MRI on Bulls’ Rose Comes Back Clean

An MRI on Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose’s right knee has revealed no structural damage. Rose participated in Monday’s practice and will be a game-time decision for Tuesday’s matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg. Source: Nick Friedell of ESPN

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Bulls’ Derrick Rose Scheduled for MRI on Knee

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will undergo an MRI on Monday on a sore right knee. Rose missed his third consecutive game on Sunday because of lingering right hamstring soreness, but it was the revelation of knee soreness that came as a surprise prior to Sunday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. Source: Nick Friedell […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Butler’s Second-Half Points Break MJ’s Record

Following Chicago’s comeback win Sunday, Taj Gibson described Jimmy Butler with one word: possessed. Butler shrugged off a first-half injury and came back to score 40 of his 42 points in the second half of Chicago’s 115-113 win at Toronto, breaking Michael Jordan’s 28-year-old record. Source: Rob Ogden of the Chicago Sun Times

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Current NBA Trade Exceptions

Trade exceptions can be a helpful tool to make deals. Salary Cap guru Eric Pincus breaks down the current trade exceptions.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Bulls’ Hoiberg Says Bobby Portis Staying in Rotation

A few hours later, after the Bulls finished off their most impressive closing kick to a game all season — a fourth-quarter onslaught in which they outscored the Knicks 31-8 — (Fred) Hoiberg still wasn’t sure what the answer to the question was, but the first-year head coach did know one thing for certain: No […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Jimmy Butler Says Thigh Injury ‘Not That Serious’

It was bad enough he (Jimmy Butler) needed help to get out of bed to make it to the Bulls practice facility, and he was actually listed on the team injury report, although he says he was in no danger of actually missing time. “It’s not that serious,” Butler told CSNChicago.com after the Bulls’ 108-81 […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Bulls’ Butler Says Coach Hoiberg Holding Him Accountable

A little more than a week after calling out first-year coach Fred Hoiberg and saying Hoiberg needed to coach the Chicago Bulls “a lot harder,” All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler said he and Hoiberg are “learning a lot about each other” and that Hoiberg is “holding him accountable” for his play. “I still got respect for […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Derrick Rose Takes Blame For Bulls Loss to Mavs

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose says he deserves the blame for Saturday night’s 118-111 loss to the Dallas Mavericks after he made several critical mistakes late in the game. Source: Nick Friedell of ESPN

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Thursday: Time For Some NBA Re-Gifting?

With Christmas upon us, is it time for some NBA teams to consider moving pieces that don’t fit?

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021