Barkley: Bulls should go after Hawks' Johnson

The Bulls didn't provide a competitive game against Miami on Thursday, but the lack of drama gave the TNT studio crew plenty of time to chime in on this summer's free-agent chase.

Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson called the game from courtside instead of sitting at the studio in Atlanta. Here are a couple of opinions on the Bulls' chances of spending roughly $20 million in cap room:

"This is an attractive team for a free agent, this Chicago team," Smith said. "You know you've got a great point guard; you now have a guy upfront (in Joakim Noah) who rebounds and gets offensive rebounds and a great energy player. So they just need one great scorer to go along with Derrick Rose, (so Rose) can facilitate instead of having to finish like what he's doing right here."

Barkley wasn't as optimistic.

"They need a big guy, but I don't think there's a dominant center out there, so I'd go after Joe Johnson," he said. "They need an outside shooter. But I think (Johnson) should stay in Atlanta and LeBron should stay in Cleveland. The only person I think is going to leave, to be honest with you, is (Toronto's) Chris Bosh. I think he's the only guy who's going to leave."

Noah feels fine: Thanks to Thursday's blowout, center Joakim Noah didn't even reach his allotted 15 minutes of playing time. He ended up logging just over 10 minutes, but could have played more.

"His foot feels good today," coach Vinny Del Negro said after Friday's practice. "No reason to put him back out there. Hopefully, we can up his minutes a little bit more (Saturday against New Jersey)."

TNT analyst Charles Barkley took another opportunity to plug Noah during Thursday's broadcast. Several times this season, Barkley has said Noah is his favorite player.

"When I watch him play there's never a doubt in your mind he's giving you everything he's got," Barkley said. "It's beautiful to watch."

Wade dreams of home: Following Thursday's win over the Bulls, Miami star Dwyane Wade reflected on why he has a history of not playing well in his hometown.

"I was laying in bed today and I was wondering, 'Why don't I play good here like I do in other places?'" he said. "I decided that I play too fast here. Offensively, I'm maybe too aggressive. Today I decided to come out and play like I normally play, with a lot of patience. Come out early and get my teammates involved. Then I start looking for mine.

"That's what I did and by the time I looked up, we had a big lead and it enabled us to get a lot of rest."