Tag: Chicago Bulls

He (Jimmy Butler) is a legitimate top-20 overall player, perhaps top 15, and will serve as Chicago’s foundation as a smart front office turns the roster toward a new identity. But his rise has engendered some minor hard feelings within the team. There is a sense that Butler relishes the trappings of stardom a bit […]

Coach Hoiberg said Joakim (Noah) had an MRI which showed a sprained left shoulder and will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Source: Chicago Bulls on Twitter

Do Jimmy Butler and Joakim Noah trust Fred Hoiberg? It doesn’t seem like it, writes Moke Hamilton.

Bulls center Joakim Noah injured his left shoulder in the third quarter of Monday night’s 105-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Noah did not return to the game and left the United Center in a sling. Coach Fred Hoiberg called the injury a shoulder sprain. “I just felt it pop out, and it went back […]

Jimmy Butler says he doesn’t regret the comments he made Saturday after the Chicago Bulls loss to the New York Knicks in which he said Fred Hoiberg had to coach the team “a lot harder.” “Do I regret it? No.” Butler said after Monday’s shootaround. “[I was] a little frustrated after a loss, yeah, but […]

Chicago Bulls All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler had some harsh words for first-year head coach Fred Hoiberg after Saturday night’s 107-91 loss to the New York Knicks. When asked if he believed in the Bulls roster or if a shakeup was in order for players to start getting a message, Butler was blunt in his assessment. “I […]

By January 10, NBA teams will have to either commit to players on non/partially-guaranteed contracts or let them go.

378 NBA players became eligible to be traded at midnight last night, marking the opening of the 2015-2016 NBA Trade season.

The Sixers reached out last summer to Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler, league sources have said, and they got nowhere. That failure is pertinent, (Sixers GM Sam) Hinkie insists. “They chose to stay with the teams that drafted them.” Source: Zach Lowe of ESPN