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Chicago Bulls Confirm Nikola Mirotic Won’t Have Surgery for Injuries Suffered in Fight with Bobby Portis

Chicago Bulls Confirm Nikola Mirotic Won’t Have Surgery for Injuries Suffered in Fight with Bobby Portis

Nikola Mirotic will not have surgery following his dustup teammate Bobby Portis a couple of weeks. This sounds a little weird, considering the 26-year-old forward suffered facial fractures that has him sidelined indefinitely, but the possibility has been on the table from the start. And on Monday, both Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg and vice [...]

October 31, 2017 admin Blogs 0

So Now It Seems Nikola Mirotic Willing to Accept Trade From the Chicago Bulls

So Now It Seems Nikola Mirotic Willing to Accept Trade From the Chicago Bulls

Things change quickly in the NBA. Take the Nikola Mirotic and Chicago Bulls situation for example: Entering Thursday, it seemed the 26-year-old had no real desire to be traded out of The Windy City following an earlier altercation with teammate Bobby Portis that ended with the former suffering a concussion and facial fractures. This mattered, [...]

October 27, 2017 admin Rumors 1

After Dustup with Bobby Portis, Nikola Mirotic Says He Wants to Remain with Bulls—But Some Aren’t So Sure

After Dustup with Bobby Portis, Nikola Mirotic Says He Wants to Remain with Bulls—But Some Aren’t So Sure

Could the fallout from the Bobby Portis-Nikola Mirotic dustup push one of them out of a Chicago Bulls uniform? No. Yes. Maybe. Mirotic will miss four to six weeks after suffering a concussion and facial fractures following a scuffle with Portis that ended with him being punched in the face. A few days ago, Portis [...]

October 26, 2017 admin Blogs 1

Bulls Agree to Two-Year Deal With Mirotic

Bulls Agree to Two-Year Deal With Mirotic

According to a report from The Vertical, the Chicago Bulls have reached an agreement with free agent power forward Nikola Mirotic for a two-year, $27 million contract. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/912040987215695873] Mirotic averaged 10.6 points per game last season in 24 minutes per game as his inconsistent play caused him to be in and out of the [...]

September 25, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Bulls Shopping Rajon Rondo, Nikola Mirotic

Bulls Shopping Rajon Rondo, Nikola Mirotic

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 Anou Enright Rumors 1

Mike Dunleavy Will Return to Bulls When They Face Timberwolves

Mike Dunleavy Will Return to Bulls When They Face Timberwolves

Mike Dunleavy is back! Or, well, almost back. Dunleavy has yet to play this season as he rehabilitates a back injury that required surgery and included post-surgical complications. But that will all change on Saturday when the Chicago Bulls face the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of the Vertical: Chicago Bulls forward Mike Dunleavy [...]

February 5, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Joakim Noah Wants to Re-Sign with Chicago Bulls in Free Agency

Joakim Noah Wants to Re-Sign with Chicago Bulls in Free Agency

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 admin Blogs 0

Chicago Bulls Gauging Values of Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah on Trade Market

Chicago Bulls Gauging Values of Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah on Trade Market

The Chicago Bulls are apparently sending a message to the rest of the NBA. It reads: “Let’s make a deal!” With a crazy logjam in the frontcourt, the Bulls have started to gauge the values of bigs Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah around the league, according to Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher, as transcribed [...]

January 15, 2016 admin Rumors 0

Bulls’ Fred Hoiberg Might Start Nikola Mirotic Over Joakim Noah

Bulls’ Fred Hoiberg Might Start Nikola Mirotic Over Joakim Noah

Fred Hoiberg, it seems, is not afraid to bench Joakim Noah. When the Chicago Bulls poached Hoiberg from Iowa State, we all knew the offense was going to change. Hoiberg incorporates more movement and a little more speed. There would be more shooting. A lot more shooting. The kind of shooting you can’t get by [...]

October 22, 2015 admin Blogs 0

Coach K Says D-Rose is ‘One of the Best Guys in the Whole World’

Coach K Says D-Rose is ‘One of the Best Guys in the Whole World’

There are (roughly) 7,045,999,999 in this world who can’t touch Derrick Rose in Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s eyes. The Team USA head coach has strong feelings for the Chicago Bulls point guard. Very strong feelings. So strong, players at Duke might want to start taking offense. Speaking on Rose’s progression and his personality, Coach K threw a [...]

August 19, 2014 admin Blogs 0