Tag: Chicago Bulls

The Bulls are continuing to take their time with guard Coby White’s recovery from a calf strain he suffered in August before training camp. Coach Billy Donovan said Tuesday that White is now doing start-and-stop movements that had initially caused him discomfort, as well as running, sprinting, cutting and jumping. But after a flare-up of […]

The Bulls are continuing to take their time with guard Coby White’s recovery from a calf strain he suffered in August before training camp. Coach Billy Donovan said Tuesday that White is now doing start-and-stop movements that had initially caused him discomfort, as well as running, sprinting, cutting and jumping. But after a flare-up of […]

Red Panda wasn’t on the injured list for very long. The popular halftime performer is scheduled to make her NBA return on Tuesday night at the United Center when the Bulls host the Philadelphia 76ers. She broke her left wrist during a July 1 performance at the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final between the Indiana Fever […]

NEW YORK — It wasn’t the type of talk Billy Donovan felt was necessary. Not with the makeup of this group of Bulls players. But successful NBA coaches are sticklers for the details, and a team preparing for a season in which $84 million in total salary is expiring for six different players in possible […]

NEW YORK — The Bulls were pursuing a little bit of history Sunday. With a victory in the back end of a home-and-home against the Knicks, these Bulls would have trailed only the 1996-97 Michael Jordan-led team for the best start in franchise history. That squad opened 12-0. The chase, however, ended with a thud. […]

NEW YORK — Billy Donovan explained the pending decision on Friday, but the Bulls made the move official on Sunday, announcing that 12th overall pick Noa Essengue had been assigned to the G League Windy City Bulls. A deeper dive into the situation with Essengue and it’s apparent that no one should be surprised. Donovan […]

The Bulls have recent history on their side. The defending NBA champion Thunder had an impressive start to their run last season, coming out of the gate 7-0. The season before, the eventual champion Celtics started 5-0. So should the NBA just mail the 2025-26 Larry O’Brien Trophy to the United Center? Pump the brakes. […]

And so we begin. “Bulls Nation. Bulls Nation. You know what time it is. You know.” We do. Is this finally the “wait until next year” we’ve been waiting on? Only time will tell. A 5-0 start. Undefeated as an L.A. boutique brand and an old ESPN subsite. Teams that were supposed to be their […]

Bulls head coach Billy Donovan said rookie forward Noa Essengue won’t travel with the team to New York for the second game of a home-and-home Sunday against the Knicks. Essengue is going to the G League to play with the Windy City Bulls. Donovan said the organization wants Essengue to get more comfortable as a […]

Normally stoic Bulls center Nikola Vucevic was feeling it Friday. With the Bulls leading by seven points in the fourth quarter, Vucevic called for the ball as he drifted toward the left wing. He drove to the basket, attacking Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns off the dribble, and spun in the lane before flipping up a […]

The Bulls are winning games as though they’re — how to put this? — maybe even kind of good. The Blackhawks aren’t getting rolled over night after night themselves. What sick, twisted world is this? In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we wanted to know […]

Zach LaVine wasn’t done putting up shots late Wednesday night. The long-time Bulls guard burst into his old locker room with a towel in hand, saw his former “student” surrounded by the postgame cameras and microphones, and tossed the towel directly at Matas Buzelis’ head while the forward was in mid-sentence. Nothing but net. Really […]

When NBC announced in May that Michael Jordan would join its NBA coverage as a “special contributor,” many were skeptical. Just how special would his contribution be? The doubts were warranted. As enjoyable and nostalgic as “The Last Dance” was, the documentary was seen through Jordan’s eyes, and some of his old teammates questioned his […]

It’s the “what if” that still bothers Billy Donovan. The Bulls coach isn’t losing sleep over it or punching holes in drywall, but admittedly it still feels like an opportunity lost in his Hall of Fame career. The return of DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine to the United Center on Wednesday was a reminder of […]

Zach LaVine got to his feet as the tribute video ended on the large scoreboard, acknowledging the applause that was raining down. He waved to the different sections of the United Center — the same building that cheered him for eight seasons — and then in one quick motion thumped his fist onto the left […]

Michael Jordan didn’t believe in load management, even when he was violently ill. Jordan addressed the topic of NBA players missing games in the second installment of a series that NBC is calling “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” which aired Tuesday night between games of a doubleheader on the network. Asked by interviewer Mike Tirico what […]

Bulls forward Isaac Okoro doesn’t like playing the comparison game. ‘‘I don’t really like comparing,’’ Okoro said as he sat in front of his locker Monday, fresh off the Bulls’ third consecutive victory to start the regular season. ‘‘I’m just not a big believer in comparing teams.’’ Then came the ‘‘but.’’ Okoro spent his first […]

It’s that breaking point that Kevin Huerter looks forward to. That moment in the game where wave after wave of Bulls players have the opposing team bent over at the foul line, hands grasping the bottom of their shorts, and doing what they can to try and fill the lungs. In the opening night win […]

Coby White is completely pain-free. The Bulls guard is running, getting shots up, and attacking his rehab without hesitation. Therein lies the concern. Calf strains lure the athlete into a false sense of security, and then all of a sudden, weeks in street clothes turn into months. This is the crossroads where the Bulls find […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s a craft that Tre Jones still takes a lot of pride in — a lost art that versatile bigs and high-paced offenses are pushing toward extinction. So labeling Jones a “pure point guard” isn’t some sort of jab; he’s not being pigeonholed into it. Actually, the opposite is true. If that […]