Bulls, because it seems that they have put themselves in a position to sign two max guys, although it is unclear as to who they are getting in return.  I'm thinking they're getting future draft picks.

More to come...

 

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2 max FAs????
written by whiskeydizzy, June 24, 2010
Interesting both Miami and Chicago are dumping salary...2 Max guys in Chicago and Wade + ????? In Miami!???

This is going to be a fun summer

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