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The Bulls have tried to work out some three-team scenarios, but making Boozer, who is still owed $47 million over the next three years, the prime bait in a deal for Gasol doesn’t seem to be getting them very far. “I think that died on the vine,” one East GM said of the Gasol possibility. Sporting News

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However, the Lakers, who are seeking an upgrade at point guard, have zero interest in adding the remaining three years and $47.1 million remaining on Boozer's contract. A habitual luxury tax team, they are wary of the more prohibitive penalties under the new collective bargaining agreement, which toughen in 2013-14. Thus, a third team would need to be engaged and sources said the Bulls have not found one. Chicago Tribune

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Sources say that the Lakers, however, have limited interest in the players Chicago would be offering, starting with Bulls forward Carlos Boozer. ESPN.com

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KC Johnson: Lakers have no interest in Boozer, so any trade for Gasol would have to include 3rd team. As of now, sources say #Bulls not finding one. Twitter

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Magic executives are said to be unimpressed with the assets Howard's three preferred teams could provide in a trade, prompting them to engage in a calculated campaign to expand the field of potential suitors beyond the Nets, Mavericks and Lakers. But the team that can make the strongest case for Orlando to depart from its risky strategy of holding onto Howard are the Bulls, who could offer 7-footer Omer Asik, Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer for Howard and Hedo Turkoglu, sources said. The Bulls also could offer a valuable first-round pick from Charlotte -- top-14 protected in this year's draft but but unprotected by 2016. CBSSports.com

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Sam Smith: I get a lot of trade proposals involving Boozer. OK, just about every trade proposal I get involves Boozer. It’s not going to stop, but he is not tradeable in any way because of the length and amount of his contract given the new labor deal and the new desire to cut payroll to avoid the luxury tax and pursue future free agency. Thirty year olds are out of vogue. Plus, Bulls management is satisfied with Boozer and will not do an amnesty, at least not for two years, in my view. So no more Boozer trades, OK? NBA.com

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Rose also denied two published reports saying he made it known to management privately that he'd trade Carlos Boozer for Pau Gasol if that could happen. "That’s something I wouldn’t say to anyone, that I need someone to come to this team or I’m trying to get rid of someone on this team," Rose said. "It was all false. That’s something I would never do. Chicago Tribune

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"I talked to (Boozer) a little but he already knew they were false. It’s something I wouldn’t do. I’m good with the teammates I have. I’ve always been saying that. The team we have has been winning games. We’re not in position to look to trade anyone right now." Chicago Tribune

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Derrick Rose has let it be known to Bulls management that we wants to play with Pau Gasol if Chicago is able to swing a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers for the veteran power forward from Spain, a source close to Rose told SheridanHoops.com on Sunday. The Spanish news outlet Marca was the first to report Sunday that Rose has given his blessing for the Bulls to go after Gasol with a package that would be centered around Carlos Boozer and another player. SheridanHoops

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“He hasn’t said so publicly, but he has made that known privately,” said the source, who spoke to SheridanHoops.com on condition of anonymity. Gasol has been the subject of trade speculation all season after the Lakers were ready to ship him to the Houston Rockets in the three-way trade vetoed by commissioner David Stern that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers. Gasol has acknowledged that is impossible to ignore the rumors, especially given the fact that Los Angeles had already deemed him expendable. Boozer has three years and $46 million remaining on his contract, while Gasol is due to make $38 million over the next two seasons. SheridanHoops

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The Bulls guard has suggested this trade: Carlos Boozer, who earns $13.5 million and other player, possibly a point guard, for Gasol. Marca.com

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As for the players, I continue to hear positive comments regarding Boozer, so I don’t see any major locker room issue. NBA.com

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So over to Boozer’s locker I went to ask about the incident, which wasn’t a mystery to ABC’s television audience because announcer Mike Breen said on the broadcast that it appeared as though Boozer had cut himself to stop play. NBA rules dictate that an official timeout will be called whenever an active player has blood on his body or jersey. It seemed plausible that Boozer could have scratched himself to draw blood, which he then pointed out to a referee, but he claimed otherwise. “Yeah, I had a cut on my arm,” he said when I asked him about the stoppage. Boozer claimed the cut occurred when he was “just playing,” but the story is a bit fishy when you consider that it appears to have happened while Rondo was attempting foul shots. RealGM

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Aggrey Sam: Booz: "He's funny, man. We're all Will Ferrell fans. 1 of the funniest dudes of our generation and kinda brought back memories of 'Semipro'" Twitter

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Nick Friedell: Will Ferrell introductions went about the same way you thought they would. He said Carlos Boozer still lives at home with his mom. Twitter

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The young children of NBA players lead weird lives. Given their fathers' jobs, they travel far more than most kids their age. Plus, on top of that, it all happens at an age when kids have a hard time keeping track of facts anyway. If a kid lives in one place, and his dad plays for a team in another city, it stands to reason he might get them confused. That said, it's still pretty funny to think that the child of an NBA player could actually root against his dad. So, enjoy the clip above, in which the young son of Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer shouts "Let's Go Heat" along with the home crowd. The Boozers live in Miami, but several people among Junior Boozer's family and friends were wearing his father's jersey. So, for all we know, maybe he's young enough that he has no real idea who his father plas for. Weirder things have happened. Yahoo! Sports

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“Why am I out?” Those were the words Carlos Boozer mouthed to an assistant coach after being replaced by Brian Scalabrine with the Bulls trailing 92-89 with 57 seconds left in Wednesday night’s loss to the Pacers at the United Center. Not only was the Bulls third-leading scorer and top rebounder being replaced during a critical moment of a game against a division rival, but backup power forward and defensive specialist Taj Gibson was unavailable with a high ankle sprain. That meant coach Tom Thibodeau thought Option C— Scalabrine—gave the Bulls a better chance of getting a stop than leaving Boozer on the floor. Chicago Sun-Times

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Where the coaching staff might see only W's and L's, many others see $'s. As in, the $131 million still owed to Boozer (last four years of his five-year deal) and Noah (new five-year extension). Even if Bulls vice president John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman don't have to re-sign Asik and Gibson anytime soon, it maybe ought to rankle the front office that two backups making about $3 million have been doing the work of guys being paid almost $26 million this season. Order in the Bulls' pecking order appeared to be restored at Boston Friday, when Boozer and Noah both logged 10:31 in the fourth quarter and wound up with fat positives (plus-19 for Boozer, plus-13 for Noah) in an 88-79 victory. Asked about his use of the starting bigs down the stretch, Thibodeau laughed. "I was waiting for that one," he said. "Not enough, too much -- what's next?" NBA.com

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A source close to the process told ESPN.com's Marc Stein that four players from the 2008 Olympic team have been ruled out of consideration for the 18 2012 finalists. Those four are Chicago's Carlos Boozer, Detroit's Tayshaun Prince, Phoenix's Michael Redd and Dallas' Jason Kidd. ESPN.com

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They overpaid in the process (five years, $70 million), which really should be between the Bulls and their accountants but invariably gets stirred into the mix. And the mix throughout Chicago's surprising 62-20 regular season in 2010-11 and postseason run to the Eastern Conference finals was that Boozer was a talent but a tease, physically impressive but sincerely phony. Someone who talked the talk a little better than he walked the walk. "A frontrunner," one NBA scout said the other day. Which means somebody who helps and produces and does/says the right things in good times but can't necessarily be counted on in tough times. NBA.com

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