Everybody talks about the free agent class of 2010, but what NBA general managers are thinking about is the pre-emptive trade class of 2009.  Yes, that’s right.  You’re a GM.  You have a max-contract superstar who’s playing coy with you about signing an extension.  You have two choices: wait a [...]

After falling to the Celtics, there’s been plenty of idle chatter about whether Chicago Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro should be fired.  And it’s all silly chatter from ignorant corners.  (Really, have you listened to some of these talk radio hosts?  Have they ever watched a basketball game in their life?)
Could [...]

The play-offs are over and now it’s time to look at the off-season puzzle for the Chicago Bulls.  A puzzle with moving parts:
1) Do they sign Ben Gordon/how much?
2) What do they do with the Deng/Salmons situation?
3) What do they do with Tyrus Thomas/ where’s the low-post scoring?
4) Do they keep Hinrich [...]

As Stephon Marbury’s tenure with the New York Knicks turn into a post-modern retelling of “The Last Days of Pompeii,” it might be time to look back at what Starbury used to be before his ego and mouth got in the way and how he’s cleverly dodged the hall of fame.
Did you know that Marbury [...]

When Donnie Walsh decides it’s time to starting trading, he isn’t playing around. Today the Knicks cleared a ton of salary cap by ditching the monster Zach Randolph contract via the Los Angeles Clippers, and well as the decently compensated Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors and rookie contract holder Mardy Collins (a throw-in for [...]

Time to check up on the Bulls who are off to a very nice start at 5-5 before leaving on a West Coast road trip from which they’ll likely return with their head atop a pike.
As usual, the story with the Bulls is their back court. Derrick Rose continues his surge in an offense increasingly designed [...]

We’re a couple weeks into the 2008-9 NBA season and while the early season can often be deceiving, there’s been ample time for some surprises and disappointments.
Biggest Surprise: Atlanta Hawks 5-0
Were the Hawks that solid a lock for the play-offs this year or did you have them as scrapping for the 8th seed? And that [...]

You may have heard that the Chicago Bulls are one of the worst shooting teams in the NBA, but did you know the unusual fashion they’re doing it in? I’ll grant you that teams that rely on the jump shot will run cold, but in their last 4 games (and they’ve only played 5), the Bulls [...]

Barak won, but he was playing basketball on the West Side of Chicago before the polls closed.  Hmmm… the Bulls play on the West Side.  Must be time to look at the Bulls after their first week of action. 
The 2008-09 edition of the Chicago Bulls sure is a strange group coming out of the gate. Blame it on pre-season injuries (likely). Blame [...]

ESPN is reporting the trade of Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb of Detriot to Denver for Allen Iverson.
This would be the Piston’s roster shake-up that has been threatened since their play-off exit. The Nuggets also have been widely expected to play with their line-up given the obscenely competitive nature of the Western Conference, where [...]