All season long, rumors swirled around Chicago that Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose weren’t exactly seeing eye to eye. Butler entered the league when Rose was the MVP, but of course, Derrick hasn’t seen much of the court since. In his time out, Butler has somewhat emerged as the face of the franchise. Perhaps that’s [...]
June 30, 2016
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Reports surfaced that the New York Knicks may have been in contact with the Chicago Bulls recently about dealing for injury prone star Derrick Rose. [tweet https://twitter.com/ManufacturingOD/status/743903035403935744] Rose is entering the final year of his contract and is set to make $21.3 million in 2016-17. The Knicks are in dire need of a point guard [...]
June 20, 2016
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If the Chicago Bulls have their way, they’ll trade the one year left on Derrick Rose’s contract before they move Jimmy Butler. The Butler rumor mill has received new life over the last few days with a report coming from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chad Ford that the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to send the [...]
June 15, 2016
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Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose are hardly considered one of the NBA’s dynamic duos. And, for their part, they’re trying to make sure that changes. As Jimmy Butler said, per The Chicago Tribune‘s Teddy Greenstein: Butler said he plans to workout with Derrick Rose in the offseason. “I think we will,” he said. “When we [...]
April 21, 2016
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Stop asking Jimmy Butler about his relationship with Derrick Rose. The Chicago Bulls’ duo has faced plenty of questions over the last year. Their ties have been painted as less than cordial in the past—fodder for the rumor mill and evidence of why the Bulls are so far from where they’re expected to be. But [...]
April 12, 2016
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Say what you will about Derrick Rose, just don’t ever claim he isn’t confident in himself or his abilities, however much they’ve changed. The Chicago Bulls point guard has maintained a level of resistance to the notion that he’s declined since suffering an initial ACL tear in 2012. His comments have seemed inspiring at times, [...]
March 23, 2016
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Derrick Rose is playing like an MVP candidate again, and the Chicago Bulls hope it lasts. Nay they need it to last. Jimmy Butler and Nikola Mirotic remain on the shelf, and Joakim Noah is done for the season. The offense hasn’t been as potent as advertised, and Chicago is a heartbeat away from slipping [...]
February 24, 2016
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Derrick Rose will not be in Toronto for the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend this year. That, however, wasn’t for lack of proper footwear as adidas had this new D Rose 6 Boost colorway ready just in case. For the ‘Aurora Borealis’ adidas D Rose 6 Boost, purple adidas Primeknit is used throughout the upper with [...]
First Dirk Nowitzki, now Derrick Rose. The NBA’s superstars just won’t stop doling out the feel goodz to Kobe Bryant. Ahead of the Chicago Bulls’ thorough drubbing of the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, Rose, like Nowitzki before him, showered Kobe with the utmost praise, per Nick Friedell of ESPN.com: “Kobe, he’s someone that [...]
January 29, 2016
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Joakim Noah, by all appearances, has played his last game with the Chicago Bulls. The soon-to-be 31-year-old is done for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery and will be an unrestricted free agent at campaign’s end. He doesn’t fit head coach Fred Hoiberg’s offensive model, and the presences of Taj Gibson, Nikola Mirotic (currently injured), [...]
January 28, 2016
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