Well, it took almost seven months from when Rumor Press first broke the story that the Bulls may bring Brad Miller back to Chicago for Andres Nocioni, see http://www.rumorpress.net/?p=23, and after the long wait a trade finally went down. After months of on and off talks, and various trade scenarios, the Bulls and Kings finally reached an agreement less than a day away from the the trade deadline. The Bulls will send Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Michael Ruffin to the Kings (who will ship Ruffin to the Blazers) in exchange for Brad Miller and John Salmons. The Bulls were ecstatic to hear they could get Salmons in the deal as well.

Don’t think the Bulls are done trading though. The team is still likely to make one or possible two more moves before the deadline tomorrow. It’s well documented that the Bulls could trade Kirk Hinrich to Minnesota for Rashad McCants and Jason Collins, and that Larry Hughes could be dealt to Washington for Etan Thomas and Mike James. However, the Bulls are still seeking to find better value for both.

The Bulls are trying to decide if they should trade Hinrich for expiring contracts to dump salary, or to get something equal or better in return. The Clippers and Bulls are discussing a trade that would send Chris Kaman and Mike Taylor to the Bulls for Hinrich. However, the Bulls are worried that Kaman would over clutter the front court, and they’re not sure if they want to take his big salary back.

As Larry Hughes, consider him being gone as an automatic. The 76ers are willing to trade Samuel Damelbert for Hughes, but the Bulls aren’t interested. If the Bulls cant find a better deal for Hughes, look for the trade sending him back to the Wizards to go down for sure.