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Not only did head coach Billy Donovan and the front office talk plenty this offseason about the important role they expected Carter Jr. to play, but he was finally starting to play that role well! He was averaging 12.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game and shooting a solid 53.3 percent from the field (also averaging 2.4 assists this season compared to 1.2 in 2019-20). He scored in double-figures in 11 of the team’s last 12 games and recorded four double-doubles. Even better, however, was the s...

No Wendell or Otto Tonight, An Expert’s Opinion, The Pitchforks Are Out, and Other Bulls Bullets One win, two wins, three wins …. four? •   All the Chicago Bulls have to do to reach a .500 record tonight is beat the defending champions. That’s it? Easy! Back at the United Center to take on the Lakers, the team will likely be hungry to redeem themselves after a close 3-point loss earlier this month. Considering how closely contested the game was last time out, and how well the team h...

As we were saying … Like it or Not, Trade Talks Will Probably Ramp Up as Zach LaVine Continues to Demonstrate His Abilitieshttps://t.co/utXli7xsHh Zach LaVine is having a career year, and while we might be only 14 games into the season, that doesn’t feel like a soon-to-be #freezingcoldtake. The 25-year-old is flourishing in the Bulls new motion offense, scoring in elite fashion at all three levels and averaging 27.4 points per game (5th in the NBA). More importantly, LaVine has finally foun...

Why did @DocRivers ultimately join the #76ers? His relationship with @dmorey and if Philly was ever really in on the Harden sweepstakes: pic.twitter.com/ENpXznOvJ9— Rich Eisen Show...

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Oh, wait. Thats exactly what happened. Yes, after only 72 days away, NBA basketball is back! Are the Lakers a lock for another title, or could a reshuffled franchise like the LA Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers or Brooklyn Nets catch them? Will back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, fresh off signing his max extension, deliver a ring to the Milwaukee Bucks? Heres what you need to know about the leagues contenders, pretenders and every team in between ahead of a 2020-21 season unlike any other. Not...

WAKE UP THE BULLS SEASON STARTS TODAY!https://t.co/Fz43zHD263 •   Yes, it’s largely the same team as last season. And, sure, the projected win column isn’t all that inspiring. But Chicago Bulls basketball is back, and in a year that can be described only as perfectly awful, I’ll happily welcome this team back in my life with open arms. It also does not hurt that for the first time in nearly 20 years, the organization decided to go in an entirely new direction. New front office leaders...

Oh, wait. Thats exactly what happened. Yes, after only 72 days away, NBA basketball is back! Are the Lakers a lock for another title, or could a reshuffled franchise like the LA Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers or Brooklyn Nets catch them? Will back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, fresh off signing his max extension, deliver a ring to the Milwaukee Bucks? Heres what you need to know about the leagues contenders, pretenders and every team in between ahead of a 2020-21 season unlike any other. Not...

It was the hook the Bulls’ front office sold Donovan on. He obviously was in charge of the X’s and O’s, but his job encompassed more than that. “I wanted to be in a situation where everybody is rowing the boat in the same direction, everybody is pulling together, everybody is working for the same cause, there’s a lot of really good dialogue and communication, and I think as a coach, you are a part of it,’’ Donovan said in September. “You’re a part of it all the way through ...

Pelicans Stan Van Gundy, 8 other new NBA head coaches navigating compressed timeline Share Updated: 9:34 PM CST Dec 21, 2020 By Brett Martel, The Associated Press Ashley Amoss/Pelicans Share Updated: 9:34 PM CST Dec 21, 2020 By Brett Martel, The Associated Press Pelicans first-year coach Stan Van Gundy was hired less than two months before the Pelicans first preseason game earlier this week.Never mind that he’s taking over a rost...