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601 Bulls Frontrunners To Sign Darko Milicic, Asik To Houston?
Take this with a grain of salt as the reporter spelt Omer Asik as “Omar” Asik, but Lance Zierlein of Sports Talk 790 Radio and The Z-Report/Houston Chronicle relayed via Twitter that sources close to Asik have informed him that the Bulls are not expected to match Houston’s offer.

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The offer, with a backloaded 3rd year of $14.89 million would be a major risk for Chicago to accept for a backup center who has a limited offensive skill set.  Further fuel to the “Asik2Houston” fire is emerging news from Yahoo! Sports that the Bulls are among 4 teams (Nets, Clippers, Heat, Bulls) as the frontrunners to land FA center, Darko Milicic.  An unimpressive season left the former number 2 draft pick and his $5 million contract amnestied last week by the Timberwolves.  The 7 footer played 29 games last season and averaged 4.6 points and 3.3 rebounds.  Though he’s a downgrade from Asik, for vet minimum I’d take him and let Thibs work his magic.