The Bulls need veterans.  Tim Hardaway is a veteran, and a local boy.  Henry Thomas, Hardaway's agent, believes his player is far from washed up.  "He played in 77 games last season, and he played more minutes in those games than [Utah's] John Stockton did playing in all 82," said Thomas, Hardaway's Chicago-based agent. "He's pretty durable."  With the Heat not expected to re-sign him for anything close to his $12M salary this past season, the Bulls would have the perfect opportunity to offer him more money to act as a mentor to Jamal Crawford.



Now that it is open season to negotiate with free agents, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that the team has targeted signing Charlotte small forward Eddie Robinson as a primary goal.  With the Hornets faced with the difficulty of only being able to offer the restricted free agent $4.5M, the Bulls are in with a good chance there also.