Bulls making a Splash

The Chicago Bulls have just made one of the first major moves this off season with this upcoming trade to the Washington Wizards. The Bulls deal would move Kirk Hinrich and the 17th pick in todays NBA draft to the Washington Wizards. This would freeing up enough space to possibly pursue 2 max players in this summers free agency. The rest of the deal wasn't clear on what Washington would end up sending to the Bulls in the trade but it can't be officially done until July 8th so both teams will have time to work it out. The deal can't be done until the 8th once free agents are able to be signed because the Wizards will have to absorb Kirk Hinrich's 9 million dollar contract without sending anything back in similar value. Since it is only "a in good faith deal" for the time being there is a chance that the deal could still fall apart but according to a source the Sacrament Kings would be willing to make a similar deal with the Bulls if the Wizards were to fall through. Hinrich was one of my favorite player on the Bulls because he played with so much heart every night and was an underrated defender with the capability to play the point and shooting guard positions. But moving Kirk would bump the Bulls cap space from $20 million to more than $30 million under. This means that if the deal actually goes through the Bulls would be ahead of the game like the Miami Heat being able to sign 2 max deal players.