Some within Bulls want Tyrus moved?

Barry Rozner says the Bulls missed out on opportunities to rid themselves of certain players or line up potential replacements for others. Rozner cites Kirk Hinrich’s contract and Tyrus Thomas (wanted gone by some in the organization) as two pieces that should be moved, or looking to replace Ben Gordon as a priority for the Bulls.

What’s certain is that after passing not once, but twice on Pitt’s DeJuan Blair in the first round, they’re still weak down low.

They also failed to land a replacement for their top scorer and shooting guard in Ben Gordon, who can depart once free agency begins next week, and they still haven’t moved the bad contract belonging to Kirk Hinrich.

So what you have is a lot of question marks within the roster of a team that showed a lot of heart in taking an old and injured Boston team to the limit in the first round.

As entertaining as that was, it didn’t prove anything that you didn’t already know.

As was the case when the 2008-09 season began, when it ended, and after draft day, Derrick Rose still has no one reliable to play catch with down low.

There was some hope that Chris Bosh might be on the move this summer, though when it doesn’t happen on draft day, you have to think it won’t happen until the trade deadline next winter.

As for Tyrus Thomas, Vinny Del Negro found out what Scott Skiles already knew, that Thomas serves almost no purpose.

There was some hope in the Bulls organization that Thomas would be employed in another city by the time the clock struck midnight Thursday.

No such luck. At least, not yet.

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