Report: Gasol to Bulls "destined," salary details, Lakers trade talks ongoing

According to Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Lakers are currently engaged in three-way trade talks with the Chicago Bulls and (potentially) the Houston Rockets that would send Pau Gasol to the Windy City.

Bresnahan reports that the Lakers could receive a draft pick or two as compensation, with falls in line with Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski's recent report that the Lakers are not pursuing Chicago veteran swingman Mike Dunleavy Jr.:

The difference in salary between Gasol signing with the Bulls cold in free agency and landing there via sign-and-trade is not insignificant in the least:

However, per Wojnarowski, the Bulls are a reported lock to land the four-time NBA All-Star regardless of the method of his acquisition:

 

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