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The Atlanta Hawks joined the NBA’s trading spree by acquiring guard Kirk Hinrich in a five-player deal with the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, keeping pace with earlier moves by Eastern Conference competition.

The Hawks also received Hilton Armstrong in the deal, sending point guard Mike Bibby, Maurice Evans, Jordan Crawford and a draft pick to the Wizards, Atlanta announced.

Atlanta’s acquisition comes with Thursday’s trading deadline looming and the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets having just made traded for All Stars Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams.

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Kirk Hinrich makes JJ Redick strongly consider some broken ankle insurance from Kobe and his Orlando Magic teammates consider never letting Reddick forget the incident. This was all sorts of nasty!

Gibson says he’d welcome another power forward
Amare Stoudemire rolls into town Tuesday with gaudy averages and enough trade rumors in his wake almost to be an honorary Bull. The Bulls are chasing the Raptors for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, and Toronto’s All-Star forward, Chris Bosh, is another potential Bulls target in free agency this summer.

So is another All-Star power forward, Utah’s Carlos Boozer. All of which makes incumbent starter and revelatory rookie Taj Gibson feel how, exactly?

“I’m fine with it because you have to take it in stride, and I just look forward to getting myself better and improving,” Gibson said. “Whatever guy we get, whether it’s a power forward or shooting guard, hopefully will help our team tremendously…
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Another major multi-team trade might be looming in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers,Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls having discussed a deal that would be headlined by Carlos Boozer and Kirk Hinrich, according to NBA front-office sources.

Sources stressed to ESPN.com that no deal was imminent Thursday and that both Portland and Utah are still evaluating additional trade scenarios. But two sources with knowledge of the three-team proposal confirmed that there have been substantive talks aimed at landing Boozer in Chicago, Hinrich in Portland and Tyrus Thomas in Utah.

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The news for the Chicago Bulls isn’t good after Kirk Hinrich left the game against the Suns with a hand injury Friday; just 16 minutes into the contest. On Saturday test  revealed that Hinrich will miss three months with a torn ligament in his right thumb or if your fancy a torn ulnar collateral ligament. 

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Hinrich will undergo surgery on his thumb Tuesday at Rush University Medical Center. Get ready for a steady dose of a Rose / Gordon in the backcourt.

One of the hot rumors surround the upcoming NBA draft is that the Miami Heat, drafting No. 2 behind the Bulls, want Derrick Rose so badly that might be willing to trade star Dwyane Wade to Chicago for a package around that top pick.

The Chicago Tribune has reported that the Bulls could attempt to use the first pick in the draft to acquire the Chicago native. Any trade likely also would include Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich going to Miami the Bulls could trade Hinrich if they chose Rose, and Miami has long been a rumored landing spot.

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