Basketball / NBA Dec 28, 2021
Chicago's Lonzo Ball, Avery Bradley and Alfonzo McKinnie were out due to COVID-19 protocols.
NBA Feb 10, 2021
Birthday boy Hachimura gets double-double as Beal leads Wizards past Bulls
Bradley Beal scored 35 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 105-101 road victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. In a matchup of two of the NBA's best scorers, Chicago's Zach LaVine matched Beal's point total with 35 points of his own. But ...
Basketball / NBA Feb 7, 2019
The Washington Wizards pulled off a pair of swaps on Wednesday, the eve of the NBA trade deadline. First, Washington traded forward Otto Porter Jr. to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for forwards Bobby Portis and Jabari Parker and a 2023 second-round draft pick. Later, the ...
Basketball / NBA | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Jun 5, 2018
LeBron's postseason run has been incredible, but Jordan still the man
by Dave Wiggins
Ready to crown LeBron James GOAT over Michael Jordan after LBJ's phenomenal performance this postseason? To quote the late Keith Jackson: "Whoa, Nellie!" As in, hold your horses there. One fabulous postseason does not a GOAT make. Unless you've been away seeking wisdom from a Himalayan know-it-all, you ...
Sports | MAN ABOUT SPORTS May 2, 2017
LeBron, Wade, Paul learn different leadership approach
by Dave Wiggins
King James, D-Wade and CP3 have learned the hard way that The Jordan Rules no longer apply in the NBA. Time was when a strong-willed superstar like a Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson could intimidate and bully teammates — both mentally AND physically — to ...
Basketball / NBA Mar 28, 2017
Battles with Jordan, Pippen put Krause in tough spot
by Sam Smith
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next week probably will announce that former Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause will be enshrined later this year. Perhaps it will wait another year. But Krause will be elected to join for his large contribution to the ...
Basketball / NBA | NBA REPORT Feb 14, 2017
Oakley's gruff manner has history of creating trouble
by Sam Smith
Diogenes would never have believed there is a Charles Oakley. Diogenes is the famed Greek philosopher and perpetual cynic — believed to be the first New York City journalist —whose search for the honest man was fruitless because, well, he didn't exist. Oakley is having that ...
Basketball / NBA | NBA REPORT Jan 17, 2017
Rose vilified for absence while LeBron given a pass
by Sam Smith
Derrick Rose last week missed one game, distraught and leaving suddenly without telling anyone after Knicks practice to attend to a family emergency back in Chicago. He returned the next day to team practice and to play the next game, was fined $200,000 and ...
Basketball / NBA | NBA REPORT Oct 25, 2016
Bulls hope to contend despite huge roster overhaul
by Sam Smith
The big news of the NBA summer was Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City for Golden State, thus, in theory, improving a team that set a record for the most wins in the history of the league. And then there was the shock, Dwyane Wade, Miami ...
Basketball / B. League Sep 22, 2016
Former Bulls great Grant in house for B. League opener
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Four-time NBA champion Horace Grant, who now serves as an NBA goodwill ambassador, enjoyed the excitement of the B. League's inaugural game at a jam-packed Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Thursday night. "The grand opening (was) very exciting, lots of lights and as for ...
Basketball / NBA | NBA REPORT Jun 21, 2016
No need for Warriors to panic despite Game 7 loss
by Sam Smith
Well, as Ron Harper famously told the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, "Don't mean a thing without the ring." That was the last season rallying cry/plea when the Bulls were clearly on the way toward a then record breaking 72-win season. Coach Phil Jackson had tried to ...
Basketball / NBA | NBA REPORT Apr 12, 2016
Brilliant-but-humble Curry a product of the modern game
by Sam Smith
Stephen Curry is about to win his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player award. In its penultimate game on Monday, his team tied the all-time record for wins (72) in a season, equaling Michael Jordan's 1995-96 Bulls' record that many believed was as unassailable ...