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To put it simply, this is far from a fair trade.

However, it's become clear that they are in the market for a short-cycle replacement to help keep them competitive for the remainder of this season while freeing up a roster spot for next season, enabling both Oden and Przybilla to return to the rotation in 2010-11.
Chicago's goal is to bring in solid players with expiring contracts, or picks, so they can remain competitive, but also put themselves in position to make a play for LeBron James and/or Dwyane Wade-and possibly even Chris Bosh-when those respective stars become free agents.
Instead, they're trying hard to get the best possible deal for Kirk Hinrich and/or John Salmons.
This thought gives Portland two solid, reasonable options, as both Brendan Haywood Washington Wizards and Brad Miller Chicago Bulls are capable veteran big men who can play at the four or the five. Each can give a boost to a playoff contender and then go off the books when the 2010 summer hits.

However, both Chicago and Washington know how desperate Portland is for a honorable big man, and they have their own reasons for holding on to their respective players.

Another factor for Chicago is that Miller just dropped 25 points in a game earlier this week in place of an injured Joakim Noah. If the Bulls,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who are in the thick of the playoff race, lost one of their post men due to injury, the craft veteran Miller would be a great asset to have.
Neither Haywood nor Miller are doing any real damage in their rotations, but both still hold solid value for their teams, with their ability to help their team this season along with the cap relief they bring at the end of the year.
Fernandez and Batum are both young,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], athletic, and versatile components of Portland's rotation, and they'd be shifting the make-up of their rotation, simply to acquire a one-year fix that, quite arguably, wouldn't fix a thing.

We'll keep you updated with any other trade rumors and/or moves involving these three teams, but, for now, take a look at what other rumors/stories are flying around the Web:
In other words, Washington can forget about it.
Portland is nowhere close to a resolution to their issues in their post-game, and with less than three weeks to go before the trade deadline, they'll need to make plenty of calls to close a deal.

Antawn Jamison not worried about trade rumors.
Because of this, Washington has extended an bid for Haywood to Portland that would bring Rudy Fernandez and Nicolas Batum to Washington.
Now, with Chicago, Portland is extremely interested in Miller, but as it turns out, despite Miller getting inconsistent minutes, the Bulls don't have a strong interest in shopping him, as chickenrik Lundqvist will give them major cap relief at the end of the year.

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This rings especially true after Chicago traded away little-used center Aaron Gray.
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