The Chicago Bulls will have to go without All-Star guard Derrick for the remainder of the 2012 playoffs after the team reported that the 2011 MVP tore the ACL on his left knee in Saturday’s opening-round game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Rose, who has battled all sorts of injuries all season, crumbled to the ground … [Read more…]
For the second consecutive season, the Chicago Bulls finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference and, based on a head-to-head tiebreaker against the San Antonio Spurs, the Bulls will have home-court advantage in the NBA Finals if they get that far. Last season, the Bulls were eliminated in the conference finals by the … [Read more…]
Derrick Rose grew up idolizing Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Rose was born and raised in Chicago, so he knows full well the degree of difficulty that comes with winning a championship for the Windy City and the massive shadow cast by Jordan’s legacy. If you take away Jordan’s Bulls, the city of Chicago … [Read more…]
Sometimes riding bicycles is the best motive of transportation. You get a good workout in before your shift and you don’t have to deal with all the stress of traffic. That’s exactly what LeBron James was thinking when he decided to use his custom “King James” cycle to get to American Airlines Arena before Sunday’s … [Read more…]
Watching Derrick Rose go right at LeBron James in the fourth quarter of Game 5 of the 2011 Eastern Conference was pure basketball magic. It’s not often when you see the reigning league MVP and the two-time league MVP going head-to-head for much of the fourth quarters in the Heat-Bulls series. Rose unleashed his best … [Read more…]
Prior to the start of the 2011 Eastern Conference finals, Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer hinted that the Miami Heat have only two real superstars on the team, an obvious slap-in-the-face directed at Heat forward Chris Bosh. Bosh claims he wasn’t upset with the comment, but you bet he read Boozer’s remark and wasn’t very … [Read more…]
First of all, let me apologize to the Chicago Bulls for underestimating their greatness. Apparently, I’ve been listening to too many pundits who have already crowned the Heat as NBA champs once the Lakers and Celtics were eliminated from the playoff picture. Put a big hold on that NBA Finals party in South Beach because … [Read more…]
Injuries are always going to play a major role in sports, but they get magnified in the playoffs, and especially when it’s a star player. Derrick Rose of Chicago and Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles were both questionable with sprained ankles as they headed into Tuesday’s games, but like the warriors they are, their ankles … [Read more…]
After his 30-point performance against the Boston Celtics on national TV on Thursday night, Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Derrick Rose may have just clinched the NBA most valuable player award. Rose put on a spectacular show against one of the best defensive teams in the league, getting to the rim at will and destroying his … [Read more…]
Dennis Rodman, the former Detroit Piston and Chicago Bull star who took eccentric into a whole new stratosphere, says he was informed on Thursday that he’ll become one of the newest members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The official announcement won’t come until Monday, but in typical Rodman fashion he … [Read more…]