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Bulls Looking For Size With Cap Space
While Othella Harrington and Darius Songaila are unlikely to return, the Bulls may also look towards Portland big man Joel Przybilla, Nazr Mohommed from San Antonio and Cleveland restricted free agent Drew Gooden, all of whom the Bulls have a stronger chance of securing than they do for Wallace. Denver forward Nene is also a possibility, according to the Tribune, but the Nuggets have made Nene and Carmelo Anthony their off season priorities. Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Magloire To The Wizards?
One would undoubtedly involve center Jamaal Magloire, whom Harris would not hesitate to move if the right deal came along. Washington is said to be interested. The other possible trade, according to a source, would be of a more "surprising" nature. Asked if his trade options involving Magloire had dried up, Harris said: "No. I think the thing was once you got into the draft, it was more focused in on that (draft). I didn't have anything for Jamaal relating to the draft. So when we got into the draft process, it really had no bearing on whether we could move Jamaal or not. (The conversations were) strictly draft picks, future draft picks and things like that." Harris did try to move into the first round or at least up in the second round. "A lot of things were going on," he said. Harris said that he was among those who were on the phone with the Blazers, who made six trades on draft night. "I was trying to do a couple things with Portland," he said. "They seemed to want to trade their whole team or at least acquire seven or eight players. I mean, it's incredible what was going on. I talked to (Portland scout) John Gabriel, and I said 'John, it's impressive; how are you keeping your roster updated?' They need all kinds of tags and erasers with all that stuff going on." Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bargnani Goes First In 2006 NBA Draft
As expected, Andrea Bargnani went first overall to the Toronto Raptors, and then the chaos started. The Bulls took LaMarcus Aldridge with the second overall pick, but not for themselves, but rather for the Portland Trail Blazers - one of the six deals Portland made for the night - who then took fly flying forward Tyrus Thomas for the Bulls two picks later. Michael Jordan got his guy in sharp shooter Adam Morrison with the third overall pick, while Rudy Gay fell to 8th to the Houston Rockets, who then traded the rights to Gay along with forward Stromile Swift back to Memphis for forward Shane Battier. The trade will not become official until mid-July. The night contained 11 deals, with Pacer second round selection (#45) Alexander Johnson having the honor of being dealt twice; from Indiana to Portland and then from Portland onto Memphis. Portland were big winners, turning Sebastian Telfair and pick number four into Aldridge and Brandon Roy, who was one of the most coveted players heading into the draft. Minnesota originally selected Roy but then later dealt his rights to the Blazers for guard Randy Foye. Isiah Thomas once again drew the anger of Knicks fans on hand at Madison Square Garden when New York became the 20th team to pass on Connecticut guard Marcus Williams, who eventually was selected with the 22nd pick by New Jersey. While Williams free fell after most expected him to be selected between picks 6 and 10, Thomas selected forward Reneldo Balkman. Balkman, most believe, was a second rounder at best and could definitely have been selected later in the draft. A full recap of picks, trades and rumors can be read on RealGM's Draft Night 2006 page. NBA Draft, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Trail Blazers Jun 2006 Archive
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The Bulls will try to acquire some size with their $15M of cap room as they go into the free agency negotiating period on Saturday, with Detroit bruiser Ben Wallace and Atlanta tweener Al Harrington the best bets to get the first calls, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.
The Milwaukee Bucks have one - and possibly two - trades still in the works that could come to fruition in the days ahead, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 
Coming into draft night most experts labelled the draft as unpredictable, and in the end even this was an understatement.