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I love TNT and the Inside the NBA crew, but they need to get Draymond Green off coverage.
His hate of Rudy Gobert just makes for awful television. It isn’t funny, original or informative. He literally just yelled “Rudy sucks” at fans on live TV.
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Kenny Smith: "I know what Chicago is missing."
Charles Barkley: "Michael Jordan. Scottie Pippen."
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Patrick Williams says LeBron James was calling out some of the
#Bulls
' plays ahead of time.
"You can tell he watches a lot of film," Williams says.
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"That's a 10 if Zach LaVine didn't do it last week in the layup line."
-- Kenny Smith on Obi Toppin's dunk
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#Bulls
are now 2-12 against teams with a .600 winning percentage or better this season.
0-2 vs. Heat
0-3 vs. 76ers
1-1 vs. Cavs
0-1 vs. Bucks
0-1 vs. Suns
0-2 vs. Warriors
0-2 vs. Grizzlies
1-0 vs. Jazz
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Tristan Thompson on Grayson Allen returning to United Center after injuring Alex Caruso earlier in season:
“Shit. Take one of my dawgs out like that, we going to have issues. We got to set the tone.
"Guys are going to play chippy? Let's play chippy."
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Steve Kerr was extremely disappointed in the Bulls fans who booed Jerry Krause’s name at halftime during the Ring of Honor ceremony. He called it “absolutely shameful.”
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Patrick Williams on guarding LeBron James: "I got better tonight."
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DeMar DeRozan says "it sucks" the
#Bulls
couldn't earn the win today to send Billy Donovan to the All-Star Game to coach.
As he left court, DeRozan told Donovan, "I tried my best to get this game for (you)."
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Ayo Dosunmu on going to All-Star festivities as part of Rising Stars game: "I'm going to ask so many questions. I'm going to dissect so many brains."
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Billy Donovan will coach the NBA All-Star Game if the
#Bulls
beat the 76ers on Sunday at the United Center.
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DeMar DeRozan on Zach LaVine: "Max player, max talent, max everything."
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DeMar DeRozan was incredulous upon learning Patrick Williams, unprompted, told the media he was late to shootaround and fined.
"He said that? I gotta tell him not to say that to the media. He's tripping."
"He got to learn. God damn, why'd he say that?"
"Shit."
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Lonzo Ball says walking up stairs is painful for him. His knee issues are affecting him in everyday life, not just from a basketball perspective.
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Kendrick Perkins said on Sportscenter that
#Bulls
players should be fined for their ugly performance in their Game 3 loss to Bucks and that the money should go directly back to the fans who spent money on tickets to attend.
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Derrick Rose wished he would've cherished his time in Chicago a little more than he did.
Rose: "I wish I would've danced a little bit. Something, (like) Ja Morant or something. You know what I mean? Seriously, you know how it is. You get older and you look back at it."
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Zach LaVine: "Thank God we got DeMar DeRozan on our team."
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#Bulls
' Patrick Williams is hoping to enroll in classes remotely at Florida State as he looks to work toward his degree and fill more time while out with his serious wrist injury, Billy Donovan says.
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Zach LaVine on his reaction when he found out
#Bulls
landed Nikola Vucevic: "I gave a little bit of a yell in my house."
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Troy Brown Jr. says his frustration with the Wizards was he didn't know what would earn him playing time.
Right after Brown joined Bulls, Billy Donovan sat down with Brown and told him defense would be his path to playing time.
Brown praised Donovan just now for acting on that.
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NBA admits
#Bulls
got hosed twice in waning seconds of regulation of OT loss to the Cavaliers, as Donovan Mitchell should've been called for a lane violation before tying layup and Jarrett Allen traveled before a late bucket.
Sound off in the comments!
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@ChaseIsChi
Yeah, I appreciate that. But I feel like that’s been well-established and this isn’t the platform to hammer that point home for the 50th time.
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DeMar DeRozan: "I felt like I had a bad shooting night."
He was 16-of-27 from the field while scoring 38 points.
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Billy Donovan informed Ayo Dosunmu about 1 hour before tip-off that he would make his first NBA start and "play a lot."
"I need you to be who you are," Donovan told Dosunmu.
"He was unfazed," Donovan adds.
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DeMar DeRozan calls it "unacceptable" for
#Bulls
to allow 131 points and adds he was frustrated and needs to improve his own defense.
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Lonzo Ball (knee) has started doing running, Billy Donovan says. He’s doing well.
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Tristan Thompson on his role with
#Bulls
:
“Do whatever it takes to win, whether it’s set screens, dive for loose balls, finish around the rim. Whatever my team needs to win, that’s all that matters. So I think I’ll mesh pretty well with this group.”
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Ayo Dosunmu says one of the biggest compliments he can get is Billy Donovan asking him to guard the opposing team's best player when he's on the floor.
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Tristan Thompson is now calling for the
#Bulls
to retire Dennis Rodman's No. 91. He's a huge fan of him.
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Billy Donovan on Ayo Dosunmu:
"You know what people said? He's not maybe this great 3-point shooter. Well you know what? He makes big 3s."
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Charles Barkley cracking jokes on
@NBAonTNT
: “I don’t know what the hell the Bulls are doing. We’re trying to get a team in Seattle and Vegas. Let’s move this one.”
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In first media session with
#Bulls
, Tristan Thompson says DeMar DeRozan should be the league MVP right now.
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Regarding this moment, Billy Donovan called DeMar DeRozan "special" for the sacrifices he's made, saying DeRozan has stylistically sacrificed to help others play better and always been receptive to what Donovan has asked, such as getting up court quicker. Donovan appreciates it.
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Patrick Williams had 18 points on 7-9 FGs and 6 rebounds in 32 minutes, if you're looking for one of the very, very few bright spots in the Bulls' on-court play tonight.
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Ayo Dosunmu said Chance the Rapper reached out to him after a great game he had while a junior at Illinois, with Chance telling him he was proud of how Dosunmu was representing the city.
So Ayo invited chance to his draft party tonight, and Chance came. Ayo called him "polite."
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DeMar DeRozan is out tonight, Billy Donovan says.
He's physically taken on a big load and Bulls want to give him a rest.
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Asked if this is how a Big 3 is supposed to perform, DeMar DeRozan responded "yeah" and quickly turned his attention to the absent Lonzo Ball (COVID protocols) and makes a reference to the
#Bulls
' "Big 4."
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Zach LaVine: "This is the most excited I've been playing basketball."
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Zoom interviews go forever, and
#Bulls
bus was waiting to leave as Zach LaVine was still talking.
As interview was set to get cut off, LaVine noticed a Greek reporter -- who stays up overnight to work -- still had his Zoom hand raised and told him to ask last question anyway.
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Asked about
#Bulls
' struggles vs. elite teams, Tristan Thompson noted 2015 Cavs swept 60-win Hawks after struggling vs. them in regular season.
Thompson: “We kicked their ass easy.”
Reporter: Bulls don't have LeBron.
Thompson: “We got a big three that’s really fucking good.”
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Billy Donovan shares a metaphor about
#Bulls
needing to learn how to win:
“I’d like to go to the moon. I really would. I have no interest in doing what it takes to become an astronaut. So like, ‘I want to win.’ OK, great. Are you really willing to do what goes into winning?"
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Ayo Dosunmu on DeMar DeRozan: "He wants to win. He makes the right play at all times. One thing I like about DeMar, he knows when it’s time to be selfish a little bit when we need a basket. He always delivers for us.”
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Alex Caruso on Grayson Allen's flagrant-2: "It's kind of bullshit."
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Arturas Karnisovas: “I don’t think you address needs at No. 4. You get the best player.”
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Even when Coby White comes back,
#Bulls
are going to have to find a way to keep getting Ayo Dosunmu minutes. He has been sparking them so often.
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Zach LaVine on Alex Caruso: "I didn't know how good of a passer he was."
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#Bulls
have the 2nd-hardest strength of schedule left in NBA from this point forward, according to
@tankathon
.
3 more games left against Bucks, 2 more against Heat and 1 against Suns, Grizzlies and 76ers.
Their 5-game winning streak to enter the All-Star break was so crucial.
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DeMar DeRozan sent Zach LaVine a text as soon as
#Bulls
had won.
It read: "Get your ass back as soon as possible."
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Alex Caruso was asked about Grayson Allen's history of dirty plays dating back to his Duke days.
"To be honest, I don't watch much Duke basketball," Caruso says.
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DeMar DeRozan calls Ayo Dosunmu's maturity "amazing."
"He accepts his mistakes, he holds himself accountable," DeRozan says.
He adds Dosunmu is "always ready for the big moments."
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Patrick Williams (wrist) has ramped up his conditioning lately, Billy Donovan says.
"I think there's a very strong possibility" he returns by the end of the regular season, Donovan says.
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Coby White says Billy Donovan told him he wants him to be the
#Bulls
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#Bulls
are now up to 4th in the NBA in offensive rating at 112.0.
They're 11th in defensive rating at 108.0.
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DeMar DeRozan on
#Bulls
landing in ESPN television spotlight more now after their terrific start: "I feel like if you do your job right, you get a raise."
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#Bulls
have announced their "See Red" campaign for the NBA playoffs.
As you can imagine, all fans are encouraged to wear red to games at the United Center.
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Coby White says his brother, Will, texted him in game that Daniel Theis was wide open off double-drags and other screens.
White read the message at halftime and made a point to find Theis later.
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Ayo Dosunmu was awesome in
#Bulls
' win over Heat in season opener. His stat line:
17 points
7-14 FGs (3-6 on 3s)
6 rebounds
4 assists
2 steals
1 block
2 turnovers
+15 in plus/minus
36+ minutes
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After nearly 6 years in hibernation, the
#TNTBulls
magic gets put to the test again when the Bulls — riding a 5-game losing streak — host the Bucks on Thursday evening.
Bulls have won 20 straight home games in the regular season on TNT.
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Billy Donovan gave a really good long answer here on Ayo Dosunmu’s impact, adding that “I love coaching him” because you can tell him the truth.
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In his first 6 games with
#Bulls
, Nikola Vucevic’s averages:
22.7 points
11.0 rebounds
3.8 assists
51.4% shooting
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Billy Donovan on Coby White: "The thing I'm most pleased with about Coby is he's battling defensively."
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DeMar DeRozan sure makes it sound like Zach LaVine will play tomorrow: "Getting some of the cavalry back tomorrow is definitely helpful."
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#Bulls
have scored 130 points or more 6 times this season, the most of any team in the NBA, per Bulls PR's research.
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Zach LaVine on the
#Bulls
finding ways to win again and again, no matter the circumstances: "This isn't last year."
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#Bulls
star DeMar DeRozan after back-to-back buzzer-beaters: "I don't know if I'm dreaming, if it's real right now."
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Fred Hoiberg on Rockets scoring 90 in the first half: "I'd like to score 90 in a game."
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Ayo Dosunmu reacts to being officially named the
#Bulls
’ starting point guard.
“I’m thankful, because this is a great organization,” he says. “We have a chance to do something special.”
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Jim Boylen just called a timeout (or was awarded it) as Tomas Satoransky hit Ryan Arcidiacono on a back cut for an easy layup.
So it went as no basket. Luka Doncic appeared to be chuckling as they went to the timeout.
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I have a modest proposal: We use The Purge model regarding MJ-vs.-LeBron debate. For 364 days a year, we don't bring MJ-LeBron dispute up. Then 1 day a year -- I suggest the Wednesday after the MLB All-Star Game, a dead sports day -- we go all in on it, as intensely as possible.
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DeMar DeRozan was asked if he has any message for haters and doubters after earning All-Star honors again.
DeRozan: "Hate -- whatever you want to call it -- is free energy."
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All-Star Zach LaVine on Billy Donovan's influence: "Billy’s been great, man. Total 180 from what we had last year, cause we pretty much have the same team. We’ve had our share of ups and downs ... but our approach and my approach is just so much different mentally."
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DeRozan has scored 431 points in the 4th quarter of games this season, which is 1st by a large margin. Giannis is 2nd with 365 points and has just a slightly higher 4th-quarter average (8.5 to 8.3).
DeRozan is shooting 55.0% in 4th quarters and 54.2% in "clutch" time.
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I just feel sorry for the
#Bulls
fans here tonight. This place was ready to explode all night if it'd been a close game.
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United Center crowd gives the Chicago Sky a standing ovation during a timeout after their WNBA title.
I kid you not, it was even louder than the love this crowd gives Alex Caruso.
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DeMar DeRozan (MVP candidate) and Ayo Dosunmu (rookie) are doing their postgame press conference together.
The first 3 questions were all for Dosunmu.
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Zach LaVine on his ailing knee: "I've been limping all season, bro. I'll be all right."
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Ayo Dosunmu was frustrated by his 2 late turnovers in loss to Raptors. He didn't talk to Billy Donovan until this morning and wasn't sure what to expect -- "It's like one of those times when you get in trouble in school, you don't know how your parents are going to react."
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Zach LaVine on getting routed by Nets: "We got an ass whooping."
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Who do you like in the Final Four?
Patrick Williams: "Women's or men's?"
He's watching all of it.
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Ayo Dosunmu is absolutely dealing some dimes tonight. He has 5 assists in 11 minutes of playing time.
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Zach LaVine was 2nd in the East backcourt in player voting, they just said on TNT.
(Maybe that full info already got released, just passing along what they said on TV.)
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Zach LaVine texted Ayo Dosunmu, "Congratulations, let's get to work."
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Billy Donovan on Tristan Thompson:
"Tristan ... has been a really good rim protector. He's been a really, really good rebounder. He's really been a really good pick-and-roll defender. He's been a good screen-and-roller, and he does what he does at a really high level."
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#Bulls
' Coby White: "It's easy when you're playing with Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan and Lonzo and AC ... and everybody."
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Billy Donovan on DeMar DeRozan reading the game: "He's always taking inventory. His brain is like a computer."
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#Bulls
haven't lost a game with DeMar DeRozan in their lineup since Nov. 27.
They've won 10 straight games when he's healthy enough to play.
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Billy Donovan wants to give Lonzo Ball, Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan freedom to "get organized" into offensive sets.
Any time spent looking at Donovan on the bench for a play call is slowing the
#Bulls
down in Donovan's mind. Donovan likes "some randomness."
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"So-called experts, look for another job to do or something like that."
-- DeMar DeRozan on
@NBCSChicago
postgame regarding those who doubted the
#Bulls
(in season opener and beyond)
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Are the
#Bulls
just missing too many people to stay competitive or is there more to it?
Zach LaVine: “I don’t know. At the beginning of the year, we lost games and we had everybody. So I don’t know.”
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