"While Utah is gauging the trade market on Boozer, trading Hinrich from a thin backcourt without getting a guard in return makes little sense."

More from Smith on Bulls.com:

"Just think it out: The Bulls are going to give up two of their top six players for a one-year rental player they could get-if they wanted-in free agency next summer without giving up anything. And they'd have given up Hinrich and Ben Gordon and now need Jannero Pargo to play perhaps 30 minutes per game as a third guard. And this is with not having seen Boozer play after Boozer played in just 37 games last season, the second time in the last four seasons he played in fewer than 40 games because of injuries. And nowhere in the report is there any mention of any players leaving the Trailblazers. C'mon, who could really believe this?"

Thomas in a subsequent tweet, according to Smith on Bulls.com:

"The media is a mess."

And finally, the last word from Smith:

"We figured he always felt that way."

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