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Now, this has nothing to do with the Cavs losing to the Celtics on opening night Tuesday. Actually, LeBron James was terrific, if very much alone, in a magnificent fourth quarter in trying to rally the Cavs back in a game the Celtics mostly dominated. Hello, Mike Brown! Are you awake yet? Put in a play. Enough of the LeBron …

So what’s the view of the Bulls from the outside coming into this season? It seems actually a bit more optimistic from the Vegas guys than it does from the NBA guys. Which I actually think is a good thing for the Bulls as the Vegas guys’ jobs depend on paying closer attention to all the teams.

The NBA released …

Bulls and Bucks Saturday night in Green Bay. Derrick Rose may miss his second straight pre season game with an achilles and ankle injury. No need to rush him back in the lineup if he’s not 100%.

We’ll have updates and tweets throughout the game and it will be televised on WGN.

We asked “Twitter Nation” for their NBA predictions …

This is our second live chat on the blog, thanks for joining in, let’s get started…

3:01pm Sam will the bulls make any significant moves in the ’10 free agency? via text message

I think they are …

The Bulls got some good news Sunday when the x-rays for Luol Deng and Tim Thomas were negative. Both will be listed as day to day and uncertain about playing Tuesday in Charlotte. Deng and coach Vinny Del Negro had speculated after Saturday’s win over Houston that Deng could have a season ending stress fracture.

Though that also raises the …

It was a night the Bulls would have made Johnny Red and Norm proud.

The Bulls Saturday had a moment of silence for their first coach and longtime broadcaster Johnny Kerr and one of the stars of their great 1970’s teams, Norm Van Lier. Both died Thursday, and the Bulls players they so loved and agonized over couldn’t have provided …

It seems a waste, sometimes, to go up to some of the Bulls players after a loss, like Tuesday’s 107-100 defeat in Houston.

Invariably—and this time it was Luol Deng—someone will say, as Deng did, “We weren’t getting enough stops.”

And everyone will write it down as if it is some profound declaration.

No one really ever says exactly why …

Bulls practice here Monday morning, in the wake of a three game winning streak, seemed serious and intense with plenty of competitive noise. Afterward, coach Vinny Del Negro had Derrick Rose aside, demonstrating a shooting technique.

Could that have been Vinny I heard humming, “Ain’t no stoppin’ us now?”

Nah, but the brilliant sunny skies here seemed pale in comparison …

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Now what was that I saw watching the Bulls beat the New Jersey Nets Monday …