Tag: Chicago Bulls

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 […]

The nine-point loss to Toronto on Thursday night was a good thing. It dropped the Bulls to the No. 9 spot in the bottom of the standings — pre-lottery of course — flip-flopping them with a Milwaukee franchise that seems to be all in on trying to reach the play-in tournament. That’s Darius Acuff Jr. […]

As soon as Bulls guard Rob Dillingham’s turnover led to a Brandon Ingram three-pointer and a Bulls timeout, fans knew that he would be coming out of the game. The Bulls made it clear that they were prioritizing their veteran guards on Thursday. Dillingham was the 11th man, and guard Jaden Ivey did not play […]

The last time Bulls guards Josh Giddey (hamstring) and Tre Jones played, Coby White was in the backcourt and Nikola Vucevic manned the center position. With an active trade deadline that saw the Bulls acquire Rob Dillingham, Collin Sexton, Jaden Ivey and Anfernee Simons, the team is in the process of reintegrating Jones and Giddey […]

In the summer of 2010, Jack Silverstein was chatting with friends at a Wicker Park bar when the subject turned to his writing. That March, he had published a book, “Our President,” a series of essays about Barack Obama. He was covering the Chicago music scene heavily for several outlets. But two of his buddies […]

Things are about to get interesting for the Bulls. Maybe not in the standings. If anything, the hope should be for a continual sinking with the team currently outside of the play-in tournament and carrying the fourth-toughest remaining schedule. If the Bulls play their cards right in pursuit of better draft-lottery odds, within the next […]

Billy Donovan didn’t have time to sit down with Rob Dillingham for an hour-long dissertation on everything that went wrong for the guard in Minnesota. It was obvious that the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 draft had fallen out of favor in the eyes of Timberwolves coach Chris Finch, was traded to the […]

The Billy Donovan critics aren’t going to be persuaded. They have 10 toes dug in, point to the 219-236 (.481 winning percentage) as Bulls head coach, and the fact that he believes in a tight leash with younger players over free rein and minutes. The detractors lump Donovan in with a front office, maybe even […]

It’s not an F. And in the underwhelming world of Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, he’ll take it. Karnisovas likely will be grounded from screen time for a few weeks, and some of his car privileges will have to be revoked. All the while, though, he’ll be doing his best to […]

BOSTON — The NBA Rising Stars game Friday night in Inglewood, California, isn’t where Bulls forward Matas Buzelis really wants to be. He’ll take the opportunity. He’ll speak about it with gratitude. But he sees Rising Stars — the NBA’s annual showcase for rookies, second-year players like himself and G League players — as a […]

BOSTON — Two players, two teams, two experiences and the same tale to tell. One that didn’t have a happy ending or reflect well on the Bulls’ franchise. Before the 124-105 beatdown by the Celtics on Wednesday, it was reunion time at TD Garden. Anfernee Simons was returning to Boston since his trade to the […]

Head coach Ben Johnson wanted Bears quarterback Caleb Williams to get away from football for a while. How about basketball? Williams will compete in a celebrity three-point shooting contest as part of a State Farm event Friday night during NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles. “Not a hooper, man,” Williams wrote on Instagram. “Gonna go […]

BOSTON – It would be hard-pressed to find a better three-on-three game in the downtown Boston area than the one that was taking place on Wednesday morning. Team Tre Jones vs. Team Josh Giddey, with the end game being make sure all left hamstrings stay intact. Both players won in that respect. Now the hope […]

NEW YORK — It was once a cute nickname for Guerschon Yabusele: “The Dancing Bear.” The problem is that was a few years, as well as a few croissants ago, for the French-born forward/center. Now, he just goes by “Le Bear.” Good decision. Then there’s 6-foot-11 Nick Richards, who has shot blocking in his DNA, […]

NEW YORK — Bulls coach Billy Donovan is preparing for the inevitable. He doesn’t know when or where, but he knows it’s coming. Most of the Bulls’ new additions at the trade deadline last week weren’t playing the minutes with their previous teams that they’re playing now. They definitely weren’t playing at this pace. “I […]

NEW YORK — The players shipped out last week in the Bulls’ trade-deadline purge certainly weren’t the only ones affected, as the locker room changed almost overnight. Coach Billy Donovan admitted being “a little sensitive” to the emotions that second-year forward Matas Buzelis was going through after losing a handful of veteran mentors who had […]

Say it without saying it. That’s what new Bull Rob Dillingham has been pulling off the last few days since arriving in a trade, maneuvering through his explanation of what went wrong with his Timberwolves experience with the same slipperiness that he darts through an opposing defensive set. A source indicated that Dillingham and Minnesota […]

This is what Bulls basketball should look like the rest of the season. They should put in three quarters of competitive, hard-nosed play, have seven players in double figures, then get overwhelmed in the fourth quarter in a dash for more draft-lottery balls. With Nikola Jokic passing Oscar Robertson for the second-most triple-doubles in NBA […]

Anfernee Simons and the rest of the Bulls’ recent acquisitions are basically in a 10-week job interview, but he had a unique take on the situation. “I think even before [the trade], it was always going to be a job interview with this being the last year of my contract,” said Simons, 26. “I’ve just […]

”Overhaul?” “Reconstruction?” “Rebuild?” (Oh, sorry. Don’t use that word.) “Reset?” “Purge?” “Tank?” “Tear down?” “Demolition?” Yeah, that last one. That fits perfectly. So this is (supposed to be) the Bulls’ version of “here we go!” Of their six-year vision coming to fruition. Their big plan finally making sense. “It’s my responsibility to make this better […]