The Chicago Bulls are facing their biggest offseason in years. They should approach it with an eye to change. Coach Tom Thibodeau has been beyond admirable as the Bulls’ general in recent years. He’s gotten a ton out of marginal talents like Nate Robinson and D.J. Augustin, and pushed this team into playoff runs despite repeated season-ending injuries to their best player, Derrick Rose...
With the fortunes of Kevin Love and Carmelo Anthony expected to highlight this summer’s NBA dog days, the Chicago Bulls have emerged as a potential landing spot for each. And why not? Boasting both a big market and All-Star talent at two positions, the Bulls are potentially one piece away from positioning themselves as true title contenders. That it’ll have a shot at both franchise forwards...
A bucket of cold water for you, Bill Simmons. If you believe the reports, there's been an air of discontent swirling around Tom Thibodeau and the Chicago Bulls front office that predates even last summer's firing of respected assistant coach Ron Adams. Thibodeau allegedly wasn't happy about the breakup of Bench Mob 1.0 in the summer of 2012, a shakeup that saw the Bulls lose Omer Asik to a carefully...
Gar Forman Season recap: Nobody knew that Derrick Rose would go down again with another season-ending knee injury, but Forman did a solid job of landing D.J. Augustin to fill a hole and provide offensive stability. He also made a wise choice in dealing Luol Deng given that as soon as Rose went down the Bulls' championship aspirations were over. Season highlight: It has to be the Augustin signing....
CHICAGO -- Imagine this: Kevin Love ripping down a rebound. Derrick Rose racing down the court. Tom Thibodeau screaming like a maniac. Love firing a touchdown pass that makes the hairs on Marc Trestman's head stand up. Rose catching and converting. Joakim Noah clapping. The Bulls winning. Are you picking up those good vibrations that Love's uncle Mike used to sing about? Those excitations? Do you...
Before the New York Knicks settle on finalists for their head coach position, team president Phil Jackson wants to call his own play: Derek Fisher....
The NBA initiated a charge seeking to terminate Donald Sterling's ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers and set a hearing for June 3, the league announced Monday....
Fortunes could soon change for the Milwaukee Bucks, whose 2013-14 season was defined by losing....
Two short years after looking every bit the superstar-driven contender, the Chicago Bulls find themselves facing something of an uncertain future. How will Derrick Rose recover from his second knee injury in as many years? How will Chicago approach the 2015 offseason, when Carlos Boozer’s onerous contract finally comes off the books? Amidst all the questions, Bulls fans can bank on at least...
From Mitch and Nillz: Ricky O'Donnell joins Nillz with a in-depth report from the NBA Draft Combine. We also give our thoughts on the speculation surrounding Kevin Love, implications of the coaching carousel in full swing, and a quick look at the conference finals. You can listen directly at their site or using the embedded player below: Subscribe to The Mitch & Nillz Bulls Show on iTunes , and follow...
B-a-B was at the draft combine. So was Reggie Rose. Whether you're counting it as a comedic highlight or an anxiety-laced split second of dread, the most memorable moment of the 2014 NBA Draft Combine, at least from the Chicago Bulls ' perspective, had nothing to do shooting drills, athletic testing or which players had already met with the front office. I was making my way across the gym formerly...
Tom Thibodeau Season recap: This was Thibodeau's best season in his four-year tenure with the Bulls because he changed his entire season plan on the fly after Derrick Rose went down with another knee injury. Then he kept his team together after veteran leader Luol Deng was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Thibodeau's team ran out of gas again in the postseason, but he did what he had to do to get...
CHICAGO -- Sports fans thrive off hope. That's why Chicago Bulls fans are feeling so great about themselves these days. The idea of Carmelo Anthony joining forces with Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah has been percolating for months. Now comes word again that Minnesota Timberwolves big man Kevin Love is interested in becoming a free agent after next year and is intrigued by the possibility of playing...
ESPN.com reports: Kevin Love plans to become an unrestricted free agent after next season rather than sign a contract extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to sources, and if that forces a trade, the All-Star power forwward is intrigued by the idea of joining the Chicago Bulls....
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Before the onslaught began, before the Indiana Pacers pounced with 3-pointers, pummeled with post play, demoralized with depth, flummoxed with free throws, Pacers coach Frank Vogel offered a hint of what might follow....
Bulls' 2011 acquisition has 12 points, 7 rebounds as team loses Euroleague final One game after looking dominant at times in a semifinal victory, Nikola Mirotic struggled and Real Madrid lost Sunday's Euroleague final to Maccabi Tel Aviv 98-86 in overtime....
Jimmy Butler was less than pleased about how Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau used him in the recent first-round playoff series loss to the Washington Wizards , and apparently, Butler let his coach know how he felt. Per Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times : According to one teammate, Butler was unhappy enough that he actually met with coach Tom Thibodeau after Game 2 and...
With Minnesota facing the reality it may have to trade Kevin Love before he becomes a free agent in the summer of 2015, Sam Smith of Bulls.com discusses what that means for teams interested in acquiring the All-Star forward. ...
hey, it's a start! While Carmelo Anthony leads the 2014 free agent class, it's apparently not too early to look towards 2015. That's when Kevin Love has an early opt-out of his contract with Minnesota, and though the Timberwolves to this point have (wisely, in my opinion) not even entertained offers to 'get something' before Love has a chance to reach free agency, that may be reportedly changing....