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The Miami Heat had cap space, and focused on landing the three biggest fish on the market, resigned to filling out the roster using a combination of brilliant salary cap trickery and the ever-important veteran's minimum contract.The Chicago Bulls also had cap space, but instead of maxing out a triptych focusing on one big signing, and used the rest of the payroll to fill just about every need available. The Bulls signed major power forward Carlos Boozer a week into free agency, then went about adding to the team's shooting (Kyle Korver), perimeter defense and athleticism (Ronnie Brewer) and now to the backcourt depth behind star point guard Derrick Rose.
The Bulls landed C.J. Watson in a sign-and-trade with the Warriors, where the 26-year-old combo guard has played for three seasons. Watson will make a reported $6.5 million over the next two seasons to fill in at both guard spots off the bench. It's a rather fair deal for the Bulls, given the dearth of minutes-worthy point guards available this summer. The Warriors receive a 2011 second-round pick from Chicago.
Even though he averaged just 10.3 points a game at Golden State last season, Watson can really fill it up. He was one of only 31 players who scored 40 or more points in a game last season. He isn't a great playmaker for teammates, and Bulls fans should expect him to defer to his teammates frequently while on the court (which could mean a few too many mid-range jumpers for Luol Deng). But he won't make many mistakes with the ball, and if he refines his stroke he can help Korver stretch the defense that will assuredly try to pack it in against the slashing Rose and posting Boozer.
Carlos Arroyo, Shannon Brown and Will Bynum are now the best available point guards on the market.
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