Bulls Moving Forward

Merry halfway to Christmas, Chicago. Meet your present – Derrick Rose. In all likelihood this is the best present anyone has ever received for Jesus' half birthday. He's going to be a star – you can book it now. I could go further into that, but someone already has, and he's probably done more research than me, so let's move on. Which [read more...]

23 Reasons Derrick Rose Was a Good Pick For the Bulls

1- He's a scorer, averaging 15 points a game in his only season at the University of Memphis. That would have been third on the Bulls last season, but Rose's 48% shooting from the field would have tied him with Luol Deng for the team lead. 2- He's a passer, averaging five assists a game. Like any good player though, D-Rose [read more...]

Beasley v Rose

The Bulls lost a lot this season. They lost 49 of the 82 games they played. They lost two head coaches in the span of four months. And they lost a lot of respect by botching the chance to sign former Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni. Yet thanks to the NBA Draft Lottery that took place on last Tuesday, the [read more...]

Take Derrick Rose

So I come home to find out the Chicago Bulls, despite having a very low odds, actually winning the lottery. Here's my thinking on this. The Bulls have a roster full of guys who can play decent for someone else, but  together they pretty much stink. Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich should be traded as soon as possible. I think [read more...]

Ten Years Later…

When was the last time you went on YouTube and watched some old Michael Jordan highlights? Can you remember the smile on your face when John Paxson's three beat the Suns in the 1993 Finals? Do you still consider Phil Jackson a Bull, or has his time with the Lakers adjusted your thinking? It has been ten years since the Bulls [read more...]

Bulls Season In Review - Part 5

Welcome to the finale. In cased you missed the first four parts of CSR's Bulls Season in Review, here they are: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. Feb. 13 - At 20-31 the Bulls are still playing uninspired basketball, but they're also still on the verge of being a playoff team in the Eastern Conference. Thabo Sefolosha and [read more...]

Bulls Season In Review - Part 4

Easy there, before diving into this one don't forget about Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of CSR's Bulls Season In Review. Jan. 15 - A 102-88 loss tonight to Orlando will drop the Bulls to 14-22, but still not out of the playoffs. The team is a very average 5-6 since Jim Boylan took over, so really nothing [read more...]

Bulls Season In Review - Part 3

Hold on there, don't forget about Part 1 and Part 2 of CSR's Bulls Season In Review. Dec. 26 - The firing of Scott Skiles was met with mixed reaction in Chicago. Once again the Bulls started off slowly under Skiles, only this time they weren't showing signs of turning it around. He was also reluctant to play youngsters Tyrus [read more...]

Bulls Season In Review - Part 1

Wow, that was painful. The only solace Bulls fans can take from a miserable 2007-08 season is that it wasn't just Chicago that was optimistic about the team coming into this season. After three straight playoff appearances and an 06-07 season that featured 49 wins and a first-round playoff sweep of the Miami Heat, even the World Wide Leader was buying [read more...]

Playoff Push

Current Record: 24-36 ... 1.5 Games out of a playoff spot. Following Tuesday's easy, but important win against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Bulls record is now 24-36. Following Wednesday night's action, they are 1.5 games out of the playoffs. Despite the fact nearly every possible thing has gone wrong this season, the Bulls still have a very solid shot of making the [read more...]

Evaluating The Bulls

Now that all the pre-season dreams of contending for a conference title have long since been unmercifully crushed, I thought it'd be appropriate to do a re-evaluation of the Bulls current roster. I will look at each player, taking into account their age and salary and determine their current worth TODAY. I will forget what we though about them heading [read more...]

FSR Daily

-Looks like Stephon Marbury will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle. This means Jamal Crawford will continue to play 40-plus minutes a game and Nate Robinson will remain a capable fantasy backup. -Brandon Roy is out until Monday due to a death in his family and will miss the Blazers [read more...]

FSR Daily

-Good story here from ESPN.com's Keith Lipscomb breaking down this year's rookie class and their fantasy impact. As the season wears on, be sure you keep an eye on the younger players as their minutes tend to rise. -Apparently yesterday was 'Make my Most Disappointing Players list look ridiculous day.' The Bulls Kirk Hinrich dropped a career-high 38 points, adding 10 [read more...]

Most disappointing players

I always like to hear the bad news first, so before we here at FSR get to the most improved players tomorrow, we'll start with our list of most disappointing players midway though this fantasy basketball season. As a note, I tried not to include guys who seasons are disappointing only because of injury (like Agent Zero and D. Wade). PG-Kirk [read more...]

Time for the Running of the Bulls

There are a million excuses for this year's abysmal Bulls performance. Writers, including myself, have speculated ad nauseam about the preseason contract extensions never signed, the Kobe rumors, Scott Skiles "losing" the team, missed opportunities in the past lotteries, the small backcourt, the lack of inside scoring, and on and on. While some of those may even be valid reasons for [read more...]

FSR Daily

-More confirmation that Shaq will start tonight against the baby Bulls. Mark Blount actually played pretty well in O'Neal's absence, averaging 14.2 ppg and 4.8 rpg (how does a 7 foot guy average less than 5 rebounds????) in 6 starts. When Shaq gets injured again, know that Blount is a worthy-albeit temporary-pickup. -The Bulls had a rough night on Tuesday in [read more...]

Can the NBA Bulls Learn From LaSalle St.’s Bulls?

I feel the craziness going on in the financial markets is an excellent metaphor for what is happening with the Bulls. This sub-prime mess was caused by lenders not accurately understanding the true value of the loans they were giving out. The lenders thought the thousands they loaned out today would be millions in a few years. Turned out those [read more...]

“Tuning Out” the Easy Media Answers

Can anybody explain to me exactly what "tuning out" means?It started back in November with that troublemaker Chris Broussard: "He'll get the most out of mediocre talent and have his teams overachieve for a few years (this is his fifth in Chicago), but after awhile, players get sick of him and tune him out. According to various players around the league [read more...]

The Travails of Captain Kirk

"We simply must accept the fact that Captain Kirk is no longer alive…" - Spock In the late 1960's a young Canadian white man burst onto the scene, boldly captaining the Starship Enterprise, "where no man has gone before." William Shatner was a smashing success as Captain Kirk, seizing the screen and the imagination of young people. Despite failing to really evolve [read more...]

Bad, Bad Chicago Bulls

Even though I know for a fact that Bulls coach Scott Skiles reads my columns on a regular basis looking for guidance, he neglected to take my advice concerning changes to the starting lineup. He ended up replacing Tyrus Thomas with Andres Nocioni, rather than moving Ben Gordon to the bench. While Noce had been playing well enough to deserve to [read more...]

No Bull - Time for Change is Now

It was not too long ago that the Bulls were predicted by many experts to win the East. That now seems a distant memory, given the 1-5 start. Rookie Joakim Noah voiced his displeasure, saying "Teams are getting anything they want on us.'' He was later supported by local wiseman Jay Mariotti for him comments. Memo to Noah: I know you're [read more...]