I meant to post this last week when the Bulls started wearing it, but it got shuffled to the bottom of all the Red and Norm tributes.  The Bulls will be wearing these patches on their jerseys for the rest of the season to honor the two Bulls greats.  Here is what they look like:

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We have discussed Van Lier’s contributions to the Bulls on and off the court quite a bit here in the wake of his passing.  After reading something from Basketball Reference Blog, I realize that perhaps I was selling Norm short in a lot of ways.  Here is a more well-thought out analysis of his defensive [...]

The Bulls won a great game at Houston, but Deng may be lost for the year.  It looks like a fracture, which doesn’t sound good. [Tribune] ***UPDATE: X-rays on Deng were negative, he is now day-to-day.
Paul Harvey, another Chicago broadcasting legend, passed away this weekend.  Why do they always go in bunches?  So sad. [Chicago [...]

NQTC reader Adam was bitching that we don’t post enough on the weekend, so here are some photos I dug up for you to look at:

Matt over at Blogabull posted this video which really shows Norm’s love for the Bulls.  This video embodies how passionate Norm was about the Bulls, basketball and taking pride in what you do.  He really starts going crazy around 1:40 in the video.  Who is going to bring that attitude and perspective in the post-game [...]