The Chicago Bulls acquired the draft rights to center Omer Asik, the 36th selection in NBA Draft 2008, in a three-team deal with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets.

The 7-0, 255-pound Asik is a 20-year-old native of Bursa, Turkey.  A two-time Turkish League All-Star (2007, 2008), Asik split 30 games last year with Alpella and Fenerbahce, where he averaged 10.2 ppg, 8.3 rpg, a league-high 1.90 bpg, and 1.90 spg.  In 2007-08 Euroleague action, he set a league record for blocked shots in a game with 19 rejections.

The Bulls traded the 39th pick in NBA Draft 2008 (which turned out to be 6-6 guard/forward Sonny Weems from Arkansas) to the Denver Nuggets for Denver?s 2009 regular second-round draft pick.  Chicago then acquired the 36th selection in NBA Draft 2008 from the Portland Trail Blazers for Denver?s 2009 regular second-round pick, the New York Knicks? 2009 regular second-round pick (acquired from New York on Oct. 4, 2005 in the Eddy Curry trade), and Chicago?s 2010 regular second-round draft pick.