Finally, someone from outside of NO and OKC gives an opinion:


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Posted on Sun, Jan. 29, 2006
Pierce could make Bulls a powerBY SAM SMITHChicago TribuneCHICAGO - Time to get serious. Only 25 shopping days until the NBA trading deadline. And I'm looking for a star for the Bulls.
The trading floor is officially open now that Ron Artest has gone to Sacramento. A half dozen teams were holding onto players until the Artest deal went through. Boston and Minnesota followed immediately with a seven-player deal that seems, at least to me, a precursor that Boston will trade Paul Pierce. The Celtics insist the trade was made to get supporting players, but Pierce now is the only player on the roster not acquired by Danny Ainge........
FINAL SHOTS
The Hornets play host to the Bulls on Wednesday with word expected soon that the team will be in Oklahoma City next season too. Let's get this over with and move the Hornets permanently to Oklahoma. New Orleans didn't support the team in its first season. I understand the sympathy aspect in the Katrina aftermath, but you can't sentence a team to sure bankruptcy and an inevitable move. . . . With the Clippers blowing out the Nuggets so badly Saturday night, the Nuggets' radio station switched to a hockey game.