NBA legend and TNT analyst Charles Barkley believes in Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro, but doesn't think the team will land a top free agent this summer.

"I don't understand why Vinny gets blamed," Barkley told the Chicago Tribune. "When Vinny had a healthy team, they had the fifth or sixth seed in the East. He can't do anything about injuries. Let's be realistic. This team, if they were healthy, wouldn't be any higher than fourth anyway in the East."

"I think that would be unfair if they fire him," added Barkley. "It's easy to fire the coach. Vinny got the Bulls to the playoffs last year, took the champs (Celtics) to seven games in that series, they lose Ben Gordon and if nobody gets hurt, they're in the playoffs again."

The Tribune then asked Barkley if he felt the Bulls could land a top-flight free agent this coming offseason.

"Zero chance at LeBron and zero chance at Dwyane," Barkley said. "As far as them getting one of the big names, I don't foresee that."

Barkley isn't a fan of Chicago targeting Chris Bosh either.

"I don't like Bosh and (Joakim) Noah together," he continued. "They're both undersized power forwards. If they got Bosh, they'd be like the Atlanta Hawks. They'd be a good team, but they'd be little guys."

According to Barkley, Joe Johnson would be the smartest target.

"Joe Johnson would be a nice pickup because they don't have a (shooting) guard," Barkley said. "But they have to be careful. Just because you have money doesn't mean you have to spend it. Be realistic. They're not going to win a championship in the next few years anyway. And once you spend it, you're stuck with that team. You can screw it up even if you have cap space."