Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Bulls agree to trade Hinrich to Wiz


The Chicago Bulls agreed to trade veteran guard Kirk Hinrich and the 17th pick in the draft to the Washington Wizards on Thursday, freeing up more salary-cap space, a person familiar with the situation said.
The Bulls will receive a future second-round pick in the deal, which gives them enough room to go after two high-profile free agents.
he Bulls have an all-star point guard in Derrick Rose and are looking for more after back-to-back 41-win seasons that ended with first-round playoff losses. They fired coach Vinny Del Negro and replaced him with longtime NBA assistant Tom Thibodeau, the mastermind behind a dominant defence that helped Boston reach the NBA finals two of the past three years.
The longest tenured active Bulls player, Hinrich has averaged 13.4 points in seven seasons and was John Paxson's first draft pick as general manager in 2003.

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