Bulls Dealing For Boozer?

Yesterday I said that it wouldn’t make much sense for the Bulls to trade forward Tyrus Thomas unless they were getting a stud post player in return.  Well, not more than a few hours later rumors of a deal in which the Bulls would acquire power forward Carlos Boozer surfaced.  The rumored trade would be a three-team deal involving the Bulls, the Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers.  The exact details are not clear, but the crux of the deal has Bulls landing Boozer, the Blazers getting Kirk Hinrich and the Jazz receiving Thomas.

This would be a good move for the Bulls.  They’ve needed a post scorer since they traded Elton Brand on draft day in 2001.  Boozer is one of the better scoring power forwards in the league and would immediately give the Bulls the offensive post presence they desperately need.  Thomas and Hinrich are both good players, and Thomas could be really good eventually, but Boozer would likely be an All-Star in the Eastern Conference.  Were this deal to go down, and it sounds like a genuine possibility, the Bulls would have a projected starting lineup of Derrick Rose, John Salmons, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah.  That could be good enough to compete for a first-round bye in the East.

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