Kings and Bulls players swap
February 19, 2009 by Bumeral sports news
Filed under Basketball
NBA Bulls vs Bucks
SACRAMENTO, USA, Feb. 19, 2009 .- The Chicago Bulls have changed andalusia alero Argentine Andres Nocioni to the Sacramento Kings.
The Bulls sent Nocioni and Drew Gooden to the Kings in exchange for the pivot Brad Miller and John Salmons.
Sacramento also received a Michel Ruffin and Cedric Simmons in the exchange, but immediately sent Ruffin to Portland in exchange for Ike Diogu and cash. The Kings then took a low Quincy Douby and Sam Cassell, who was acquired from Boston on Tuesday, to give space to new players.
Nocioni had averaged 10.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game with the Bulls this season, his fifth in the NBA.
Argentine remaining three years and $ 21 million on his contract.
Luol Deng, a leading figure of the Bulls wore upset by the change of Nocioni, one of his best friends on the team, but other players on the Chicago team were thrilled with the arrival of their new colleagues.
Salmons is the main piece for the Bulls. The wing was the best scorer of the Kings with an average of 18.3 points per game, plus 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists.
“I like a lot,” said the player the Bulls, Ben Gordon. “Pass the ball very well, do good things, and I think we can give the game a lot of others.”
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