LOS ANGELES – Josh Giddey isn’t chasing it as much as it’s just finding him. Call it the benefits of being a 6-foot-7, pass-first point guard who has always held an affinity to rebounding a basketball. In once again filling up the box score during Friday’s loss to the Clippers, Giddey also found himself in […]
Bulls lose West Coast finale but get some progress on Jaden Ivey front
LOS ANGELES – Jaden Ivey has his coach’s vote of confidence. Does that mean the guard will be back with the Bulls and with Billy Donovan next season? Too early to answer that, especially since he will be a restricted free agent this summer. But in the talks Donovan has had with the medical team, […]
Bulls lose West Coast finale but get some progress on Jaden Ivey front
LOS ANGELES – Jaden Ivey has his coach’s vote of confidence. Does that mean the guard will be back with the Bulls and with Billy Donovan next season? Too early to answer that, especially since he will be a restricted free agent this summer. But in the talks Donovan has had with the medical team, […]
Bulls’ Matas Buzelis talks lessons learned from the cold war with Luka
LOS ANGELES — The show wasn’t close to being over after the game and the dragon wasn’t done breathing fire. Luka Doncic still looked a bit perturbed that a 21-year-old second-year player dared start engaging in trash talk with him, and even with his Lakers winning the game and Doncic finishing with 51 points, that’s […]
Win or lose the plan for the Bulls remains the same down the stretch
LOS ANGELES – There will be no pumping of the brakes for Billy Donovan until told otherwise, and the Bulls coach has not been delivered that message. Even with his franchise now a half a game below Milwaukee in the draft lottery standings after Thursday’s 142-130 loss to the Lakers, it’s business as usual over […]
Let the debate begin: Patrick Williams or Leonard Miller for the Bulls?
LOS ANGELES — A blind résumé comparison doesn’t do Patrick Williams any favors these days. But with just 16 games remaining after the Bulls lost 142-130 the Lakers on Thursday, what the heck: • Player A: In his last four games with meaningful minutes, he has averaged 12 points and seven rebounds, including a 17-point, […]
Shots heard for Matas Buzelis as Bulls forward fresh off a career night
SAN FRANCISCO — Matas Buzelis wasn’t hearing things. Someone behind him on the Bulls bench did actually tell him to shoot it just eight seconds into the shot clock and nursing a five-point lead with 32 seconds left in the overtime. Not exactly textbook clock management but why fight it when you’re on a heater. […]
Bulls coach Billy Donovan trying to stay positive with Patrick Williams
SAN FRANCISCO — Bulls coach Billy Donovan does right by his players publicly. So when asked Tuesday if he believes forward Patrick Williams has had a disappointing season, he noted it hasn’t exactly been easy for anyone. “Before he got the quad strain [in late February], I thought he was playing pretty well,” Donovan said. […]
It’s been a trust fall for Bulls guard Rob Dillingham and coach Billy Donovan
SAN FRANCISCO – Trust is everything for Rob Dillingham. It was crushed and then eventually lost in Minnesota by the time the second-year guard was traded last month, and it’s being slowly rebuilt in his new stomping grounds. But as Dillingham is learning, it’s a two-way street with Billy Donovan. The coach played him 20-plus […]
Bulls’ Matas Buzelis old enough to attend block party
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sometimes the 21-year-old still comes out in Bulls forward Matas Buzelis. It’s not purposeful, by any means, and Buzelis has acknowledged that coach Billy Donovan has pushed him to step up and start taking more of a leadership role. But there still are going to be moments when Buzelis acts his age. […]
Bulls’ Matas Buzelis old enough to attend block party
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sometimes the 21-year-old still comes out in Bulls forward Matas Buzelis. It’s not purposeful, by any means, and Buzelis has acknowledged that coach Billy Donovan has pushed him to step up and start taking more of a leadership role. But there still are going to be moments when Buzelis acts his age. […]
Bulls forget the running shoes for a night and Kings make them pay
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While the Bulls’ offense has slowed down a tick since the roster purge, it still would get ticketed in most school zones.It remains in the top three in pace. But coach Billy Donovan had a message Sunday: Play faster. A message they get loud and clear but are still trying to work […]
All the Kings men can’t put former Bulls Zach and DeMar together again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine as Bulls had some moments, even sniffed a playoff series, but toiled away far too often in mediocrity. DeRozan and LaVine as Kings? An unmitigated disaster. Even before LaVine was shut down for the season for finger surgery and DeRozan was out on Sunday with illness, the […]
Girls run the court at Chicago Bulls’ annual clinic
White-and-orange WNBA basketballs cut through the air inside the Chicago Bulls training facility Saturday as the squeak of sneakers and the thump of dribbling echoed across the hardwood. About 150 girls moved through drills when Beyoncé’s anthem filled the gym: “Who run the world? Girls.” The clinic was part of the Chicago Bulls’ and Gatorade’s […]
Over and out? Bulls coach Billy Donovan wants focus to stay on the now
PHOENIX — April vacations are a rarity for Isaac Okoro. In his last three seasons in Cleveland, the forward has played a total of 26 playoff games and that was for a Cavaliers roster that actually underachieved in several of those runs. So the idea of planning a trip to the islands in May, let […]
Bulls’ losing has us longing for mediocrity again
Unequivocal, they are. Proving themselves over and over, again and again, that just when you think their bottom can’t get any lower, lo and behold, they submerge ever further. Welcome to the end of the 2025-26 season for the Bulls. A season that took two left turns (or hooks) at the trade deadline. An all-L’s […]
It’s not the fault of Bulls guard Collin Sexton for doing Sexton things
PHOENIX — The assignment seemed to be an obvious one. Then again, that’s where this Bulls front office continues to have a disconnect with not only a majority of their own fan base, but the rest of the NBA. The league says the sky is blue, executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas insists […]
Bulls hope to have answers about guard Jaden Ivey sooner than later
PHOENIX — A lot of questions could be answered about Jaden Ivey in the next nine days as the guard enters a crucial part of his knee-strengthening program back in Chicago. The obvious one? Will the Bulls see him on the court again this season? Coach Billy Donovan is holding out hope that the answer […]
Bulls avoid that losing feeling for a night, but it’s still taking toll
PHOENIX — There was a lot of losing under Joe Mullaney his first few years at Providence College, but once the former coach retired and Rick Pitino took over, a young guard named Billy Donovan forgot what losing basketball looked like. And not for the short term, either. The rest of his college career, his […]
Bulls guard Josh Giddey hoping for an OKC-like turnaround for franchise
Every team has a tell this time of year. For Milwaukee, they have brought Giannis Antetokounmpo back despite heading for a play-in game at best. Meanwhile, Memphis is in no hurry to bring Ja Morant back from an elbow injury, while Dallas is in no rush to bring back Cooper Flagg – and rightfully so […]