Despite rumors and newspaper stories suggesting otherwise, Bulls general manager John Paxson is not close to making any deals that include a “big-name’’ player.

“Right now, we still have over three weeks (before over the trade deadline), and as I have learned, a lot of teams don’t do much until the trade deadline gets closer,’’ said Paxson, who just returned from a scouting trip in Europe.

“There is a misconception that those (superstar) guys are readily available. The discussions I have had, those names have not come up.

“(The rumors) seem to take on a life of their own, that we should go out and get a guy. We would love to have a guy that can score 25 points a night, but those guys are hard to come by and teams don’t give up on them.”

Via Daily Herald

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