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The Chicago Bulls have struggled to find a rhythm over the past few seasons. In fact, the Bulls finished the 2017-18 regular-season campaign with a 27-55 overall record, which was good for a 13th-place finish in the Eastern Conference. Not great, obviously. Now, though, rookie Wendell Carter Jr. says he’s ready to change the narrative […]

Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine is already a proven scorer in the NBA. His defensive limitations have been a major problem, but teammate Kris Dunn tells LaVine there’s no reason he can’t be a good defender. ESPN’s Malika Andrews revealed Dunn’s words of motivation for the 23-year-old LaVine: Kris Dunn has been working with Zach […]

The Chicago Bulls signed forward Jabari Parker this summer hoping he could provide a consistent scoring punch for the young team. But after benching Parker due to preseason struggles, Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg will continue bringing the 23-year-old off the bench to start the regular season. Fred Hoiberg confirms that Jabari Parker will come […]

Chicago Bulls power forward Bobby Portis will enter restricted free agency next summer after he and the team were unable to agree upon a rookie scale contract extension. However, Portis doesn’t envision leaving Chicago. Speaking to reporters Tuesday at The Advocate Center, Portis said he has a special connection with The Windy City and Bulls […]

Most teams around the NBA have already secured patch deals with various sponsors, but the Chicago Bulls were still without a partner — until Tuesday. According to a report from Joe Cowley, the Bulls have reached an agreement with Zenni Optical. Via the Chicago Sun-Times: The Bulls and Zenni Optical announced on Tuesday a five-year […]

Despite talks of a contract extension currently put on hold, it appears that Chicago Bulls power forward Bobby Portis still heavily figures in the team’s plans for the immediate future. Executive VP John Paxson recently confirmed this in an interview, per the Chicago Tribune’s K.C. Johnson. Bulls exec VP John Paxson tells assembled reporters that […]

The Chicago Bulls and power forward Bobby Portis won’t agree to a rookie scale contract extension, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Portis is slated to make $2.5 million this season and will become a restricted free agent in the summer of 2019. As a restricted free agent, Portis can sign an offer sheet with […]

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson, Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine offered strong support to a couple of his former teammates. With Minnesota Timberwolves young stars Karl Anthony-Towns and Andrew Wiggins facing public and private criticism for what has been perceived as a lack of work ethic, particularly from teammate Jimmy […]

The Chicago Bulls have signed Chicago product Tyler Ulis to a two-way contract after claiming him off waivers on Sunday, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Ulis spent the first two seasons of his career with the Phoenix Suns, but he was waived in June despite career averages of 7.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per […]

Entering his second season with the Chicago Bulls, starting point guard Kris Dunn wants to be a more vocal leader. The Bulls acquired Dunn from the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Jimmy Butler trade during the summer of 2017. In 52 regular season games last year, Dunn averaged 13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists, shooting 42.9 percent from […]

Chicago Bulls star Lauri Markkanen, often compared to Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, admits there’s one thing he copied from the German Wunderkind. In an interview with Uproxx, the 21-year-old forward confirmed that Nowitzki was one of his basketball influences growing up. “There’s been multiple, obviously, people comparing me to Dirk, but I actually watched […]

When the Chicago Bulls traded All-Star small forward Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the summer of 2017 for Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine, and the draft rights to Lauri Markkanen, experts around the league said the Timberwolves robbed the Bulls, and that Chicago didn’t know what they were doing. Butler, who is arguably a top-15 […]

Bobby Portis is one of the many exciting young players on the Chicago Bulls. The 23-year-old is coming off a career year and is looking to build off this success. Portis is confident heading into this season and thinks he can be a strong candidate for Sixth Man of the Year. #Bulls' Bobby Portis: "I […]

Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg has been noncommittal about the role Jabari Parker will play moving forward after acquiring him as a free agent this summer. The Bulls brought in Parker to be their starting small forward, but Lauri Markkanen’s elbow injury shifted the 23-year-old over to power forward. However, Hoiberg opted to bring […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green isn’t much for generational comparisons, but the former Defensive Player of the Year took a stab at a candid take regarding where his team stands in the all-time debate. His eyes were set on the Bulls and Lakers. “I’m usually very reluctant in saying ‘Yeah, we’re better than those […]

Chicago Bulls forward Jabari Parker has had a rough preseason thus far. Through three games, Parker is averaging 8.7 points while shooting a woeful 24.3 percent from the field and 14.3 percent from the 3-point line. The Chicago native, who signed a two-year, $40 million deal with his hometown Bulls in July, is not concerned […]

Chicago Bulls small forward Denzel Valentine is likely to miss all of the team’s preseason games due to an ankle injury, per K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. “Fred Hoiberg said Denzel Valentine isn’t ready to practice yet because of left ankle injury. Hoiberg wouldn’t admit to this but it’s more likely than not Valentine […]

Current Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau has a reputation for overworking his starters, but what he did to Jimmy Butler in a preseason game in 2012 when they were still with the Chicago Bulls was downright absurd, to say the least. A nugget of information unearthed by Reddit user VinceJumpmanCarter revealed that Thibodeau once played Butler for all […]

Zach LaVine and his family are diehard basketball fans and their dogs can attest to this fact. Well, they won’t be able to tell you that, but their names are revealing. In a video post by the the Chicago Bulls on Twitter, LaVine is seen with a pack of good boys. Two of his father’s dogs […]

Robin Lopez and Brook Lopez have a history of publicly clowning each other. This time, Robin is offering up a backhanded compliment to describe Brook’s posterizing dunk over Jabari Parker. Robin told K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: “I think it was just so surprising for everybody that Brook would make such an athletic play.” […]

Due to a thigh contusion injury, Chicago Bulls young star Zach LaVine made an early exit during the team’s ugly preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. LaVine downplayed the injury in the immediate aftermath of the game: Zach LaVine on his thigh contusion: “It’s not serious. I’m all good. I could’ve gone […]

The Chicago Bulls were thoroughly embarrassed by the Milwaukee Bucks during Wednesday night’s 34-point loss. The team looked out of focus and completely zoned out, failing to get back on defense during transition opportunities and allowing wide-open looks, as well as looking disjointed on offense. Head coach Fred Hoiberg came into Thursday’s practice with one […]

The game that was supposed to mark Jabari Parker’s triumphant return against his former team, turned into quite the embarrassing preseason defeat against the Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg showed deep concern for his team’s porous defense and lack of concentration, calling three time-outs during a three-and-a-half-minute span that was full of […]

Chicago Bulls small forward Jabari Parker made his return to Milwaukee Wednesday evening, and his performance couldn’t have gone any worse. Parker, who played the first four years of his NBA career with the Bucks, signed a two-year, $40 million deal with his hometown Bulls in July. Milwaukee rescinded its qualifying offer on Parker, making […]

The Milwaukee Bucks’ new kid on the block in Brook Lopez just posterized former Bucks player and now-Chicago Bulls forward Jabari Parker. It was a harsh way to welcome back the 23-year-old Parker to Milwaukee. With Giannis Antetokounmpo stuck in the lane, the Greek Freak picked up his dribble and faked a shot before passing […]

The regular season hasn’t begun yet, but Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis is already doubling down on his playoff guarantee after recently saying the young squad would make the playoffs. Uninterrupted posted a video on Twitter of Portis responding to a few simple questions. When asked about the playoffs, Portis responded by saying “guaranteed.” He […]

In a superstar-driven league, you are either one of two players: a superstar or not. There comes a time in a player’s career that would be considered a tipping point of how things will finally take course. On one end, you become a bust or a failure, on the other hand, you prove all the […]

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Derrick Rose became the youngest MVP in the league’s history in 2011, but he believes winning early may have hurt his career. Rose was just a 22-year-old when he earned this accolade as a Chicago Bull, and his early success even spawned a new rule in the collective bargaining agreement. Since […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is happy his friend and former teammate Jabari Parker got paid this summer. Parker signed a two-year, $40 million deal with the Chicago Bulls in July. The second year of the contract is a team-option, essentially giving Parker a one-year tryout with Chicago to prove he can stay healthy and be […]

When Zach LaVine signed a four-year, $78 million offer sheet with the Sacramento Kings in July, the high-flyer told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated he was “disappointed that I had to get an offer sheet from another team.” So even though the Chicago Bulls quickly matched the offer sheet, some thought there was tension […]

Chicago Bulls forward Jabari Parker won’t have to wait long to make his return to Milwaukee after spending four seasons with the franchise before being virtually relinquished by the Bucks. The hometown kid will get his first taste of being on the road with his new team on Wednesday, going back to the city he […]

Chicago Bulls scoring guard Zach LaVine might pay dividends this upcoming season with a breakout season. Part of the trade that sent Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves, he was packaged along with fellow lottery picks Kris Dunn and Lauri Markkanen to the Bulls. Although his initial showing coming off an ACL rehabilitation with the […]

In advance of the team’s first preseason game Sunday, Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg told reporters that rookie big man Wendell Carter Jr. will only play at the center position. Hoiberg says the club won’t entertain the thought of using Carter Jr. at the power forward spot. Wendell Carter Jr. is exclusively a center […]

The Chicago Bulls announced Friday that second-year power forward Lauri Markkanen will miss six-to-eight weeks with a high-grade lateral right elbow sprain, a big blow to the franchise. Markkanen sustained the elbow injury in Thursday’s practice and an MRI Friday confirmed the injury. Markkanen won’t require surgery, but he will need to keep the elbow immobilized […]

Chicago Bulls big man Lauri Markkanen suffered an elbow injury that should force him to miss up to two months of action, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Chicago's Lauri Markkanen will miss up to two months with a high grade right elbow sprain. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 29, 2018 Markkanen is coming off […]

Chicago Bulls swingman Denzel Valentine is slated to miss one-to-two weeks after tweaking his left ankle during Tuesday’s practice, according to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. This is the same ankle that required surgery in May 2017 to repair damage after two sprains during his rookie season. “Denzel tweaked his ankle a little bit […]

Due to the highly competitive nature of the sport, in-game heat-of-the-moment type of altercations are not uncommon in the NBA. However, it is definitely unusual to hear about teammates fighting, especially to the point where punches are literally thrown. This is exactly what happened in the Chicago Bulls camp last summer in one of the […]

Bulls forward Bobby Portis has come to embrace his role as Chicago’s sixth man, embracing his inner Taj Gibson to make his damage on the floor once his name is called. “I like the role,” said Bobby Portis, according to K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. “I get to come off the bench and score […]

After putting pen to paper on a four-year, $78 million deal over the summer, Chicago Bulls stud Zach LaVine has become the team’s cornerstone superstar. There are some who believe that given his lack of accomplishments in the league, the 23-year-old still has a lot to prove. LaVine is having none of this, and has […]