Bulls Eyeing Miller

The Bulls are reportedly in talks with the Sacramento Kings to acquire center Brad Miller.  Rumors have pointed to Andres Nocioni as the primary piece Sacramento would receive in return.  Were the Bulls to make this trade, it would signal that the team is eyeing the playoffs this season and are confident that, with Miller, they’d have the pieces in place to make a postseason run.  The Kings are in apparent salary-dump mode now that they’ve traded Ron Artest and are probably looking to build around their young talent.

This would be a questionable deal in my mind.  Miller would provide the Bulls with some scoring inside, but not much.  Despite the fact that he’s a center, Miller likes to take jumpers more than bang around in the paint.  He’s not the player he once was and I don’t see him making much of an impact for the Bulls.  He would be an upgrade over what the club has now, and Nocioni plays the same position as Luol Deng and is therefore expendable, so it wouldn’t be a bad move.  As long as the Kings weren’t looking for additional compensation in the form of draft picks, it would probably be worth the risk.  A better option to explore may be to feel out the Lakers on if they would consider some kind of Lamar Odom for Kirk Hinrich swap.

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