The Bulls have signed 29-year old power forward Carlos Boozer to a 5-year, $80 million dollar deal. Boozer played in 78 games (all starts) for the Jazz last season and he averaged 34.3 minutes, 19.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He has now played in 510 games (469 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 32.7 minutes, 17.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Despite missing out on Chris Bosh the Bulls still landed on their feet in signing Boozer who is just as good as him. Boozer might also be able to convince LeBron James to come to Chicago as they played together in Cleveland early in their careers.

UPDATE: (7/9/2010) – The Bulls missed out on LeBron James who is signing with the Heat. They still are a much better team going into this season with Carlos Boozer in tow.