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In a more competitive Olympic Games this year, Team USA finds themselves in the semifinal round against Team Spain. The U.S. team has managed to remain undefeated so far, but a loss now would be at the worst time. In order to win Olympic gold, they must secure these next two wins in the tournament. […]

Nikola Mirotic is ready to face Team USA. Team USA struggled through the end of pool play at the Rio Olympics but escaped undefeated at 5-0. In the quarterfinals, the Americans looked much improved with a 105-78 dismantling of Argentina. Now Team USA must face a strong Spain teaming the semifinals. Before the game can […]

The Miami Heat‘s young shooting guard Josh Richardson is still acclimating to the NBA. After a rather strong strong rookie season in South Beach last year, Richardson looks to try to continue to grow his talents and help rebuild the Heat franchise after the departure of star Dwayne Wade. In a recent Twitter Q&A with […]

Erik Spoelstra experienced some huge changes in his roster and respective organization. With Dwyane Wade‘s sad departure to the Chicago Bulls, Spoelstra finally takes a moment to reflect on the huge changes. “Just when you get comfortable, it will change,” Spoelstra told the Sun Sentinel. “This is a new challenge. We’re embracing the change. We’re excited about […]

Michael Phelps is putting on another dominating performance in the Rio Olympics. Shattering record after record, Phelps has now amassed 23 gold medals in this year’s games. It’s a staggering number as the athlete-elite even bests a boatload of countries in the medal tally. According to Nicole Auerbach’s recent article for USA Today Sports, Phelps […]

The Chicago Bull‘s new shooting guard recently annotated a lyric on a website Genius.com, where he’s been featured in some lyrics. Dwyane Wade commented on Jay Z’s and Alicia Key’s chart topper, Empire State of Mind. Empire State of Mind was released on October 20th, 2009 and peaked on Billboard’s Top 100 at #1 for […]

The NBA is rapidly changing. With the new TV deal coming into effect, the value of just about everything that has to do with the NBA seemed to go up. Players are being valued now at an all time high, and some of the contracts we have seen this past offseason have been frankly unbelievable. […]

After missing out on most of last season with the Chicago Bulls due to season-ending left shoulder surgery due to a dislocation in January, Joakim Noah decided to sign with the New York Knicks in free agency this summer. Looking ahead to next season, Noah seems to have fully recovered from the injury and is […]

Fred Hoiberg has a new toy with him when the season begins in less than three months. After giving it a shot with Derrick Rose leading the attack for the Chicago Bulls last season, Hoiberg now has a different type of court general, and a former NBA champion at that, in Rajon Rondo. It’s no […]

The relationship between Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg and guard Jimmy Butler appears to have stabilized. Hoiberg told CSN Chicago that there are no issues between he and Butler: We had a lot of conversations and I don’t see any issues with Jimmy Butler and I. The biggest thing as a staff is we […]

If it wasn’t for the Olympics, the buzz around basketball would be fairly low at the moment, at least compared to the rest of the year. We’re in the middle of the offseason, nearly two months removed from the end of the Finals and a little over two months from the start of the 2016-17 […]

That new $54.3 million contract Kevin Durant signed will come in handy. Although he’s never going to lack anything financially, that doesn’t mean he should start doing bad business. Durant, who decided to sign with the Golden State Warriors in free agency, is moving to the Bay Area, which means he’s selling his old home […]

Team USA teammates DeAndre Jordan and Jimmy Butler doesn’t want to be like Mike, he wants to be like a WNBA player. The NBA captured Jordan and Butler on twitter video having a hilarious conversation about who their games resembled, from the U.S. Women’s National Basketball team. Jordan said he’d be Elena Delle Donne in comparison, but Butler doesn’t […]

With Dwyane Wade set to join his hometown Chicago Bulls next season, his family is set to move with him. Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union recently spoke about her husband’s surprising decision to leave the Miami Heat, and now the couple has leased their new Chicago home. According to Chicago Real Estate Daily, the Gold Coast home was listed […]

NBA legend Dennis Rodman is known for his eccentric personality as well as his incredible athletic ability. Since retiring from the NBA, he has made brief appearances playing in Britain, built a friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and been romantically linked with multiple celebrities. The former Chicago Bulls forward had a reputation […]

Michael Jordan and Greg Anthony both believe that Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook is the closest thing to His Airness, instead of LeBron James. Jordan and Westbrook are the same in some ways. They are ball dominant players that can put up points in a hurry, can defend their position extremely well, complete […]

Draymond Green’s versatility and energy mean that his play has been pivotal to the Golden State Warriors as the team enjoyed an incredible two-year run in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Green became an NBA champion in 2015 when the Warriors beat the Cavaliers to lift the trophy then played a huge part in a record-breaking 73-9 […]

Stephen Jackson may actually be serious about attempting an NBA comeback. Jackson announced his retirement a year ago and hasn’t played in an NBA game since January 2014. Not only has he been preparing to make a comeback, but players around the league have been recruiting him, mainly Jimmy Butler and Rajon Rondo of the […]

While Kevin Durant certainly made an argument for biggest free agent surprise this summer by joining the Warriors, many others would argue that Dwyane Wade really takes the cake there by leaving the Heat for the Bulls. Wade’s wife, Gabrielle Union, is definitely in the latter camp. The actress recently sat down with Basketball Insiders’ […]

The Bulls acquired Jose Calderon, and Robin Lopez from the New York Knicks, but even with Derrick Rose being the main piece in that trade, the Bulls got a, “very solid, above average center” in Robin Lopez. With that being said, let’s get to know the new Bull by looking at his offensive and defensive capabilities. […]

It won’t take long to see Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade back in Miami suited up to play basketball again. According to The Miami Herald, The Miami Heat will host Wade and the Bulls on November 10th. This will be one of the weeks premiere games, as it falls on a night when NBA games are hosted […]

When Michael Jordan retired for the third time, he assumed that he would be able to return to his previously held position in the Washington Wizards’ front office as Director of Basketball Operations. His previous stint in that role had produced below par results, which meant that he wasn’t welcomed back when he finished playing. […]

Back in the 2014 NBA Draft, Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker were the consensus top two picks. While Wiggins began performing in line with his lofty expectations last season, Parker is still coming into his own. After a solid start to his rookie campaign, Parker tore his ACL in December of ’14 and missed the […]

Michael Jordan. A player. A businessman.  Most importantly, a legend. It is because of this that the NBA greats cannot include a list without his name, Nike is constantly producing new Jordan shoes, and if super fans want to get a tattoo of the man himself, it’s usually is an image of him with the […]

For former BYU standout Jimmer Fredette, the struggle to find a regular rotation spot continues. The tenth pick of the 2011 NBA draft has been dogged in his determination to find a consistent role within an organization. The twenty-seven year old played two years for the Sacramento Kings before being moved to the Chicago Bulls. […]

If Dwyane Wade was going to leave the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls always seemed like the most fitting destination. The face of a franchise just doesn’t leave for any team. Wade, a Chicago native, is excited to play for his hometown team. Going back to his roots was certainly a factor in this decision, […]

Dwyane Wade’s departure from the Miami Heat was quite possibly the most shocking move of the summer. Wade signed with the Chicago Bulls, effectively returning home and leaving the franchise he played his first 13 seasons with. In a recent interview on ESPN, Wade spoke about the decision, how he feels about it, and what […]

According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, a special pair of Air Jordan’s from the 1995-96 NBA season will be soon auctioned off. SPC Auctions will be auctioning a pair of signed White-Black-Dark Concord Air Jordan XI’s that Michael Jordan himself wore, while completing a historical 72-10 NBA season, during the Chicago Bulls‘ second 3-peat run. The auction will […]

One of the more surprising moves this NBA free agency was Dwyane Wade leaving the team he spent his entire career with in the Miami Heat and going back home to Chicago to likely finish up his career. Although, it should not have come as much of a shock because of the disrespectfully low contracts […]

The Chicago Bulls held their introductory press conference for Dwyane Wade on Friday. Wade addressed varying topics including claims that there is no rift between  Miami Heat President Pat Riley, and himself. He also said not only was his hometown a big part of him signing with the Bulls, but cited it was his own decision not to return […]

Jimmy Butler is currently focused on winning a gold medal in the Rio Olympics next month, but that doesn’t mean he’s not excited about the Chicago Bulls‘ makeover during the offseason. After losing Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, Butler is now joined by Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade. Butler posted about his new teammates on the […]

The exhibition game against Venezuela started slow with Team USA displaying cold shooting from the outside early. It went on to the second half and the result was a rather low scoring game for the Red, White, and Blue as they finished with only 80 points. The crowd was still sent to its feet a […]

After checking out some of the action between the hometown Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Dwyane Wade decided to continue the fun in other avenues. It seems like Wade is starting to warm up well to his old/new home city. .@DwyaneWade What size hat are you? We've got the hook […]

Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose weren’t a perfect fit together. The Chicago Bulls had to make a choice. Butler was the obvious pick to stay, and Rose was eventually traded to the New York Knicks. There has been some speculation that Butler played a role in the decision to trade Rose and to let Joakim […]

Tom Thibodeau left the Chicago Bulls in the May of 2015 under tense circumstances. His relationship with the front office had broken down and the hope invested in the team’s core had disintegrated. A change in coaching staff was deemed necessary. When he joined the Bulls in 2010, Thibodeau found a way to win big […]

Carmelo Anthony feels that the New York Knicks have enough storylines around them to be featured on the Christmas day schedule next season. NBA schedule makers search for the most intriguing match ups, placing the best and most interesting teams in featured games throughout the season. Anthony believes that the league will deliberately schedule the Knicks against the […]

Bulls big man Cristiano Felicio has become the clear front runner to replace Anderson Varejao for the Olympics, which will take place in their home country of Brazil. The Bulls' Cristiano Felicio has emerged as the strong favorite to replace Anderson Varejao on Brazil's Olympic roster, league sources say. — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 27, […]

Tom Thibodeau sees the the similarities in the roster of his currentTimberwolves and the team he inherited with the Chicago Bulls in the Summer of 2010. There was a mix on young guys and veterans that just needed some guidance to become a better team. The Bulls in 2009-10 went 41-41 and were the 8th […]

Kings center DeMarcus Cousins talked to the media on Thursday, July 28th, 2016 before a team USA practice in Chicago. One question that came up was the departure of point guard Rajon Rondo, who has joined the Bulls instead of resigning. “I mean it sucks,” Cousins said. “Me and Rondo really grew a great bond. […]