The Chicago Bulls named Michael Brown assistant coach on Wednesday.  Brown joins Ron Adams, Pete Myers and Mike Wilhelm to round out Jim Boylan?s coaching staff.

?Michael?s main responsibility will be working with Pete Myers and focusing on the continued development of our young big men,? said Bulls Interim Head Coach Jim Boylan.  ?His experience as a player in the NBA, and as a coach in the NBDL, will be a welcome addition to our staff and our team.?

Brown, 44, comes to the Bulls with five years of coaching experience.  He spent four seasons in the NBA Development League, two seasons as an assistant coach with the Roanoke Dazzle, and two years as the head coach of the Fayetteville Patriots.  Prior to his time in the D-League, he spent one year with the ABA?s Las Vegas Slam.

According to the Denver Post, George Karl called the Hornets' Tyson Chandler "a young Marcus", in reference to defensive stud Marcus Camby, and said that the Nuggets were "very interested" in trading for Tyson Chandler, then with Chicago, in the summer of 2006.

"This is a young Marcus (Camby) who can get 20 rebounds," Karl said of the Hornets center. "There's about 90 percent of big guys in the NBA who you could lock in a gym all night long and they couldn't get 20 rebounds."

Chicago traded Chandler to New Orleans instead, receiving P.J. Brown ? as well as J.R. Smith, who the Bulls shipped to Denver for Howard Eisley and two second-round picks.

Ben Gordon and Luol Deng will be restricted free agents next summer as they were unable to come to terms with the Bulls on extensions.

Deng has a per 40 FIC (RealGM's efficiency formula) of 12.9 while Gordon's is 9.9.  Last season, Deng and Gordon had per 40 FIC's of 14.0 and 11.7 respectively.

"One of those two guys told me he made a mistake," Jerry Reinsdorf, chairman of the Bulls said in an interview with WGN-TV. "I don't know if that had something to do with [the slow start]."

"Obviously, he wasn't talking about me," Gordon told the Sun-Times when asked about Reinsdorf's remarks.

Gordon was reportedly offered a five-year deal worth $50 million.

Deng told the Sun-Times that he only regretted not coming to terms on a deal, not declining the offer he received.

Bulls' chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has clarified comments he made recently about former Coach Scott Skiles, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

"Scott told [general manager] John [Paxson], 'I think this team might need a new voice,' " Reinsdorf said Sunday at the United Center. "I can't believe I was so sloppy with my words. Scott did an excellent job here."

Reinsdorf's original words imply Skiles wanted out.

"Scott would never quit on a team," interim Coach Jim Boylan said. "Scott's a dedicated professional. I think Scott's a realist. He sees what's going on around him, and he's not afraid of the truth."

While the Chicago Bulls were missing Ben Gordon and Luol Deng in their 88-77 loss to Phoenix, the Suns were missing a starter of their own.

Grant Hill, who missed almost two weeks following an appendectomy, was forced to sit due to back spasms.

"It actually does feel better, but I've got to nip it in the bud and get it right," said Hill. "Hopefully, it'll continue to progress and feel better [for] the next game."

Bulls' owner Jerry Reinsdorf has revealed during an interview with WGN-Ch. 9's "Instant Replay" that will be aired on Sunday night that the team needed a new voice.

"Something didn't mesh right this year," Reinsdorf told WGN's Rich King. "Scott came to us eventually and said, 'I think the team needs a new voice.' ... Scott realized that he wasn't getting through to them. It was time to do something else."

Reached Saturday, Skiles declined to respond.

The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has recalled JamesOn Curry from the D-League?s Iowa Energy. He was most recently assigned to the Energy on Jan. 7, his second tour of duty with the Bulls? D-League affiliate. He was also on assignment with the Energy from Nov. 15 ? Dec. 17, 2007. Upon being recalled, Curry is scheduled to undergo left thumb surgery.

Curry (6-3, 190) has not appeared in a regular season game with the Bulls since Chicago selected him in the second round (51st overall) of NBA Draft 2007. In 13 D-League games this season, he averaged 20.2 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.2 rpg, and 1.08 spg in 39.7 mpg. He also shot .463 from the floor, including .377 from three-point range, and .719 from the free throw line.

The Bulls expected to be without forward Luol Deng against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, but guard Ben Gordon was a late scratch due to a sprained right wrist, the Associated Press reported.

X-Rays on Gordon's wrist were negative after he suffered the injury against the Grizzlies on Monday.

A sore left Achilles heel will sideline Luol Deng for the next few weeks, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

Jim Boylan announced the news and did not know when he expects Deng to be available again.

While the Bulls have aggressively been working the phones with several teams, league sources tell the Bergen Record that they have discussed a trade with the Nets that would send Andres Nocioni and Thabo Sefolosha to New Jersey for Bostjan Nachbar, Marcus Williams, Antoine Wright and Jamaal Magloire.

The Bulls' first choice for a trade still appears to be Pau Gasol.