The news broke on Friday afternoon that Tyrus Thomas had been suspended for Friday night’s game and fined an unspecified amount for conduct detrimental to the team.  The initial reports from the Tribune and other sports sites did not elaborate on the conduct but one could guess that it had to do with his lack [...]

Love him or hate him, you have to respect Tyrus Thomas’s hustle on this play from Thursday night’s victory over Boston on national television:

More of that and less of the 20-foot jump shots, ok?

Here we are in 2010.  Tyrus Thomas has shown flashes of greatness and the ability to change a game, but has never found any level of consistency.  When Pax traded picks with Portland back in 2006 to draft Tyrus Thomas, everyone was really excited for this athletic, raw young talent with a ton of upside [...]

We knew that this season leading up to the deadline would be huge for trade rumors.  Teams are going to be trying to clear as much cap space as they can to position themselves to get a big-name free agent, or just trying to get something in return for a big name before they walk. [...]

Filthy is an understatement.  However you feel about his focus and concentration, you have to admit that Tyrus Thomas has at least one “Wow!” moment per game.  This dunk over Josh McRoberts was just ridiculous, prompting Neil Funk to declare that the ball had been “buggy-whipped” down (I have no idea what that means either):

The [...]

It looks like the Bulls are actively shopping Tyrus Thomas to the Knicks in a potential trade.  According to Yahoo Sports, the deal would look something like this:
For starters, multiple league executives believe the Chicago Bulls’ shopping of forward Tyrus Thomas(notes) could result with him moving sooner than later. As Thomas has rehabbed a broken [...]

Now that Ben Gordon is gone, what will we argue about around here?  Oh that’s right, we’ve still got Mr. Lightning Rod of Controversy Tyrus Thomas.  Ever since Pax drafted him, he has proven to be nothing more than a waste of god-given talent.  Although its still  bit early to say he’s busted, I think [...]

Tyrus Thomas, a lightning rod of discussion and controversy for the Bulls, becomes a restricted free agent this offseason.  The Bulls have until October 31 to offer him an extension, otherwise they will have to match any offer another team gives him this coming summer to keep him.  The likelihood of him remaining a Bull [...]

If you haven’t caught much of the Bulls preseason but want to know what’s going on with them, don’t worry.  I’ve got your back.  Before I do, however, I highly recommend checking out Kelly Dwyer’s Bulls Season Preview.  Anyways, here are some things of note so far in the Bulls hot 4-1 preseason start.

Derrick Rose [...]

This year’s Bulls squad will be an interesting team.  Clearly they are waiting to make a splash in 2010 with all the money they have saved up, meaning that this season should probably be viewed as a rebuilding year.  The climactic end to last season and the emergence of Derrick Rose as a player on [...]

In case you hadn’t heard, the Bulls have been playing in the Vegas Summer League this past week.  And by Bulls I mean a hodgepodge of rookies, sophomores and ex-college stars.  While Taj Gibson went down with an injury mid-week (no worries, it doesn’t appear to be serious), James Johnson has looked good at times, [...]

I know I said that the Bulls were pursuing some options and that for the most part I didn’t like any of them.  Although I said Boozer would be the best of the available options, I still tried to argue he probably wouldn’t be a good fit for the team.  Upon hearing the latest rumor, [...]

In case you didn’t notice, the Bulls drafted two power forwards in the draft last week.  A lot of questions arose about the Bulls faith in Tyrus.  Do they feel Tyrus isn’t good enough to start?  Are they preparing to move him?  Or did they just take the best available players (in their minds at [...]

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 [...]

The Bulls won in double overtime last night in what was one of the greatest NBA games all year.  In fact, ESPN Classic will be showing the game at 4 p.m. CT as an instant classic. (h/t: Matt at the Thigh) I was at the game, and the roller coaster of emotions almost killed me.  [...]