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"I under-managed the Bulls, I really did," said Jerry Reinsdorf, chairman of the team for the past 27 years. "That was one of the reasons for wanting Michael in here. I found myself letting the Bulls succeed on their own. We had a successful business, we're doing well financially and I sort of let it slide.

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Word is that the Bulls' natural preference is playing out the season with one of the league's consensus top-three rosters and seeing how far they can go. But they could always make a trade play for Howard in conjunction with the draft, before free agency, if he's still in Orlando, since they have several quality players under contract to offer in exchange.

5 days ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 63 comments 2 recs

When asked after the game, and in light of Rose’s performance, about the difficulties of developing decision-making as a point guard (when to look for yourself, when to look for teammates), Wall said, "It’s not hard when you got guys like Kyle Korver that can make shots, and you can run off down screens and a guy like Carlos Boozer that can pick-and-pop, and Luol Deng and guys you can run plays for that make shots and create their own shots, it’s kind of easy."

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Carlos Boozer's son cheers "Let's Go Heat"

17 days ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 4 comments 1 recs

NBA releases second All-Star voting returns. DRose leads East guards and passed LeBron as 3rd overall behind DHoward, Kobe.

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Hawks center Al Horford expected to be out 3-4 months with torn left pectoral muscle, source tells Yahoo! Sports.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards: LeBron James (Mia) 640,789; Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 496,351; Amar’e Stoudemire (NYK) 178,797; Kevin Garnett (Bos) 173,161; Chris Bosh (Mia) 140,601; Paul Pierce (Bos) 94,071; Luol Deng (Chi) 85,086; Andrea Bargnani (Tor) 54,739; Carlos Boozer (Chi) 53,477; Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) 43,154.

Guards: Derrick Rose (Chi) 640,476; Dwyane Wade (Mia) 637,912; Rajon Rondo (Bos) 253,969; Ray Allen (Bos) 174,934; Deron Williams (NJN) 89,128; Jose Calderon (Tor) 42,929; John Wall (Was) 38,025; Richard Hamilton (Chi) 36,418; Kyrie Irving (Cle) 27,713; Joe Johnson (Atl) 23,384.

Centers: Dwight Howard (Orl) 754,737; Joakim Noah (Chi) 75,038; Tyson Chandler (NYK) 61,774; Joel Anthony (Mia) 41,832; JaVale McGee (Was) 24,713; Al Horford (Atl) 23,546.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards: Kevin Durant (OKC) 633,538; Blake Griffin (LAC) 394,264; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 231,832; Pau Gasol (LAL) 185,428; Kevin Love (Min) 143,814; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 118,268; Tim Duncan (SA) 81,783; Lamar Odom (Dal) 59,686; Metta World Peace (LAL) 39,006; Danilo Gallinari (Den) 34,438.

Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 690,613; Chris Paul (LAC) 540,173; Ricky Rubio (Min) 133,520; Steve Nash (Pho) 118,922; Russell Westbrook (OKC) 107,197; Kyle Lowry (Hou) 90,725; Monta Ellis (GS) 63,696; Manu Ginobili (SA) 50,765; Jason Kidd (Dal) 49,596; Chauncey Billups (LAC) 42,657.

Centers: Andrew Bynum (LAL) 496,597; DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 134,961; Marc Gasol (Mem) 102,116; Nenê (Den) 94,167; Marcin Gortat (Pho) 62,631; Kendrick Perkins (OKC) 41,579.

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 14 comments 1 recs

Dwyane Wade mentions the dreaded plantar fasciitis which is never a good sign.

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 48 comments

Decided to start a Tumblr page dedicated to the many faces of Thibs. If you have any suggestions or classics that I've forgotten, lemme know

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 29 comments 23 recs

C.J. Watson tells the Tribune he actually dislocated left elbow.

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 1 comment

One industry source insisted to ESPN.com this week that Rose's new shoe deal with adidas will easily crack nine figures and could legitimately approach the $250 million range -- as in $25 million annually over a 10-year span -- in what is known in the shoe game as a "lifetime" deal.

How can the reigning MVP possibly command those kind of dollars as a shoe endorser? Here's how: Rose, as it was explained to me, is adidas' only counter to Kobe Bryant in China. I'm told Rose already outsells LeBron James there.

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 34 comments 3 recs

[From the FanShots. Always news when the VP speaks. Haven't heard this whole audio yet but I don't like the early spin-job that's perhaps directly invoking this Woj piece. I'm hoping the Bulls can do more to make themselves an attractive destination, a goal I'm not sure how to measure but something besides actively un-recruiting, ya know? -ed.]

"We don't want to talk about other teams' players but obviously there are situations out there that you know that you have to look at," Paxson said Wednesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "The other part of it is you hope those types of players want to come here. Sometimes, at least what you hear from agents, it doesn't have anything to do with basketball. It has more to do with marketing and whatnot. Those are the things you don't have under control when an agent gets involved and doesn't even want to talk to you. All you do is keep trying, and we certainly will."

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 130 comments

These are the kinda times refs really need to swallow their whistles

about 1 month ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 15 comments 3 recs

[your preseason early thread. Gametime (and Open Game Thread!) at 6. Rip won't be playing tonight -ed.]

Rejoice

2 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 103 comments

Been waiting a while for this and it was all worth it

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Blog a Bull Bill Simmons on Dwight Howard & the Bulls

On The Ninth Day of NBA Christmas, Bill Simmons looks at the 5 teams most likely to trade for Dwight Howard.

1 through 3 were the teams on the list: Lakers, Mavericks and Nets. Clippers (Team he thinks has the best package available for Howard) came in a 4.

And at 5 . . .

5. Chicago Bulls

And here's why the Dwight Howard era makes me nervous. As I've written before, God doles out the "complete car wash package" to only a handful of athletes. We love the ones who take care of it; we resent the ones who don't. Through seven years, Howard displayed every skill except one: an ongoing thirst to dominate everyone else. Shaq drifted through his career, made excuses, only intermittently stayed in shape and made a point to care about a variety of things — not just basketball — but during the 2000, 2001 and 2002 playoffs, history will show that he annihilated everyone in his path. (Same for Hakeem in the 1994 and 1995 playoffs, Moses in the 1983 playoffs … the list goes on and on.) Dwight hasn't had that moment yet. Never jumped a level when it mattered. Never dragged his teammates to a better place, made them feel invincible, made his opponents say, "Once that guy gets going, we're helpless." If anything, those opponents swung the other way, allowed him to get his stats and concentrated on shutting down everyone else (like Atlanta did last spring).

Quite simply, it's been weird to watch. The numbers say one thing; our eyes say something else. We're watching someone take care of the "complete car wash package," but not totally. And that infamous trade list summed everything up. How could the Chicago Bulls NOT be on it?

How could Howard not be thinking, "Get me to Chicago, I could win right away!"

How could Howard be looking at this NBA landscape without saying, "Maybe it's a good idea for me to team up with Derrick Rose, the 23-year-old MVP?"

How could someone in his camp not point out to him, "Hey Dwight, if you pushed for the Bulls, they could offer Joakim Noah, Luol Deng, Omer Asik, salary-cap filler and two no. 1 picks and take back your deal and Turkoglu's deal, and you'd still have Rose, Carlos Boozer, Rip Hamilton, Kyle Korver, Taj Gibson, whatever veterans they can bring in AND the best defensive coach in the league?"

And if you're picking a cold-weather team based on markets, point guards and branding opportunities, how could you pick Brooklyn (living in the shadow of the Knicks), Deron Williams, this goofy Nets ownership, a lousy supporting cast and a franchise with a sad-sack history over Chicago (the third-biggest market), Rose (better and younger than Williams), a better supporting cast, a shrewd ownership and one of the most rabid fan bases in the league?

Put it this way: If I'm Dwight Howard, I'm thinking about titles and titles only. I don't care about money — that's coming, regardless. I don't care about weather — I have to live in whatever city for only eight months a year, and I'm traveling during that entire time, anyway. I don't care about "building my brand" and all that crap — if I don't start winning titles soon, my brand is going to be "the center who's much better than every other center but can't win a title." I care only about playing in a big city, finding a team that doesn't have to demolish itself to acquire me, finding one All-Star teammate who can make my life a little easier (the Duncan to my Robinson), and winning titles. Not title … titles. I want to come out of this decade with more rings than anyone else. I want to be remembered alongside Shaq, Moses and Hakeem, not Robinson and Ewing.

If you're looking at it like that, Chicago has to be the choice. Two summers ago, I thought LeBron copped out by joining forces with his biggest rival; it just seemed peculiar that the most talented player of his generation, and possibly ever, would willingly become the Robin to someone else's Batman. Howard's trade list was peculiar for a different reason: Either he doesn't follow the league, cares about the wrong things, has the wrong people advising him, or all of the above. Because I can't imagine, for the life of me, why Dwight Howard wouldn't be scheming to become Derrick Rose's teammate right now.

As a basketball fan, I'm disappointed. As a Celtics fan, I'm delighted. Either way, the way he ignored Chicago tells me everything I need to know about Dwight Howard. Wherever he lands, that team will definitely win. I just don't know if it'll win. And neither do you.

I don't quite understand it. It seems as if every time a superstar hits the market, Chicago is the most logical choice. Not just to us fans, but to every critic or pundit. Who advises these people? What kind of era is this? Don't they ever read this kinda shit and think to themselves, "What the fuck am I thinking?"

I'd say let's just wait for the next one, but this might be the last one for a few more years.

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Couldn't they have waited for the RIP signing?

2 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 6 comments 3 recs

As Caron Butler completes his personal tour of NBA suitors, the Chicago Bulls remain the team to beat for him, league sources said.

Butler left his meeting with the Bulls earlier this week with a deep appreciation for coach Tom Thibodeau, sources said. Butler’s willingness to take less money from a championship contender is made easier with his personal business holdings.

2 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 20 comments

Grant Hill choices down to Suns, Clippers, Knicks, Bulls

2 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 17 comments

Afflalo: Sources told ESPN.com that the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, despite possessing no cap space to bid for the 26-year-old swingman, will continue to press the Nuggets to see if they’re amenable to sign-and-trade discussions. Sources say New Jersey and Minnesota, meanwhile, are among the teams with salary-cap space weighing whether to extend an offer sheet after free agency officially starts Dec. 9 that the Nuggets will have three days to match to keep Afflalo.

3 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 76 comments 3 recs

Bulls, Heat & Celtics have expressed interest in Shane Battier and Grant Hill

3 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 44 comments 3 recs

Bulls' dream (sources say) & Heat's nightmare is for Chi to get Brandon Roy after Blazers cut him w/amnesty clause....

But Bulls know Roy likely to be picked up first by a team with cap room. Source says Chi has interest in Josh Howard too, so does Wash & NJ

3 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 23 comments 1 recs

Carlos Boozer - I look forward to quieting the haters and helping my team win. That’s the most important thing.

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LOWELL, Mass. (AP)—A man accused of taking a swing at Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo(notes) inside a Massachusetts nightclub has been released on personal recognizance.

Eric Valarezo, of Haverhill (HAY’-vruhl), said he’s innocent but had no further comment after leaving a Lowell court on Monday following arraignment on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. The case was continued after a prosecutor asked for more time to investigate.

Authorities say the 31-year-old Valarezo was arrested just before 2 a.m. Saturday at Brian’s Ivy Hall in Lowell. No one was hurt.

Club manager Kevin Hayhurst says Rondo and several others, including bodyguards and fellow NBA players, were part of a crowd leaving just before closing time and didn’t seem to be acting improperly.

Valarezo says Rondo pushed him and that he reacted in self-defense.

Well at least we know it's not Matt

3 months ago 34807_10150110422314252_720619251_7444382_2783851_n_tiny Option27 17 comments

Blog a Bull Arron Afflalo Talks Bulls




Zach Lowe of The Point Forward recently did an interview with Denver Nuggets shooting guard, Arron Afflalo.  Lowe has been banging on the Afflalo to Chicago drum for a minute now and didn't waste the opportunity to bring it up once the two sat down.

Below are the highlights . . .

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The perfect hybrid player might not be here, but that doesn’t mean you stand pat. And as I wrote over the summer, my first choice might be to chase Afflalo with a solid offer sheet and see if Denver matches. That’s easy for me to say, but the Bulls have some long-term payroll concerns. Assuming a maximum extension for Rose, they’ll have about $56 million committed to just four players in 2013-14, when the luxury tax will be twice as punitive as it was under the old system. (Chicago should be making boat loads of money by then, though.)

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Blog a Bull Video: Brian Scalabrine lights up the Italian league

Via the The Basketball Jones

I hope Brian Scalabrine plays in Italy forever — and that we always get to see the highlights — just so we can hear the announcers say “Scahlabrrrreeeenneeee” over and over again like they’re in a Mario Bros. game. The guy’s a regular Adam Morrison over there.

Brian Scalabrine #24 - 18pts/3rbs/1stl/34mins

Video after the jump

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Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose strolled out of an LAPD station at 3:00 AM today ... after his BFF was arrested for DUI ... and Derrick was a passenger in the car.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ .... the 2011 NBA MVP was a passenger in a black BMW being driven by his close friend and personal assistant Randall Hampton ... when cops stopped the car on a routine traffic violation at around 2:00 AM Friday morning.

When cops spoke to Hampton -- who played high school basketball with Rose -- officers claim they detected the odor of alcohol.

Hampton was given a field sobriety test ... and was eventually arrested on suspicion of DUI. Rose was free to go.

Hampton was hauled to the Hollywood police station, where he was booked. Rose arrived to the station shortly after to check on his friend.

TMZ shot footage of Rose leaving the police station by himself at 3:00 AM ... but he clearly wasn't in the mood to talk.

Hampton has just been released on his own recognizance.

We called Rose's agent to ask why he would allow an allegedly drunk person to drive him around -- but so far no comment.

Via TMZ

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