The second of back-t0-back games is always an adventure. One night after treating the Philadelphia 76ers to a near-historic butt-kicking, the Bulls faced the Wizards in Washington. The Wizards — minus rookie phenom John Wall — are not a very good team. For example: They rank only 25th in Offensive Rating. Of course, that didn’t stop them […]
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Scottie Pippen steps out of Jordan’s shadow and into the Hall of Fame
Scottie Pippen will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame tonight. To say his induction will be well-deserved is putting it rather lightly, don’t you think? Pippen logged 41,609 minutes in 1,178 career games, scoring 18,940 points, grabbing 7,494 rebounds and dishing out 6,135 assists. I guess you could say he had […]
Scottie Pippen’s torture chamber
With Scottie’s intro into the Hall of Fame imminent, there has been a renewed interest in his career…which, oddly enough, was never fully appreciated due to Michael Jordan’s shadow. And as shadows go, Jordan’s was sometimes like a black hole. At any rate, although Pippen provided some potent offense, we all know his surest skill […]
Some Joakim Noah highlights
Because I felt like giving Jo a little love today…
Benny the Bull attacked at Oddyssy Fun World. Seriously.
It’s not easy being a mascot. Just ask this guy. But still, you never expect your team’s mascot to be attacked while entertaining children at an amusment park. According to the Chicago Sun-Times: “[Benny the Bull] was attacked Wednesday as he was escorting a group of kids to the go-kart area at Odyssey Fun World, 19111 […]
A taste of Carlos Boozer
While we’re all waiting to see how the Bulls’ shooting guard situation pans out, I figured it might be a good time to watch a few highlights of what Carlos Boozer is capable of. If you haven’t gotten excited about the Boozer signing yet, this should help.
Derrick Rose’s spectacular dunk (and some unintended charity from ‘Sheed)
One of the many great Derrick Rose moments from last night’s huge win over the Celtics was this steal-and-dunk sequence. And what a dunk! I think D-Rose has a little showmanship in him after all. (That budding showmanship almost resulted in a blown breakaway opportunity late in the game, but I can forgive that.) Notice […]
Derrick Rose’s awesome layup
In my post about the Bobcats game, I said that D-Rose had “a couple acrobatic, Air Jordan-style circus shots.” Well, here’s one of them: Rose and Brad Miller usually hook up for a play like this at least once a game (although Derrick’s finish isn’t always quite so spectacular). Some people say that Dwyane Wade […]
Derrick Rose isn’t the only person who thinks the Bulls are playoff bound
And here I thought D-Rose was being a little brash by predicting the Bulls were going to be playing the Cavaliers in the playoffs. Turns out some yahoo on eBay turned the brash dial all the way to 11 by starting an auction for Bulls playoff tickets. Not even first round tickets. This guy has the Bulls […]
Guest post: Winning and worrying
Ordinarily, fans would revel in the kind of record the Bulls have compiled over the past couple of weeks. But the combination of relatively soft competition, coupled with their many mistakes and weaknesses exposed, has led, for me at least, to more anxiety than celebration. Using last night’s game against the Trailblazers as a microcosm, […]