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NEW ORLEANS -- When the topic of playing the Miami Heat Thursday night came up, Joakim Noah tried his best Tom Thibodeau impression. "Like Thibs would say, 'It's the next game on the schedule," Noah said in his best baritone. But Noah knows th...

CHICAGO -- With Derrick Rose out for a large chunk of the season and Luol Deng potentially out for the bulk of it as well, it doesn't seem like many people believe the Bulls can win 50 games like I predicted Thursday after the schedule came out. This...

Now that the Chicago Bulls schedule is out, let's take a look at 10 of the most marquee games on the schedule: Oct. 31 vs. Sacramento Kings: The start of a new season brings a lot of question marks. Who will fill the scoring void without the injur...

CHICAGO -- Trying to predict wins and losses during any NBA season is like picking lotto numbers. People would like to think they have a pretty good idea of what might pop up, but on any given night, something strange can happen in the league. A ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is "ahead of schedule" in the rehabilitation process on his torn left ACL, according to Dr. Brian Cole, who performed surgery on the former MVP last month. Read the full story....

Derrick Rose's recovery from left knee surgery is "ahead of schedule," according to the Bulls' team surgeon.

CHARLOTTE -- A veteran of 13 grueling NBA seasons, Richard Hamilton knows that some games mean more than others over the course of a regular-season schedule. Given the condensed nature of this lockout-shortened 66-game schedule, Hamilton knows tha...

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose sat out Friday's game because of ongoing back issues.

Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose will play against the New Orleans Hornets.

Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau talks about the impact of the compacted schedule and a lack of practice time. Plus, Thibodeau describes the character of his team. Click here for more podcasts from ESPN Chicago....

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia 76ers coach Doug Collins believes that the compressed 66-game schedule will actually make teams fresher in the postseason than they would be during a normal regular season. "I think every coach in this league is so sen...

CHICAGO -- Playing in Memphis is always special to Derrick Rose. After all, he went to school at the University of Memphis and in just one season became one of the most popular players in the program's history (even after the school had to vacat...

CHICAGO -- If fans were wondering what an NBA game would look like in the post-lockout era, they should have watched Saturday night's slogfest between the Chicago Bulls and the Toronto Raptors. Understandably, both teams looked exhausted. The Bulls w...

CHICAGO -- Luol Deng knows what's coming. He knows that he and his Chicago Bulls teammates are about to embark on one of the toughest stretches of their schedule. Starting with Monday's game against the Detroit Pistons, the Bulls will play back-t...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau looked and sounded the way his team felt after Friday night's impressive 97-83 win over the Orlando Magic. The veteran coach happily made his way through a small scrum of reporters in front of the Bu...

The Chicago Bulls will face the same kind of challenges that every other team faces this season when it comes to the schedule. It's brutal. There is a game almost every day and most days off will be spent on airplane going to another city. It is the ...