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 […]
Masters of the rebuild, defending champion Thunder beat Bulls
The Bulls are in the early stages of another rebuild. They’ve said goodbye to Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu and Kevin Huerter and hope building blocks Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis — with help from future draft picks — will move them closer to a championship. On Tuesday, the Bulls faced a team that […]
Bulls still hopeful Jaden Ivey can return this season
Jaden Ivey (left knee) will not be traveling with the Bulls on their upcoming five-game trip. Coach Billy Donovan said Ivey has made good progress, but the medical team wants to keep him at home. Donovan also sounded confident Ivey would play again this season. Right now, the Bulls are working to get Ivey’s knee […]
No red flag for Bulls’ Matas Buzelis as forward is starting to surge
It was a slight red flag right when it came out of the mouth of Matas Buzelis last week. “I’m just trying to play the game the right way,” the Bulls forward insisted as a nightmarish 0-for-11 winless streak in February was coming to an end. The right thing to say, especially for a 21-year-old […]
Josh Giddey gets big minutes, rewards Bulls with triple-double
Josh Giddey finally got to spend more than 30 minutes on the court. Unsurprisingly, he had one of his best games of the season. In 32:15 of playing time Sunday, Giddey compiled 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his eighth triple-double of the season and 15th with the Bulls, tying Scottie Pippen for the second-most […]
Bulls snap 11-game skid by routing Bucks
With 7:19 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against the Bucks, Josh Giddey drove from the right and sent a lob pass up into the air for teammate Nick Richards. Richards grabbed the ball with one hand and slammed it down to give the Bulls a 16-point lead, igniting the announced crowd of […]
There’s no way Bulls front office swings and misses again, or is there?
It was almost as if a front office would purposely have had to try and miss on the lottery portion of the 2025 NBA draft class. No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg and No. 4 pick Kon Knueppel look like perennial All-Star caliber players. The likes of Dylan Harper (No. 2), VJ Edgecombe (No. 3), […]
In the NBA, there’s a difference between ‘tanking’ and ‘positioning’
Question: Can we elevate the conversation? You know, from tanking in the NBA to what it actually is? Because the 2026 version of what is being targeted as ‘‘tanking’’ is giving what’s happening a bad name. It’s called ‘‘positioning.’’ What NBA teams are being accused of doing and being heavily fined for — so far, […]
Bulls’ turnover problems one of many issues facing coach Billy Donovan
Bulls guard Josh Giddey never has been one to point fingers or get caught up in making excuses, so he’s not about to start now. Giddey would have every right to do so, given he has watched half the nameplates in the locker room change in the last month and given the Bulls’ 11-game losing […]
Bulls pick good night to lose and the right team to lose to in Portland
Coach and front office can’t always be philosophically aligned. Thursday was the latest reminder of that. In the green corner were executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas and sidekick/general manager Marc Eversley, knowing all too well that Trail Blazers success means Bulls success. The Bulls hold Portland’s lottery-protected first-round pick, but only if the Blazers make […]
Two words not in the vocabulary of Bulls coach Billy Donovan? Slow down
Coach Billy Donovan is not about to hold up a stop sign. He doesn’t even feel the need to grab a sign that reads “Slow Down.” His offense can’t afford to. It’s too undersized, too inexperienced playing together and frankly just not good enough in halfcourt sets. “You have to look at, are they capable […]
Bulls’ Matas Buzelis can’t stop the losing, but he can learn from a talk
Bulls coach Billy Donovan talks with his players daily. Monday, however, was different. His discussion with young forward Matas Buzelis wasn’t just a talk; it was ‘‘the talk.’’ Buzelis strolled into the Advocate Center around 8 p.m., looking to get some extra work in, and Donovan was there in an effort to figure out a […]
Bulls’ backcourt injury concerns get clarity, concern from Billy Donovan
There’s suddenly a lot of wait-and-see for the Bulls, who are running short on time. Giving injury updates Tuesday, coach Billy Donovan highlighted uncertainty around newly acquired guards Anfernee Simons and Jaden Ivey. Simons injured his left hand Saturday against the Pistons, then met Monday with a specialist for imaging, which indicated a fracture that […]
Bulls welcome back Coby White and then watch his new team throttle them
Coby White said his agents were in talks with the Bulls’ front office since last summer about a contract extension for the free agent- to-be, whom they traded to the Hornets just before the Feb. 5 deadline. “But you know things change,” White said Tuesday as he made his first return to the United Center. […]
Greed is good on Wall Street but not in Billy Donovan’s Bulls offense
Billy Donovan knows the difference between need and greed. Before becoming a Hall of Fame coach, it’s easy to forget that Donovan was one of the elite point guards in the country, guiding Providence to a memorable Final Four run. He then went from being a Friar to a buyer, spending almost five months as […]
Greed is good on Wall Street but not in Billy Donovan’s Bulls offense
Billy Donovan knows the difference between need and greed. Before becoming a Hall of Fame coach, it’s easy to forget that Donovan was one of the elite point guards in the country, guiding Providence to a memorable Final Four run. He then went from being a Friar to a buyer, spending almost five months as […]
Bulls’ Zach Collins speaks about season-ending toe surgery and his future
In a tough moment, Bulls big man Zach Collins showed his character. Collins recently had found out he was headed for season-ending toe surgery and, while lifting weights at the Advocate Center, ran into coach Billy Donovan. What did Collins say to Donovan? He apologized. On Sunday, he explained why. ‘‘I just told him, ‘I’m […]
Bulls stay competitive against Knicks before losing ninth game in a row
There will come a point this season when Bulls coach Billy Donovan finally pulls back on the chase for ‘‘competitive integrity’’ and no longer will be concerned about trying to squeeze out victories. Mark it down for about 10 p.m. April 12. That’s about the time the Bulls will have played their final game of […]
Bulls, Pistons confident Jaden Ivey can come back from injury
According to the Pistons and coach J.B. Bickerstaff, there was no doubt guard Jaden Ivey would recover from his horrific leg injury. The timeline was the only question. That question is still relevant, especially after the news Saturday that the Bulls have shut him down for at least two weeks because of concerns about how […]
New-look Bulls, same results: Eight straight losses
Former Bulls guard Kevin Huerter’s head had just hit the pillow, so he knew he wasn’t dreaming. Not yet. “There was nothing leading me up to that point to make me think that I was on the move,” Huerter said Saturday. “I got a call from [coach] Billy [Donovan] at about 1 o’clock, right before […]