NBA Trade Deadline 2012: The One Trade the Oklahoma City Thunder Must Make

THUNDER TRADE: Nick Collison, Thabo Sefolosha, Nazr Mohammed, Royal Ivey and a 2012 No. 1 Pick

BULLS TRADE: Carlos Boozer and John Lucas III

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the most talented team in the Western Conference and perhaps the entire league, but they do have some severe weaknesses.

Most notably: post offense.

Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka are fantastic defensive stalwarts, but neither is a natural scorer whatsoever—neither are backups like Collison, Mohammed or young Cole Aldrich.

The Thunder need post scoring badly.

Carlos Boozer provides that, without a doubt.

I will be honest, I do not personally like Carlos Boozer's game, and if I was the GM for most teams in the NBA, I would not even consider trading for Boozer.

However, Boozer seems to provide exactly what the Oklahoma City Thunder need.

He just seems like a perfect fit; even I cannot deny that.

The Thunder already have three defensive-minded big men in Perkins, Ibaka and Aldrich, making Nick Collison expendable.

They also already have a solid backup shooting guard in Daequan Cook, as well as a point guard capable of playing the off-guard position in Russell Westbrook.

Additionally, they have a shooting guard that is a bona fide star in the league and could stand to play as many minutes as he possibly can each game in the bearded James Harden.

Thabo Sefolosha is expendable as well, and it goes without saying that Nazr Mohammed and Royal Ivey are nothing more than throw-ins in this trade.

The Thunder won't miss them much at all.

This is a trade the Thunder's magnificent GM Sam Presti should strongly consider making.

As for the Bulls, I sincerely believe they would agree to this trade.

Carlos Boozer is not a Tom Thibodeau-type of player, and the defensive-minded coach seems more comfortable playing Taj Gibson in close games than Boozer.

Trading Boozer and his enormous salary for two Thibodeau-type players in Nick Collison and Thabo Sefolosha, while also receiving an additional first-round draft pick, may be too good for the Bulls to pass up.