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Assistant Del Harris Retires From Bulls

Bulls assistant coach Del Harris has decided to retire after 50 years in the business.

Harris, who turns 72 next month, opens up a spot on the team's bench for Pete Myers or Randy Brown, a Kings assistant who interviewed with head coach Vinny Del Negro last week.

He had one year left on his contract with Chicago, and compiled a 556-457 record as a head coach in the NBA.

Via Chicago Tribune


Raptors Privately Considering Trading Bosh

The Raptors are privately acknowledging for the first time that they might need to trade Chris Bosh, rather than risk losing him to free agency in 2010, according to a report from the New York Daily News.

The Bulls remain interested in Bosh, but Luol Deng would have to be part of a package going to the Raptors.

Bosh could also end up in Detroit in a package that would net the Raptors Carlos Boozer, according to the report.

Via New York Daily News


Allegations Could Prove Costly For Rose

Derrick Rose's bright first NBA season is now being clouded by allegations of major violations at Memphis and that someone altered his college transcript.

"This is going to be a multiyear story, and the problem for Derrick Rose is he's at the foundation of this," Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based consulting company Sports Corp. Ltd., told the Associated Press.

The NCAA claims that an unknown person took the SATs for a knowing player and that the player used it to get to Memphis.

Compounding Rose's issues were reports that Rose was one of four Simeon (High School) athletes with a grade that got bumped up for a month.

The only word out of Rose's camp was a statement by attorney Daniel E. Reidy, who said the point guard cooperated in an investigation by Memphis that uncovered "no wrongdoing on his part."

Via Yahoo! Sports


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