SB Nation User Blog: Illini15

And to his hometown, which he honors with a new tattoo on his left hand, a drawing of the city...

Illini15 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:46:17 -0000

And to his hometown, which he honors with a new tattoo on his left hand, a drawing of the city skyline with the words, "Sweet Home Chicago."

For those wondering what his new tat was. Pretty cool.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-15-derrick-rose-bullsfeb15,0,4702864.story?page=3

right now, the Bulls' offer of Tyrus Thomas, Thabo Sefolosha and the expiring contracts of Drew...

Illini15 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:19:25 -0000

right now, the Bulls' offer of Tyrus Thomas, Thabo Sefolosha and the expiring contracts of Drew Gooden and Cedric Simmons appears to be the leader in the clubhouse as we approach Thursday's trade deadline.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/allstar2009/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=Hollingernotes-090214

The Bulls have been shopping Andres Nocioni's remaining four years and $28.5 million as hard as...

Illini15 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:10:40 -0000

The Bulls have been shopping Andres Nocioni's remaining four years and $28.5 million as hard as they've offered Tyrus Thomas, Ben Gordon and Larry Hughes.

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/02/09/aldridge/index.html

The word I am getting is that the decision has been made and Amare will be gone sooner rather then...

Illini15 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:12:45 -0000

The word I am getting is that the decision has been made and Amare will be gone sooner rather then later in a move that has been described as addition by subtraction (we've heard that one before haven't we?) and will seek to yeild a great player named Cap Space.

I've argued for patience with Amare but at this point have to agree that it's time for him to go. I just hope the Suns can get a little more then just cap space in return. He has real value to teams like the Bulls, Kings or Bucks and should at least bring back some combination of draft picks and young big men like Hawes or Tyrus Thomas.

From fellow SB Nation blog, Bright Side of the Sun

Also, Bulls fans should just get used to the fact that Andres Nocioni will be playing center in the...

Illini15 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:06:00 -0000

Also, Bulls fans should just get used to the fact that Andres Nocioni will be playing center in the fourth quarter this season

Dwyer on last night's game

"If you get traded, obviously another team wants you, so it's always a positive in that way,"...

Illini15 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:06:24 -0000

"If you get traded, obviously another team wants you, so it's always a positive in that way," Hughes said. "I definitely want to play minutes and contribute. That's a focus of mine. Hopefully, I'll get the opportunity to do that in the near future."

"Larry Hughes, Bulls want same thing: To part ways"

[From the Fanshots. Seems that as long as the Bulls don't take back post-2010 salary, Hughes can be had. His contract is bad, but he has one thing on his side: he's healthy and can play. Not well, of course. But the Bulls can accept guys who can't play in return, and both sides make out OK. -ed.]

Hughes wants to be traded, who could have guessed?! Make it happen, Pax!

Don't be surprised if the Bulls make at least two deals this season. I know they've talked with...

Illini15 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:36:48 -0000

Don't be surprised if the Bulls make at least two deals this season. I know they've talked with perhaps a dozen teams in recent weeks, though this is hardly news since that's what general managers do all the time. I think because media members actually hear so little of what is discussed, there are few rumors out there. I've often had general managers ask me to sit on some talk because it might cost a deal, which has happened. When word leaked out of the Bulls-Sonics Kemp-Pippen deal in 1994, the Sonics backed out because of negative fan reaction on talk radio. I know of one general manager who I'm told talked with 25 teams in the last week. Will he make 25 trades? Of course not. What these guys generally do is play fantasy league with their players and hope someone is desperate. So you can be sure every player on the Bulls but Rose has been mentioned in trade talk, and every one but Jordan was mentioned in the 1990's. Gordon is probably the most difficult to trade because the Bulls need his approval and Deng because of his base year status. If I were anyone else on the team, I would be renting. My guess is two players are traded this season, though I cannot figure out yet which two. And that doesn't count Hunter and Simmons.

http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/asksam_081219.html

Interesting stuff from Sam. Two deals would mean a major shake-up. I like the thought of it.

Rumor: Bulls/Blazers trade in works?

Illini15 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:39:36 -0000

Rumor: Bulls/Blazers trade in works?

If Pax can pull this off, then I think it's time that we stop bashing him.

This would:

a) Allow the Bulls to show they want BG back and are serious this time
b) Give us another expiring contract to combine with Gooden's which would give us $18 mil coming off the books between them two alone
c)If we fail with Gordon, we could make a run at Boozer this offseason...or maybe both? Cap geeks, I want to hear from you!

Basically, I think this move is too good to be true but let's pray it happens.

Beasley fined $50,000 for role in NBA Rookie Transition Program incident

Illini15 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:19:53 -0000

Beasley fined $50,000 for role in NBA Rookie Transition Program incident

Somewhere, Pax is breathing a heavy sigh of relief.

B-Diddy and Nash make hilarious movie trailer

Illini15 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:41:27 -0000

B-Diddy and Nash make hilarious movie trailer

Everyone must watch this. It's simply unreal...words cannot describe what is going on.