The Bulls have signed 29-year old SG/SF Kyle Korver to a 3-year, $15 million dollar deal. Korver played in 52 games (0 starts) for the Jazz last season and he averaged 18.3 minutes, 7.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. His long range shooting is his best asset on the floor as he hit a stunning 53.6% of his three point attempts last season. Korver has now played in 517 games (103 starts) in his 7 years in the NBA and he is averaging 25.1 minutes, 9.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He has shot 41% from three point range in his NBA career. It will be interesting to see if the Bulls start Korver at shooting guard or if they bring him off the bench. Regardless of what role the Bulls have for Korver I like this signing for them.

The Bulls have done a sign and trade deal with the Suns involving 28-year old forward Hakim Warrick. Warrick played in 28 games (0 starts) for the Bulls last season and he averaged 19.0 minutes, 8.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. Warrick signed a 4-year, $18 million dollar deal and then he was shipped to the Suns for a 2nd round pick in 2011. While that’s not much to get for Warrick it certainly is better than nothing.

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.

The Bulls have released 25-year old power forward Chris Richard and 25-year old small forward Rob Kurz. Richard played in 18 games (0 starts) for the Bulls last season and he averaged 12.4 minutes, 2.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He has now played in 70 games (3 starts) in his two years in the NBA and he has averaged 11.1 minutes, 1.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Kurz did not get into any games last season. He played in 40 games (5 starts) as a rookie with the Warriors in 2008-09 in which he averaged 11.1 minutes, 3.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. If the Bulls want either of these guys to round out the bench they will be able to sign them late in the off-season.

The Bulls have picked 20-year old power forward Kevin Seraphin with the 17th overall pick of the NBA Draft out of France. He will likely be traded to the Wizards on July 8th along with Kirk Hinrich. Seraphin played in 97 games (47 starts) in France and he averaged 7.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.0 blocked shot per game. The Bulls would have certainly picked a better player then Seraphin if they had kept the pick.

UPDATE: (7/8/2010) - Seraphin is officially a Washington Wizard.