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LOS ANGELES -- Phil Jackson gave Los Angeles reporters a Chicago history lesson during Thursday night's pre-game press conference. When asked if the circus trip existed when he was the Bulls head coach responded quickly. "Oh yeah," he said. "There was the ice skating trip and the circus ...
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LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers' roster is flooded with different kinds of weapons that can consistently hurt you. The Bulls just don't have that kind of ammunition right now.They simply couldn't match up with Pau Gasol and company on Thursday night as the Lakers steamrolled to a 108-93 win."It's ...
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LOS ANGELES -- Joakim Noah has a theory as to why it's always different playing the Lakers."Championships," the Bulls center said recently. "Simple as that. They have a lot of championships. They're the defending champs. They added Ron Artest. They're very good. They have the best coach in the ...
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LOS ANGELES -- Joakim Noah believes that Phil
Jackson is the best coach in the NBA. After
he hears what Jackson said about him Wednesday during the "Waddle & Silvy" show on ESPN 1000, that affinity probably will grow even more. It sounds as if ...
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Praise from the master
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LOS ANGELES --Taj Gibson was all over the place at practice on Wednesday afternoon -- literally. The Bulls rookie and the rest of his teammates practiced at the Galen Center, which happens to be the home of the USC basketball team. As a USC alum, Gibson was happy to be back on campus, but he had ...
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LOS ANGELES -- Derrick Rose hasn't felt like
himself lately, so he has decided to do something
about it. He's not going to cut his hair until he gets back on track. "I'm not getting my hair cut," Rose said after Wednesday's practice. "I'm just going ...
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'Things are going to change'
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Joakim Noah sat in the
victorious Chicago Bulls locker room Tuesday night and started
singing.The Bulls center had just earned yet another double-double (15 points, 14 rebounds), but he had other things on his mind.The gregarious ...
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Noah's pumped up
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- At times on Tuesday night, the Bulls attempted to give back the large lead they had built up. But just when you thought they would hand it all away, John Salmons and Joakim Noah saved the day. Salmons paced his team with 23 points and seven assists while Noah racked up ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Aaron Gray is feeling better, but he won't be re-joining the Bulls just yet.The backup center, who was admitted to the hospital Monday with cellulitis, may check out later tonight or tomorrow morning, according to Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro. "He's feeling better," Del ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich may have their mind set on another game as the Bulls and Kings tip off tonight. That's because their game coincides with the Kansas vs. Memphis game which is taking place at about the same time in St. Louis. Rose (a Memphis alum) and Hinrich (a ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Andres Nocioni smiled and shook hands after the Sacramento Kings shootaround Tuesday afternoon. He was happy to see familiar faces from Chicago -- even if it was the media. The affable big man admitted during a six-minute media session that while he still misses Chicago, ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The worst part about the Chicago Bulls' annual circus trip is that they are the ones that always seem to come home looking like clowns.Since 1999 (a.k.a the year after Michael Jordan's retirement), the team has struggled mightily on its annual road trip, going 9-56, ...
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After seeing this video, my only wish is that the Bulls would bring in Rainn Wilson (A.K.A Dwight Schrute from "The Office") to film a new series with Derrick Rose.The Turner Basketball people are on to something here. This pair has what you'd call comedic timing. They could film scenes with ...
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Derrick Rose
Taj Gibson doesn't believe he's famous. In his mind, the self-described "gym rat" is just a regular guy from Brooklyn. He just wants to do his job and go home. The only problem is that he has the type of job that everyone dreams about -- starting forward for the Chicago Bulls . > The thing ...
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Taj Gibson
> > As George Karl walked back to the Denver locker room, the veteran coach wore the type of mischievous grin a little boy might don when he knows he has gotten away with something. > > He couldn't believe his team had just escaped with a 90-89 win over the Bulls. He couldn't believe the game ...
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DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Carmelo Anthony might be wearing
blue Tuesday night when the Denver Nuggets come to
town, but Kirk Hinrich might see a little orange. That's because the former Kansas point guard will be facing off against Anthony, a former Syracuse ...
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Rock, chalk ... rematch?
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Derrick Rose said his hand didn't hurt Monday afternoon, but it would be easy to understand if it did. No, the Bulls point guard did not injure himself in practice. He and the rest of his teammates took some time after practice to participate in the Bulls' annual Autograph ...
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Joakim Noah can hear what you've been saying.
> He's been listening to all the noise since
he was just a college freshman trying to find his way at the University of Florida. He's heard people tell him all kinds of things. He wasn't good enough, he ...
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Bulls Q&A: Joakim Noah
CHICAGO -- Joakim Noah is slowly transforming before everyone's eyes. > The Bulls center is making the kind of move that John Paxson and company always thought he could make when they drafted him. He's gone from being a gangly, energetic project off the bench to a bulked-up starting center ...
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Joakim Noah
CHICAGO -- Taj Gibson isn't the only Bulls rookie who should see more minutes in Tyrus Thomas ' absence. James Johnson , the team's other first-round draft pick, is likely to get a chance to contribute as well. > > The Wake Forest alum has been stuck on the bench for most of the early part of ...
