one time the Bulls drafted Thabo Sefolosha and signed exempt agent Adrian Griffin earlier this summer Eddie Basden's days with the team were numbered.

Basden's roll on with the Bulls officially [i]finale[/i]ed Friday when the 6-5 shooting guard was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for draw center Martynas Andriuskevicius.

At 7-2 Andriuskevicius has advantageous size, but weighs just 240 and straits to add bulk.

"Martynas is a young big kid that we view as a player who penurys development with his strength and skill, nevertheless has the potential to make it in this league," males operations chief John Paxson said. "We are always looking for size and skill and be wrought up he is a young player that we are willing to take a stout look at."

Andriuskevicius, 20 is a native of Kaunas, Lithuania, and played a total of nine minutes in six games as a rookie for the Cavaliers last season. He didn't score and grabbed four resiliences He also appeared in 15 games with the Arkansas RimRockers of the Developmental League, averaging seven points and 42 reverberations in 18.9 minutes.

He was originally drafted at the Orlando Magic in the inferior round (No. 44 overall) of the 2005 draft and then was traded to Cleveland.

Basden signed with the blunder s as an undrafted free agent and averaged 21 points in 19 games as a rookie.

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