This interview from ESPN is the first time I have ever heard Derrick Rose say anything.  I mean sure he has been interviewed in the past, but usually his responses are all cliche “We gave 110% tonight” type answers.  He actually discusses how Vinny’s job instability is affecting the team, Ben Gordon, and a host [...]

Before I answer the question about Chicago moving on from Ben Gordon, let me throw some numbers at you:
2008-2009 (w/Ben Gordon):
FG%: .457 (16th)
PPG: 105.1 (8th)
Opponents FG%: .458 (15th)
2009-2010 (w/o Ben Gordon):
FG%: .433 (27th)
PPG: 91.4 (27th)
Opponents FG%: .457 (18th)
The obvious answer to the question posed is that this city was over him about 6 months [...]

The Bulls have started 1-2, which in all honesty is a miracle considering they played San Antonio at home and Boston and Miami on the road.  The Bears on the other hand, have now moved to 4-3 after a solid pummeling of the lowly Browns.  It was a very busy sports weekend here in Chicago, [...]

Whether you are happy, sad, or indifferent about Gordon leaving the Bulls, it will be weird to see him in a Pistons jersey this season.  Well I had my “Gordon as a Piston” cherry popped today when I saw this on BDL.  Enjoy the picture and have a great weekend.

There are a few truths that anyone who has ever read this site knows I believe in: Milton Bradley was screwed by the Chicago baseball establishment, I would consider going gay for Michael Jordan, Derrick Rose and Jay Cutler are the best things since sliced bread, the NBA is more interesting than the NHL, Cubs [...]

We haven’t heard much about the Bulls in the news lately, but with the preseason right around the corner, it’s as good a time as any to start thinking about the season.  Most people feel that the Bulls could be as high as a top 4 seed in the East, or as low as 10th.  [...]

We have covered this from every different angle here, but the issue of whether Ben Gordon was the kind of player Bulls fans want on their team won’t truly be answered until we see how they look this fall without him.  In the meantime, for all you doubters, here’s a little farewell video montage to [...]

The NBA came out with its new salary cap numbers yesterday.  Basically the cap is set at $57.7 million (down a bit from last year) and the luxury tax number is $69.92 million.  That means for every dollar a team goes over the luxury tax number, they must pay a dollar for dollar penalty.  As [...]

With the departure of Ben Gordon, the Bulls are trying to appease frustrated fans who feel that the Bulls let Gordon walk for nothing without any backup plan in place.  Even fans who hate Gordon (and there’s a lot of you), Gordon leaving obviously hurts the team without anyone to really replace him.  In general, [...]

The debate here at NQTC over Ben Gordon has raged on for a while now and his departure has only served to stir it up even more. Clearly I have been a Ben Gordon supporter from day 1, although I will be the first to admit that his game has some severe flaws. [...]

So thus ends the tale of Ben Gordon and the Chicago Bulls.  In general he was underappreciated by the fans, media and the organization as a whole.  He was exactly what he purported to be, which was a pure shooter and an explosive offensive threat.  His defensive skillset was not as bad as most people [...]

Here are two relatively new Bulls rumors.  Pick 16 and 26 for the Nets 11th pick sounds fine to me I guess.  Then this crazy Hinrich to Portland rumor that I could definitely get behind. [Yahoo Rumors] + [Blogabull]
Dusty Baker must be kidding about not knowing his players were using steroids.  He presided over two [...]

Lost in America’s obsession with LeBron James and the possibility of Shaquille O’Neal joining him in Cleveland is the fact that CLEVELAND HAS NOTHING TO OFFER in exchange!  On the other hand, the Suns have been interested in Luol Deng since they drafted him in 2004 (he was immediately traded to the Bulls).  Not only [...]

A few days ago I had a conversation with NQTC reader Black Rob.  I sent him a link to a story about the Raptors trading Jason Kapono to the 76ers for Reggie Evans, a power forward.  I remarked “Does that qualify as news” after I sent the link.  He laughed because we both knew that [...]

Gordon, Hinrich, Gordon, Hinrich, Gordon, Hinrich…the debate over the Bulls backcourt has focused on that since Derrick Rose was drafted.  Who to keep and to trade/not sign?  Well according to some extremely unreliable internet sources, Bulls management is not framing the issue the way us fans are.  According to Bulls confidential:
Sources close to me have [...]