When Derrick Rose suffered his second injury this season at the hands of Dwight Howard in last night’s 111-82 loss to the Orlando Magic it became painfully obvious (emphasis on ‘pain’) that the Bulls’ playoff hopes are slipping away fast.  If the Bulls were to somehow make it into the playoffs [...]

By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net
When my hometown Chicago Bulls drafted Joakim Noah ninth overall that summer night back in 2006, I yelled and cursed at the television. When Noah was a Florida Gator, he was one of my least favorite college basketball players of all time. And he did a lot [...]

I love Scottie Pippen.  I mean love him.  And it’s not just because he was a member of the Beatles, wrestled a midget, and went balls deep on The Cleveland Show.  He is possibly the most underrated player in NBA history.  Everyone talks about how Michael made Scottie, but true Chicago fans know that went [...]

So, 2010 is finally here.  For most people, its just another year, but for NBA fans its been a longtime coming.  This summer the most heralded class of free agents since 2000 (which featured Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, and Tracy McGrady) will be coming onto the market.  A lot of teams have been jockeying for [...]

You’d think that being drafted in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, starting for your team for almost half of the season, and getting selected to play in the Rookies-Sophomores game during All-Star Weekend would ensure that someone at ESPN would have a photo of you. Sorry Taj Gibson, those 20 points you [...]

On Thursday afternoon around 4:30 PM CST, Bulls GM Gar Forman spoke with the press regarding the Bulls’ trades and their roster moving forward for the rest of the 2009-2010 season.  He indicated that the entire staff would be meeting today to review their scouting plan and joked with KC Johnson that he had an [...]

If you’re confused or can’t keep up with the moves the Bulls made over the last 48 hours, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
As of 5:00 PM (CST) the NBA.com website showed the Chicago Bulls roster/depth chart with Francisco Elson and Kurt Thomas occupying two spots on the bench. Oddly enough, neither Tyrus Thomas or John [...]

Contrary to what was widely reported last night as a John Salmons for Kurt Thomas and Francisco Elson trade, the Bucks and their neverending supply of expiring contracts will now deal Joe Alexander and Hakim Warrick ($5.53 mil combined) for the services of Mr. Salmons ($5.45 mil this year with the option of $5.80 mil [...]

Saturday night’s game against the Miami Heat brought back some good memories. First, just seeing the number 35  jersey being filled out by a hefty young fella from the SEC sent me back to the days of the Bulls’ second three-peat with a young Jason Caffey (Bama) grabbing some boards off the bench, lending some [...]

Steve Nash is one of my favorite players on the court, but what makes him so great his his sense of humor combined with his artistic inclinations.  Take a look at this strange video he made starring Barbosa as a Na’vi:

Very strange, but very entertaining.  Keep the crazy videos coming Nash.

After what seems like an eternity, the Chicago Bulls will finally be sending someone to the 2010 All-Star game in Dallas!!  Yahoo Sports reports:
Point guards Deron Williams of Utah, Chicago’s Derrick Rose and Boston’s Rajon Rondo will make their All-Star Game debuts next month in Dallas, sources said Thursday.
Williams, Rondo and Rose top the list [...]

Some people around here think I drink too much Barack Obama Kool-Aid just because I mention every time he does anything remotely related to sports.  Well when he has moments like this, its hard not to love him.  In fact, anytime a sitting President mocks Magic Johnson with a Michael Jordan Bulls reference, I guarantee [...]

Last night’s Bulls game, a 120-87 win over the Pistons, provided some positives that hopefully the team can build on: 1) The Bulls finally built a lead and protected it;  2) They actually came out in the 3rd quarter and played well (This has to be acknowledged on those rare occasions that they crack 20, [...]

Yesterday I posted a rumor that the Bulls may be in talks with the Raptors for Chris Bosh. Apparently my contentions that the trade did not make sense for Toronto and the rumor was completely unsubstantiated were not enough to placate bitter Raptors fans who took it upon themselves to attack my writing as “a [...]

If you haven’t heard somehow, the big story in the NBA these days has little to do with basketball and everything to do with a good old-fashioned Mexican Standoff.  Apparently Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton got into some sort of argument about a gambling debt and guns were drawn in the locker room.  The details [...]