Inside the Lakers blog: Ex-Laker Pau Gasol officially joins the Chicago Bulls

It turns out that among all the endless trade discussions that involved Pau Gasol as the centerpiece, the Lakers either remained unable or unwilling to deal their star forward.Gasol announced on his Twitter account that he agreed to a deal with the Chicago Bulls. But his departure did not involve the Lakers completing a sign-and-trade with the Bulls, according to a league source familiar with the discussions.