[Basketball News]

DEERFIELD, Ill., June 30 (AP) -- A big man who can score has been the Chicago Bulls' biggest need for two seasons.

So when general manager John Paxson said they're still in the market for one, nobody was surprised.

Paxson had drafted a 6-foot-11 forward - Florida's Joakim Noah - with the ninth pick on Thursday when he made that statement. He had added athleticism, a rebounder, a shot-blocker, someone who helped his school win back-to-back NCAA championships. He had injected some emotion, a free spirit, into a rather conservative locker room. And he had acquired a player whose shot is, to be kind, a bit awkward.

So the search continues.

"As time goes on, yeah, I'm going to have to address some of the needs,'' Paxson said. "If we felt that was going to happen in the draft, we would have done that. Obviously, we didn't. We went a different direction. We still needed size.''

The Bulls don't have salary cap room, meaning an offensive-minded post player would have to come through the mid-level exception or a trade.

Bulls Still Looking For Points Down Low

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Originally Posted by Basketball News

DEERFIELD, Ill., June 30 (AP) -- A big man who can score has been the Chicago Bulls' biggest need for two seasons.

So when general manager John Paxson said they're still in the market for one, nobody was surprised.

Paxson had drafted a 6-foot-11 forward - Florida's Joakim Noah - with the ninth pick on Thursday when he made that statement. He had added athleticism, a rebounder, a shot-blocker, someone who helped his school win back-to-back NCAA championships. He had injected some emotion, a free spirit, into a rather conservative locker room. And he had acquired a player whose shot is, to be kind, a bit awkward.

Bulls Still Looking For Points Down Low

Yeah, that is being kind...the kid can't shoot, but hey, the game is played with four other guys...he will do well...