Posts Tagged ‘john salmons’
Posted on Feb 21
Who are those guys wearing the Bulls uniforms?
Forget LeBron and Wade. The Bulls have Hakim the Dream and Flip to my Lou.
This is starting to get scary.
But in blowing out the Philadelphia 76ers Saturday 122-90, the Bulls won their fourth straight game in the last five nights, reached three games over .500 at 29-26 for the first …
Posted on Feb 18
Now, that’s what I call a trading deadline.
The NBA had a fans’ delight week with some three dozen players changing teams, including about a half dozen former All Stars. While it didn’t carry the potential balance of power changing effect of the summer of 2010 free agency, it does potentially impact …
Posted on Feb 18
By Adam Fluck
Bulls General Manager Gar Forman outlined two goals on Thursday that the team had identified prior to the NBA’s trade deadline—creating salary cap flexibility heading into this summer to attract a maximum contract free agent and keeping the team’s nucleus together with the goal of the making the postseason still intact.
Following deals with Milwaukee and Charlotte, it …
Posted on Feb 18
By Adam Fluck
Bulls General Manager Gar Forman outlined two goals on Thursday that the team had identified prior to the NBA’s trade deadline—creating salary cap flexibility heading into this summer to attract a maximum contract free agent and keeping the team’s nucleus together with the goal of the making the postseason still intact.
Following deals with Milwaukee and Charlotte, it …
Posted on Feb 18
The Bulls early Thursday afternoon were trying to beat the trade deadline with a trade of Tyrus Thomas to the Charlotte Bobcats for guards Flip Murray and Acie Law, both of whom have expiring contracts, league sources confirmed.
The deal had not yet been completed, the sources said, but indications are the teams were trying to get it done and …
Posted on Feb 18
NBA free agency for the summer of 2010 may have changed dramatically with the series of apparent and imminent trades Wednesday night, and the Bulls were right in the middle among those who could be major beneficiaries.
With the Bulls expected deal of John Salmons, rumored to be to the Milwaukee Bucks for a pair of players mentioned in various …
Posted on Feb 17
The Bulls are close to a trade of John Salmons that would clear enough salary cap space for the team so they will be able to offer a maximum contract to a free agent this summer, according to league sources with knowledge of the discussions.
As a result, the Bulls have decided not to play Salmons Wednesday against the Knicks …
Posted on Feb 17
The Bulls Tuesday played like a team that wanted to stay together in an overwhelming 118-85 victory over the New York Knicks, who played like a team that wants to be with anyone but one another.
And they may soon be.
The latest rumor had the Bulls and Knicks supposedly the leading contenders to break up their teams to acquire …
Posted on Feb 10
I loved this game, that being Tuesday’s 109-101 Bulls win over the Indiana Pacers.
Oh, it was nice for the Bulls they won to even the season record at 25-25 with one more game before the All Star break, Wednesday in the United Center against Orlando. So it was hardly a critical win as it was over a 16-34 Indiana …
Posted on Feb 6
You watch a game like Friday’s Atlanta Hawks 91-81 win over the Bulls and you wonder what the Bulls would be like if they had Josh Smith, the rangy, 6-9 athletic power forward who doesn’t have much of a shot, but dominated the game with a triple double with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
“Josh Smith has probably …