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The much-awaited docuseries “The Last Dance” is full of unfettered access to vital moments in the Chicago Bulls’ last championship run. Andy Thompson, uncle of Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson, played a major role in getting that close to the players during that 1997-98 season. “The germ of the idea came from Andy,” […]

With the documentary miniseries, “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan’s life and career, getting set to kick off on April 19, people are naturally reminiscing about Jordan’s run with the Chicago Bulls in the ’90s. Jordan’s Bulls won six championships, going 6-0 in the NBA Finals. The run established Jordan as the greatest player […]

Houston Rockets superstar James Harden is undoubtedly one of the best offensive players in the NBA. His style of play is the perfect representation of how the game has transitioned to what it is today, with a huge emphasis on the 3-point shot. In a piece about Michael Jordan’s scoring prowess for ESPN, Kirk Goldsberry vividly […]

A champion has just emerged from the ESPN’s inaugural H-O-R-S-E Challenge: Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley. This was thanks to an amazing behind the backboard layup, which earned the 32-year-old the honor of being the first-ever H-O-R-S-E champ. Behind the backboard ftw!#TeamMike | @espn pic.twitter.com/U2Q4drwVWe — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) April 17, 2020 This one-of-a-kind […]

Many stories from Michael Jordan’s championship years have surfaced before the premiere of the 10-part docuseries The Last Dance, which is set to air on ESPN on Sunday, Apr. 19. Yet none are more impactful than this anecdote from Fox Sports’ Skip Bayless, who chronicled how Jordan responded to missing a potential game-winning shot in […]

NBA legend Michael Jordan joined “Good Morning America” on Thursday morning to promote the upcoming release of his 10-part documentary, “The Last Dance.” During the interview, the 57-year-old legend singled out the exact moment that he went from “Mike” to “Michael.” To many, Jordan is the best player to have ever dribbled a basketball. His […]

During an interview with Robin Roberts of Good Morning America, Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan spoke about a part of his docuseries, The Last Dance, in which he risked a career-threatening re-injury upon returning to play. The Bulls star broke his foot in the third game of his second season, causing him to miss 64 […]

Scottie Pippen has long been among the most recognizable faces in Chicago Bulls lore, but he recently claimed he lost his gig as a special advisor. While discussing this firing, he delivered a savage jab at a struggling Bulls organization. Via K.C. Johnson and Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports: “It’s probably a good thing, right?” Pippen […]

Only days before the docuseries premiere of The Last Dance, former teammates Scottie Pippen and Steve Kerr reminisced on anecdotes from their playing days with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. A particular anecdote was surprising, as the Bulls forward explained how Michael Jordan hustled an arena security guard out of $100 every game, betting […]

With ESPN’s highly-anticipated “The Last Dance” documentary set to air in a few days’ time, featuring Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, our feeds have been filled with all sorts of Jordan stories — and we’re not complaining at all. The Chicago Bulls legend himself has been doing his bit to promote the upcoming miniseries, and […]

Even before NBA champion teams started refusing to make the traditional courtesy appearance in the White House due to political reasons, the great Michael Jordan was already doing it two decades ago. The motivation behind the Chicago Bulls’ legend’s decision to skip the visit in 1991, however, was much different. Chris Young of Yahoo Sports […]

Shaquille O’Neal, the most dominant player in the NBA, claims that his Los Angeles Lakers would easily beat up Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls. Speaking with ESPN, the Lakers icon made the claim, noting he would punish the Bulls’ centers. “‘Cause I would’ve killed Luc Longley, Bill Wennington, [Bill] Cartwright,” he said. “The factor […]

“The Last Dance” will make its debut on April 19 and will air through May 17. The documentary features the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls and their journey to their second three-peat. Now, Michael Jordan has opened up about the upcoming documentary, noting that people will think he’s a “horrible guy” once it airs. Per Richard Deitsch […]

Former Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen had been with the team in a senior advisory role since 2012, but apparently he no longer holds said title. Pippen said he was fired earlier, though he did not want it to become public knowledge (via Sam Amico of Sports Illustrated): “I got fired this year.” Pippen said […]

Michael Jordan is one of the most notorious trash talkers in NBA history, which is why the Chicago Bulls‘ 1996 NBA Finals matchup against the Seattle SuperSonics was so interesting. After all, Jordan was facing off against another prodigious trash talker in Sonics point guard Gary Payton, who is still lauded as one of the […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan is not only the greatest basketball player of all time, he is also the most confident, arrogant man to ever set foot on the hardwood. And you know what? That’s part of what made him so great. The crazy thing is that Jordan’s unbridled hubris was evident long before the […]

NBA fans who are planning to watch “The Last Dance” with their kids will be able to tune into ESPN2. ESPN announced that they will air the “The Last Dance” on ESPN2 without curse words. The version with F-bombs will air on ESPN: ESPN just announced that they will air the Michael Jordan doc, "The […]

Shaquille O’Neal is arguably the most dominant player in NBA history, but even he was scared of Michael Jordan when he first got to the league. Shaq says he was terrified of Jordan because MJ was like a god to him: Shaq compares watching Michael Jordan's game to "watching a god." (via @arielhelwani) pic.twitter.com/vH97FjdORQ — […]

The filmmakers of the much-anticipated docuseries “The Last Dance” finished a scene with Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in mid-January, roughly a week before Bryant’s tragic death in the hills of Calabasas. Director Jason Hehir pointed to one particular scene in which Bryant declared Michael Jordan, the star he’d grown so keen on emulating […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr recently opened up about his first meeting with former Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan. Even before he joined forces with MJ in the Windy City, Kerr already had a chance to meet Jordan in the flesh. This occurrence transpired on the basketball court, when a young Kerr, then […]

Meeting NBA legend Michael Jordan is a benchmark moment for anyone. For Dwayne Wade, it was one that almost didn’t happen the way it was supposed to happen. Wade wasn’t expecting to meet His Airness until they crossed paths during his NBA career, but he got to experience that interaction just a touch before he […]

The debate on who the greatest NBA player of all time remains as ripe as ever. Recently, former Detroit Pistons enforcer Bill Laimbeer, who himself had the chance to face the legendary Michael Jordan during his prime, has come out to say that in his mind, there is simply no way that Jordan is a […]

Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine has a righteous grievance missing the 2020 All-Star Game, but now the sixth-year swingman out of UCLA is arguing he should have been a two-time All-Star by now. Per ESPN’s Eric Woodyard: “I just want to be able to win. I’m a winning player. I’ll do whatever it takes. […]

Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker is the latest star athlete to donate headphones to help students and educators navigate the extended school closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Students and schools around the country have been forced to adopt e-learning measures on the fly, including online music classes. “It’s times like these where we need […]

Big things are happening for the Chicago Bulls. First, the franchise decided to move on from the John Paxson/Gar Forman era, a move that most Bulls fans thought was a long time coming. Monday morning, the Bulls officially announced the firing of Forman, the reassignment of Paxson and the hiring of Arturas Karnisovas to run […]

Soon-to-be Hall of Famer Rudy Tomjanovich has heard all the doubts about the legitimacy of his back-to-back titles with the Houston Rockets, earned during Michael Jordan’s first retirement. Yet the Chicago Bulls legend never underestimated how good the Rockets were during that era. Despite all the hearsay throughout the years, “Rudy T” isn’t putting Jordan […]

The Chicago Bulls office is undergoing the massive restructuring that has been long needed in the wake of years of disappointment. Former executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson, one of the executives receiving blame for the team’s shortcomings, actually engineered this shuffling of the cards as early as December, according to K.C. Johnson […]

Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen reacted to the recent wave of front-office moves, starting with the hiring of new executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas. Karnisovas is already moving swiftly, first promising the hire of a minority general manager, then hiring an assistant general manager in J.J. Polk. The Bulls made moves […]

The Chicago Bulls have fired general manager Gar Forman, according to Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports Chicago. A statement from the team says that Forman, who spent 22 years with the franchise, “will not be involved in basketball operations department.” Forman, whose role was reportedly reduced to scouting as the last few months, had two […]

The filming of “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary detailing the Chicago Bulls’ last three-peat season, brought the protagonist Michael Jordan to tears. The moment comes at the end of Episode 7, when Jordan is asked to explain the tradeoff between being so dominant in basketball at the expense of being perceived as a nice […]

The Last Dance, the 10-part ESPN documentary series on the Chicago Bulls during the 1997-98 season, will be released on Sunday, April 19. The director, Jason Hehir, talked to the Associated Press about moving the release date due to COVID-19: “I’m happy if we can bring a little bit of light to people in a […]

The Chicago Bulls have had several great players in every position in its proud and rich history. From the backcourt positions to the frontcourt men, the Windy City franchise never lacked star power. For this piece, we ranked the best power forwards in the history of the Bulls franchise, which began its existence all the […]

Earlier this week, the Chicago Bulls hired former Denver Nuggets executive Arturas Karnisovas as their new vice president of basketball operations. New on the job, Karnisovas is expected to conduct interviews for the Bulls’ general manager opening. Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the list of candidates that will be interviewed will include several assistant general managers […]

When someone mentions the Chicago Bulls, most people immediately think of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Phil Jackson or Derrick Rose. The franchise has been home to some of the best players and coaches in NBA history. The traditional center position in today’s NBA is sort of obsolete because of the small-ball era, so […]

The New York Knicks may be the laughingstock of the NBA right now, and I understand that has been the case for the better part of the last two decades. But there was a time when the Knicks were legitimately good. New York only has a couple of championships to its name and has not […]

The Chicago Bulls have won six championships in franchise history, so they have had some of the best teams to have ever been assembled in NBA history. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen prevented so many Hall of Famers from winning titles in the ’90s. The Bulls went 6-0 in the Finals, with Jordan winning all […]

The NBA has seen several rivalries over the years. In days of old, Magic Johnson’s Lakers squared off against Larry Bird and the Celtics. In later years, Michael Jordan and the Bulls were pitted against Isiah Thomas and his “Bad Boy” Pistons. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, however, the term “rivalry” is a bit fresh. The […]

To this day, people still gripe over the 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player vote. The award went to Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, who, at that time, was an ascending superstar who was just getting started on what appeared to be a very promising NBA career. Rose was exciting. He was explosive. He was becoming […]

The Chicago Bulls have had some of the best small forwards in NBA history play for their franchise at some point. And while Scottie Pippen is the only legendary Chicago wing to win a championship, there have still been some elite small forwards who have donned the Bulls uniform and put up stellar NBA numbers. […]