I'm not sure how much that Helps the Bulls. The Heat will presumably have at least 1, if not 2 MLE-level seasons after this one, plus a heap of expiring contracts. They're likely to get better in the 2012-2013 season than they were in 2010-2011, not worse. On top of that, Boozer will be 29 this season and 31 next season. If the Bulls want to compete...this is as good of a shot as they get.

I think the Bulls need to think about this for a minute. How many teams are successful with an 10-11 man rotation? Skiles always did it with us and it failed miserably because we never had any chemistry. We don't need anymore guys that expect minutes. After Kurt Thomas, the rest of the guys need to be bench scrubs or NBDL talent. We are perfectly fine with our current roster and rotation now, we don't need Tracy McGrady.

Bulls haven't ruled out T-Mac

As of Friday morning, Chicago had not completely ruled out the signing of Tracy McGrady.

Miami’s signing of Eddie House extinguished one of the Bulls’ other prime options and thus helped keep alive the possibility of McGrady scoring the deal from the Bulls that he so badly wants, as chronicled here. Chicago, though, continues to look at other options such as Keith Bogans and Roger Mason.

Sources close to the process, as they did Monday after McGrady’s workout and sitdown with team officials, continue to describe the prospect of a T-Mac signing as “unlikely” after he spoke at length -- to the media and apparently those officials as well -- of his intent to try to force his way into a prominent role with the Bulls when they were looking for him to show a blanket willingness to accept a limited role.

If the Bulls ultimately do relent and commit to a T-Mac experiment, since they do need another scoring threat on the perimeter, it’s believed that they will insist on McGrady accepting a non-guaranteed deal for next season so they can let him go at any time without financial hesitation if they deem the experiment to be failing.