No DeRozan.
No Caruso.
No Green.
No White.
The Bulls beat the Nuggets 109-97.
Folks, there is no denying it right now, the Chicago Bulls are one of the best teams in the NBA. What a story.
Ayo Dosunmu has spent more time guarding Trae Young head-to-head this season than anyone else (17mins), per NBA's Matchup Data.
In those minutes, he has held Young to 5-19 shooting and a total of 17pts. He's also blocked him 4 times.
Trae Young is the NBA's 6th-leading scorer.
Teams that started a rebuild around the same time OR after the Chicago Bulls:
-Philadelphia 76ers
-Oklahoma City Thunder
-New Orleans Pelicans
-Los Angeles Lakers
-Miami Heat
-Memphis Grizzlies
-Dallas Mavericks
-Brooklyn Nets
-Orlando Magic
The Bulls are lost.
Two NBA teams didn't make a mid-season trade:
-Cavs
-Bulls
One of those teams made a massive trade this summer for an All-Star and is 4th in the East.
One of those teams is 26-28 and 9th with no clear direction.
What a disaster. What a failure. They're not even trying.
No Coby White. No Javonte Green. Alex Caruso played just 8 minutes. The Bulls beat the Nets for the second time this season.
I'm not sure how much more evidence we need, the Chicago Bulls are one of the best teams in the league. Watch out, folks.
DeMar DeRozan is putting together one of the greatest “F U” seasons known to man.
So many doubted him. So many said he wasn’t worth it. Now, he is an MVP candidate.
Zach LaVine chilled at a Windy City Game.
DeMar DeRozan went to Champaign with Ayo.
They may feel like little things, but that’s true leadership. Both guys changing the culture on and off the court.
So basically ...
Bulls trade:
Lauri Markkanen
Thaddeus Young
Tomas Satoransky
Garrett Temple
Al-Farouq Aminu
Daniel Theis
2025 protected 1st
Three 2nds
Bulls Get:
Lonzo Ball
DeMar DeRozan
Derrick Jones Jr.
A 2022 protected 1st
A 2023 2nd
$8.3mil trade exception
Major W.
“I told myself I would never be in that situation again — to let that same feeling happen for the fans.”
Chicago is so damn lucky to have DeMar DeRozan.
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Spencer Dinwiddie says LeBron James is more of a global icon than Michael Jordan
“I’d say globally, LeBron is a bigger icon, like business included. I think Jordan is a bigger hero, in a sense, just because he was so different from what we had seen. We’d already seen dominant
The Nikola Vucevic trade is officially paid off.
Final Terms:
-2021 No. 8 pick
-2023 No. 11 pick
-Wendell Carter Jr.
-Otto Porter
A massive price to pay when we consider Bulls have only one 5-game playoff exit to show for it thus far. Not to mention, Vooch is now a free agent.
Caruso is coming off a career year on one of the best contracts in the NBA.
Giddey is coming off his worst year and is up for a rookie scale extension.
How the hell do you not get a draft pick? You had ALL the leverage.
Derrick Jones Jr. popped the question while in Paris 💍
Congrats to the happy couple (and shoutout to Andre Drummond for capturing the moment)!
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For Bucks fans pretending Grayson Allen went for the ball, watch him pull his right arm down and then proceed to push Caruso with the other arm. It's everything that came after the initial contest.
Put aside your fandom and realize the dude just broke someone's wrist.
I think about this photo of Zach and DeMar celebrating Lonzo’s dagger 3 vs. Brooklyn a lot.
Really hoping we see a lot more of this next season. Such fun flashes from this core.