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Chicago Bulls – Tom Thibodeau Unhappy About Luol Deng Trade
Are the Chicago Bulls tanking? It’s hard to say, but they aren’t exactly setting themselves up to win a lot this season. Unlike other teams with that kind of plan in mind around the NBA, no one expected this from the Bulls, which leaves Tom Thibodeau as the most frustrated person from the trade that sent Luol Deng away, while the team mostly gained draft picks and financial relief.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Trading, Not Tanking
The key word this season for many NBA teams is tanking. No one is admitting they’re doing it, but at some point this season, we’re going to see a whole lot of it. Are the Chicago Bulls part of that bunch? Definitely not, despite the Derrick Rose injury, the disappointing start, the loss to the Utah Jazz and all the talk about trading Luol Deng and possibly others to start something of a rebuilding process.
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Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Needs Patience & Time
Being so good, maybe too good, in the preseason, raised the expectations bar from the Chicago Bulls and especially Derrick Rose heading into opening night. But facing an elite defense while Joakim Noah, Jimmy Butler and Luol Deng struggle with injury issues isn’t the best recipe for an easy start to the 2013-2014 NBA Season.
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Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Slowing it Down
The Chicago Bulls continue their preseason schedule by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 106-87, as the issue of Derrick Rose and his adaptation to the NBA game once again stands in the focus of their preparation for the next season. So far, it seems to be going quite well.
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The Derrick Rose Comeback Isn’t Going to be Gradual
No holding back and no waiting. Obviously, there are going to be preseason games for Derrick Rose to tune up his game and get back his feeling back, but the great big title hope for the Chicago Bulls isn’t planning on taking it easy once he’s on the floor for his first official NBA game in 18 months.
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Chicago Bulls – Carlos Boozer, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah & Nate Robinson Have Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
For the second time in three years, the Chicago Bulls lose to the Miami Heat in a playoff series, both of them lasting only 5 games. Yet with so many injuries to begin with, from Derrick Rose to Luol Deng and finishing with Kirk Hinrich, the effort, heart, sacrifice and ability that Carlos Boozer, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah and Nate Robinson have shown in this postseason is nothing but commendable.
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Chicago Bulls – Nate Robinson Finally Runs Out of Luck & Confidence
At some point, you can’t cover up for all those missing players, including Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich, with a point guard who is too small to make a useful defensive player. Tom Thibodeau looked at his bench and saw players he normally wouldn’t have used, but with Nate Robinson finally have the kind of game a lot of people were predicting he’d have at some point, there wasn’t much of a choice.
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Chicago Bulls – Joakim Noah & Taj Gibson Might Cost Them the Series
Sometimes, teams fall apart, and they can’t avoid a huge loss. The Chicago Bulls, already shorthanded due to old and more recent injuries, might have to do without two more players, at least for the next game. Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah let the humiliation of being in the franchise’s biggest playoff loss ever get to them, not to mention some of the calls by the referees, getting themselves ejected, which might be costly in the long run.
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Chicago Bulls – Luol Deng Finally Remembers to Play Well
After losing three consecutive times to the Indiana Pacers in rough, physical games, the Chicago Bulls, despite not playing with Joakim Noah, arguably their best player this season, found a way to beat a team that’s very similar to them, only better in almost every aspect. How? Luol Deng actually showed up offensively, as the idea of playing without a point guard has to be crossing the mind of Tom Thibodeau.
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Chicago Bulls – Hitting Rock Bottom With Sacramento Kings Humiliation
There’s no chance the Chicago Bulls don’t make the postseason, but at this rate, with this kind of basketball, what’s the point? The Derrick Rose emotional roller-coaster continues, as it seems that with every delay of his return, the Bulls are playing worse, this time losing by 42 points to the Sacramento Kings.