Chicago Bulls vice president John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman are proof that you can keep your job after failing to excel at it for quite some time. And according to the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson, this isn’t going to change: With Dwyane Wade owning a player option and the Bulls perhaps repeating last June’s [...]
February 8, 2017
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Okay, seriously: What in the actual effing eff are the Chicago Bulls doing. The point guard rotation is a mess. Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade seem like they hate everyone else on the team. Head coach Fred Hoiberg is being criticized for not generating more shooting from a roster that isn’t built to shoot. The [...]
February 3, 2017
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Jimmy Butler is playing untouchable-level basketball, but rival league executives told the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson he might not be so untouchable as the NBA nears its Feb. 23 trade deadline: There are rival executives who believe the Bulls and Celtics will rekindle trade talks centered on Jimmy Butler before the Feb. 23 deadline. The teams [...]
January 31, 2017
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If not for the Orlando Magic and New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls would play host to the Eastern Conference’s most bizarre slop fest. Chief among their issues is an inability to hash out a regular point guard rotation. Rajon Rondo was playing, then he wasn’t, but now he is again, as a member of the bench. [...]
January 30, 2017
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The Chicago Bulls locker room and team harmony seems to be eroding at the seams, as an underachieving (not in my opinion) veteran laden 23-24 Bulls team that is led by some outspoken veterans has resulted in a number of stories as players make statements in the media about their dissatisfaction with one another. Dwyane [...]
January 30, 2017
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Why no, everything is not fine with the Chicago Bulls. Thanks for asking. Following the team’s Wednesday night loss to the Atlanta Hawks, Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade ripped their teammates for a seeming lack of effort, per the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: I wish I could say that everyone in here is going to go [...]
January 26, 2017
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According to a story from Joe Cowley in the Chicago Sun Times Sunday morning, the Chicago Bulls front office is not satisfied with their 22-23 record to start the season. The article states that multiple sources have reported that the team has been actively shopping Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic in order to shake up [...]
January 23, 2017
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No one is quite sure if Chris Bosh will ever play in the NBA again given his now-extensive history with blood clots, but the Chicago Bulls are monitoring his situation ahead of next season. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: 1. More than one rival team has said they don’t expect Bosh to be waived by Miami [...]
January 20, 2017
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For those of us who thought Rajon Rondo’s situation with the Chicago Bulls couldn’t get any weirder, it turns out we were wrong. Leading into the Bulls’ Tuesday night loss to the Washington Wizards, Rondo hadn’t played in the last five games. A scheduled rest day for Dwyane Wade plus Jimmy Butler’s absence forced him back into [...]
January 11, 2017
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The Chicago Bulls looked like they might trade Jimmy Butler ahead of last June’s draft. But then they didn’t. And then they signed Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade. And then they were steamrolling opponents to start the 2016-17 crusade, essentially squelching all Butler speculation. But Chicago has since crashed back down earth, with a below-.500 [...]
January 9, 2017
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