The Chicago Bulls announced plans to unveil a bronze statue of Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen today. It will be in the United Center by the end of this season.
“Not only is Scottie Pippen one of the greatest players to ever wear a Bulls uniform, but he’s among the best players in history of the league to play the game,” said Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. “He had a tremendous impact in bringing six world championships to Chicago and there is no better way to pay tribute to him than with a permanent statue that honors his inspirational career.”
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Final cuts were made today. USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo announced the 12 NBA players who will represent the United States at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Named to the 12-man 2010 USA World Championship Team were: Chauncey Billups (Denver Nuggets); Tyson Chandler (Dallas Mavericks); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies); Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers); Danny Granger (Indiana Pacers); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder).
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Possibly the greatest “second banana” in NBA history, Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, will enter the basketball Hall of Fame as part of a very special class tonight.
2010 inductees include Jerry Buss, Cynthia Cooper, Bob Hurley, Sr., Karl Malone and two celebrated teams: the 1960 USA Men’s Olympic team and the 1992 USA Basketball “Dream Team.” The announcement was made at a press conference in Indianapolis, Indiana during the 2010 NCAA Final Four.
By Paul M. Banks
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The Chicago Bulls announced today the signing of free agent guard/forward Keith Bogans. Sources say the deal for the University of Kentucky product is two years, with only one guaranteed. Bulls.com writer Sam Smith reported that the deal is worth about $2.5 million.
Bogans (6-5, 215) has been in the NBA for seven years, spending last season with San Antonio.
He played in every game but three for the Spurs last season, starting 50 games and averaging 4.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.2 apg, 19.7 mpg, .403 fg%, .357 3pt fg%, 727 ft%. The Washington, D.C. native was selected in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft out of UK by the Milwaukee Bucks.
By Paul M. Banks
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The Chicago Bulls will tip off their 45th season on Wednesday, Oct. 27 in Oklahoma City versus the Thunder. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN at 7:00 p.m. For a list of the entire NBA nationally televised schedule, go here.
Chicago tips off its home schedule on Saturday, Oct. 30 versus the Detroit Pistons at the United Center at 7:00 p.m.
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Come the start of the 2010-11 NBA season, the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks will enter a new level of competition in their natural rivalry, as they are expected to jockey for the top spot in the Central for the first time in over 20 years.
By Jake McCormick
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Following four days of training and an intra-squad exhibition in Las Vegas, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo announced his 15 NBA superstar players picked as finalists for the 2010 USA World Championship Team.
The three biggest names on the roster are Chicago Bulls franchise player Derrick Rose, Nuggets superstar Chauncey Billups, and Oklahoma City Thunder go-to-guy Kevin Durant.
The 2010-12 USA National Team will be coached by Duke University’s Mike Krzyzewski, with USA assistant coaches Syracuse University’s Jim Boeheim, New York Knicks head mentor Mike D’Antoni and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan.
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Inside sources around around the Chicago Bulls and the rest of league are saying T-Mac will be a Bull by the end of the week. The Bulls will work out free agent guard/forward Tracy McGrady on Monday. And T-Mac, a seven time All-Star appears very interested in becoming that 12th NBA player the Bulls are looking to get under contract. His tweets certainly say so:
i have unfinished business…. Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:13:36 PM via web
C-H-I-C-A-G-O be there tomorrow… workout monday.. thank u twitter followers for your support, inspiration, and prayers… Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:13:10 PM via web
By Paul M. Banks
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Ok, so maybe the signing of backup center/power forward Kurt Thomas won’t exactly usher in an “era,” at least in the sense of the phrase “the Michael Jordan era.” That’s the way most people in Chicago refer to the glory years of the Chicago Bulls franchise. This signing obviously won’t move them any closer to NBA dominance, but it does give them an 11th player under contract, at a price just above the league minimum ($1.35 million) for one season. And it adequately fills a need.
They still have $3 million left in cap space to sign another body, hopefully a veteran shooting guard. Thomas has been in the league for 15 years, most recently with the Milwaukee Bucks, where averaged three points and 4.2 rebounds per game last season.
By Paul M. Banks
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The Chicago Bulls still have a few roster spots to fill, and on Thursday they made a major move in regards to addressing their need for depth at the guard position. It was announced today that the team acquired the signed-and-traded contract of guard C.J. Watson from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for a future second-round draft choice. Golden State will be receiving the lesser of Phoenix’s and Utah’s regular 2011 second-round draft choices, both of which are held by the Bulls.
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“We’re very happy to add a player of Ronnie’s ability to our team. He brings great versatility on both ends of the floor and will be an excellent addition to our backcourt,” said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman.
Brewer (6-7, 236), a four-year NBA veteran, comes to the Bulls after spending last season with both the Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies. Drafted out of Arkansas in the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft (14th overall) by the Utah Jazz, Brewer spent three-plus seasons with the Jazz before being dealt to the Grizzlies at last season’s trade deadline.
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The same day that the Chicago Bulls officially lost out on J.J. Redick, the team added a very talented wing in Ronnie Brewer. In fact, he might be the most athletic wing the team has had in quite some time; an no doubt an upgrade over Redick. This move is no consolation prize; it fills a big hole and brings in a guy point guards love to play with. The best point guard in the league, Deron Williams, was really upset when Brewer was dealt out of Utah.
So Brewer should gel well with Bulls franchise point guard Derrick Rose. This move also brings the number of ex-Jazz players coming to Chicago this summer to three. I guess you can call the Bulls “Utah Midwest” now; but with a much smaller Mormon population. I do hope that Brewer, along with Boozer and Korver, aren’t shocked by how flat it is here. And they realize that upgrading from tiny market to huge market (in this case anyway) means you’ll have fewer options when it comes to ski vacations.
By Paul M. Banks
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When the Bulls lost out on the Big 3, they immediately turned their attention to making the most of their available cap space by signing former Jazz players Carlos Boozer and Kyle Korver. With a ton of financial flexibility still available, Chicago signed Magic restricted free agent J.J. Redick to a 3-year, $19 million offer sheet giving Orlando seven days to match the contract. The Magic have done just that meaning Redick will return to Orlando while the Bulls are forced to look elsewhere in a fairly depleted remaining group of free agents to fill out their roster.
By: David Kay
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The Chicago Bulls are pleased to announce that Bulls legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen has agreed to rejoin the organization as an ambassador. In this capacity, Pippen will attend a majority of Bulls home games and spend time with Bulls fans and sponsors. Additionally, he will also participate in a variety of team related events throughout the year.
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“We are pleased to welcome Kyle to the Bulls. He will be a great addition to our team and he will provide another dimension to our offense,” said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman today.
Korver (6-7, 212), a seven-year veteran of the NBA, spent the last two-plus seasons with the Utah Jazz. He broke into the league with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2003, where he played for four-plus seasons after being drafted in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft (51st overall).
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On the same exact day (well night actually) that the Chicago Bulls formally introduced Carlos Boozer to the Chicago community, (and a day after officially losing out on the Lebron sweepstakes) the front office made a couple more moves. And they were the perfect supplemental moves towards addressing their team needs. Boozer filled their glaring need for a back-to-the-basket scorer, and someone who can add more of an offensive presence to the post.
Next they were desperate for a real perimeter scorer to the play the two and spread the defenses that will be geared towards stopping the Derrick Rose led drive-and-kick game.
They found him in Kyle Korver, and they may have found help in J.J. Redick.
By Paul M. Banks
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Chicago Bulls GM Gar Forman has released a statement immediately following the announcement of LeBron officially signing in Miami, and their missing out on the biggest NBA free agent of the summer.
It reads:
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It would seem as though the Chicago Bulls have landed their first big free agent prize.
It just wasn’t who the Bulls thought it would be.
After the commitment of Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to the Miami Heat and with fading optimism that they were ever really a front runner to land LeBron James to begin with, the Bulls shifted their focus to Carlos Boozer and have reportedly agreed to a 5-year, 80 million dollar deal that escalates in future seasons.
Quite simply, and this is the important part, this allows the Bulls to retain enough cap space to allow LeBron to come to the Chi should he decide to pick the Bulls.
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With the announcement that Chris Bosh and Dwanye Wade will be teammates in Miami, Chicago Bulls fans need to be like Al Gore and realize a very inconvenient truth. The top 3 free agents are NOT coming to Chicago. Tomorrow night’s “very special episode of the Lebron show” will likely yield the announcement of King James staying in Cleveland. There are rumblings he’s going to New York, but really, he’s going to stay put in his hometown. It’s the only place where they intentionally built a practice facility closer to his home.
And with Amare Stoudemire going to the Knicks, and Dirk Nowitzki, Rudy Gay and Paul Pierce re-upping with their current teams, the Bulls have effectively lost out on the top seven free agents. (Depending on how you rank players 5-7 in this free agent class)
So what do you do now? How do you effectively stop disappointment from degenerating into disaster? You can still salvage something substantial from this free agency period.
By Paul M. Banks
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The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team will participate in the 2010 Las Vegas Summer League. The Bulls will play a total of five games from July 13-18 at Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center located on the campus of UNLV. Current Bulls player James Johnson highlights this summer’s 12-man roster.
Click here highlighted to read a profile/interview of said player.
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