Chicago’s talks with the Los Angeles Lakers regarding Pau Gasol before the trade deadline never got too far, largely because the Lakers had no interest in taking back Carlos Boozer … and because the Bulls weren’t about to find a third team willing to join the talks to absorb the three years and $47 million remaining on Boozer’s deal to help Chicago get the Spaniard. Â Well the potential trade isn’t completely dead yet, read more after the jump.
Sources with knowledge of Chicago’s thinking told ESPN.com that Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf was prepared last week to go into the luxury tax if necessary if a legit trade scenario involving Gasol had materialized.
Which suggests that the Bulls, if they’re that high on Pau, are bound to try to trade for him again.
Nor have they abandoned hope of courting Dwight Howard via trade, sources said, despite Howard’s longstanding coolness toward the idea of relocating to Chicago and the extra season he just committed to Orlando by opting in for the 2012-13 season.
Everything is on ice for the rest of this season but be prepared for some major shakeups.
