Tag: Chicago Bulls

Coby White and Patrick Williams both top 20 in Bulls preseason loss

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Courtesy of Sam Smith at bulls.com Coby White for Most Improved Player. Start the campaign. The Bulls lost 116-102 to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday with their Big Three starters resting, along with Alex Caruso. But that didn’t stop White, the insouciant Bulls guard who looks like the starter for the season, to bouncily impress against the best of the defending champions with 20 points in 22 minutes, making three of seven three pointers and repeatedly criss crossing for difficult drives and pull-ups or laser guided threes that barely wriggled…

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CBS ranks Zach Lavine 43 best player in NBA

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Courtesy of adamtaylornba of BullsWire Zach LaVine has found his name in trade rumors in recent weeks. The veteran guard is arguably the Chicago Bulls‘ most tradeable asset and could be the franchise’s first move if they decide to enter a rebuild or pursue a new star player. LaVine, 28, has been a core part of Chicago’s rotation for six years, but now, the two-time All-Star could find himself suiting up for a new team before the end of the upcoming season. Chicago’s reasoning makes sense. LaVine is a legitimate three-level scorer…

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CBS ranks DeMar DeRozan as Association’s 44th best player

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Title image via USA Today Courtesy of adamtaylornba at Bulls Wire DeMar DeRozan is entering his final contract year with the Chicago Bulls. However, with a full season ahead of him, Bulls’ fans will likely be excited to see what DeRozan produces on the court as one of their star scorers attempts to help the team make the playoffs. However, despite his exceptional scoring ability, DeRozan is not considered a top-20 player in the NBA. The 34-year-old six-time All-Star is in the final stages of his career and has struggled to adapt…

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Patrick Bevereley says Bulls would have been top 4 seed if he’d arrived earlier

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Courtesy of Ryan Taylor of NBC Sports Chicago The Chicago Bulls ended their season opposite of what they had hoped when the season began.T They finished 40-42, owning the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference. They won one play-in game against the Toronto Raptors, yet lost the proceeding to the Miami Heat, who are close to entering the Eastern Conference Finals. Patrick Beverley thinks the Bulls would have been a higher seed and gone could have advanced further in the playoffs had he joined the team earlier. “Honestly, I think if…

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These sneakers worn by Michael Jordan were sold for a record amount

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Michael Jordan has not dribbled a basketball on a NBA for 20 years and yet he continues to set records. The Air Jordan XIII that the consensus greatest player ever wore while scoring 37 points 5 rebounds and 2 assists in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals- a pivotal game in which the Bulls were victorious 93-88 to tie the series at 1 game apiece – were sold at auction for $2,238,000, which was the highest price ever paid for a pair of sneakers. Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of…

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Patrick Beverley has criticism of Lakers fans

Brandon King

Patrick Beverley spent 45 games as part of the basketball cacauphony that was the Los Angeles Lakers. After being traded to and being bought out by the Orlando Magic, Beverley signed with the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls have went 8-5 in the 13 games since Beverely’s arrival in the Windy City and the veteran guard offered his opionion on differences in between the fanbases of his former and current teams, sayng this on his podcast (via NBA Central): “I play a bad game with Chicago, I ain’t gotta look on…

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Bulls sign Goran Dragić

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From bulls.com: The Chicago Bulls announced that the team has signed guard Goran Dragić. In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. A native of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Dragić (6-3, 190) has appeared in 888 career games (530 starts) recording averages of 13.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.0 steals in 27.9 minutes per game while shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 36.2 from three-point range and 76.7 from the free-throw line. Over the course of his 14-year NBA career, Dragić has made stops in Brooklyn…

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Can the Chicago Bulls come out of the East?

Brandon King

Despite what BSPN and FS1 may attempt to portray, there are teams other than the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association. One of those teams is the Chicago Bulls, who have not been not only been one of the unforeseen surprises of the not just the Eastern Conference, but the entire NBA. The Bulls currently sit second , as of the writing of this article, and have done so largely under the radar. With the success the Bulls are enjoying , the question is how far can this team…

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DeRozan and Doncic named NBA Players of the Month

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Thursday the NBA announced their February 2022 Players of the Month. For the Eastern Conference it was the Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan, while for the Western Conference, Luka Doncic took the honors. Eastern Conference- DeMar DeRozan, Chicago Bulls Tabbed by some geniuses in the sports media as the worst free agent signing of the offseason, DeRozan continues to expose the folly of that sentiment with his play this season. Helping the Bulls ascent to the top of the Eastern Conference, DeRozan was on a tear this month, helping the Bulls to…

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Bulls sign Tristan Thompson, release Alfonzo McKinnie

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Via Bulls.com The Chicago Bulls announced that the team has released forward Alfonzo McKinnie. Chicago also announced that it has signed veteran big man Tristan Thompson. In accordance with team policy, terms of Thompson’s contract were not disclosed. In his eleventh season in the NBA, Thompson (6-9, 254 pounds) owns career averages of 9.1 ppg (.518 from the field), 8.5 rpg (3.3 orpg) and 1.0 apg in 27.1 mpg. For his career, he has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. This season, he has…

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