ESPN.com presents Bulls http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls 60 en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:42 webmaster@espn.go.com http://assets.espn.go.com/i/espn/teamlogos/lrg/trans/espn_dotcom_black.gif 110 110 CHICAGO -- If there's one figure floating around Gar Forman's head these days, it must be $20 million. That's the amount of money under the salary cap the Bulls will have to spend next summer when the contracts of Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich come off the books and the amnesty tag is likely used on Carlos Boozer. That's the rough estimate that salary-cap guru Larry Coon has come up with given the Bulls already have a little over $42 million tied up in Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, Jimmy Butler and Marquis Teague and the figure for the cap is expected to be around $62 million.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14254/forman-faces-a-20-million-question Fri, 24 May 2013 14:49:05 EDT 14254 Nick Friedell looks at each player on the Chicago Bulls roster and how they fit in for the future. Nazr Mohammed 2012-13 salary: $854,389,00 | Age: 35 | Season stats: 2.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg Season recap: Mohammed rarely played in the first three months of the season but managed to provide some minutes for Tom Thibodeau with some solid play down the stretch and into the postseason. Season highlight: Numbers-wise, Mohammed had a solid game on April 12 in a loss to the Toronto Raptors, scoring 16 points with 13 rebounds.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14248/bulls-player-review-nazr-mohammed Fri, 24 May 2013 14:19:22 EDT 14248 CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng will not have surgery this summer to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist, according to a league source. Deng, who originally tore the ligament in a game on Jan. 21, 2012, against the Charlotte Bobcats, decided against having the surgery back then so that he could continue helping the Bulls push toward the 2012 playoffs. He decided against having the surgery after last season because he wanted to play for Team Great Britain in the London Olympics.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14245/source-no-surgery-for-deng-this-offseason Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:52 EDT 14245 Nick Friedell looks at each player on the Chicago Bulls roster and how they fit in for the future. Carlos Boozer 2012-13 salary: $15,000,000 | Age: 31 | Season stats: 16.2 ppg, 9.8 rpg Season recap: Boozer was solid for the Bulls throughout most of the season, averaging 16.2 points and 9.8 rebounds a contest in 79 games. He stayed on the floor and was a consistent option for coach Tom Thibodeau. He looked most comfortable on the nights when he was the first scoring option and delivered numbers for a team that was missing offense without Derrick Rose.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14240/bulls-player-review-carlos-boozer Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:40 EDT 14240 Nick Friedell looks at each player on the Chicago Bulls roster and how they fit in for the future. Joakim Noah 2012-13 salary: $11,300,000 | Age: 28 | Season stats: 11.9 ppg, 11.1 rpg Season recap: Noah spent the early part of the season playing about 40 minutes a night and worked his way into the first All-Star berth of his career. Without Derrick Rose on the floor, Noah elevated his game on several levels and played the role of leader more than ever.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14231/bulls-player-review-joakim-noah Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:25 EDT 14231 Phil Jackson said Wednesday that critics of Derrick Rose should back off the Chicago Bulls star, who missed the entire 2012-13 season after undergoing ACL surgery on May 12, 2012. "Leave him alone," Jackson said on "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN Radio. "This is a guy who hopefully ... still has another 10 years to play. Let's not put him in under duress that may not be the right time. "He needs to have a training camp and go through the process of gearing up for another season the right way.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14224/phil-to-rose-critics-leave-him-alone Wed, 22 May 2013 12:45:22 EDT 14224 ESPN analyst and former NBA player Tim Legler takes a look at what the Chicago Bulls need to do with Luol Deng as he enters the final year of his contract.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14222/video-what-is-dengs-future-in-chicago Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:37 EDT 14222 Chris Broussard and Skip Bayless react to Alonzo Mourning saying that Scottie Pippen said LeBron James would beat Michael Jordan.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14220/video-would-lebron-beat-jordan Tue, 21 May 2013 10:27:40 EDT 14220 Nick Friedell looks at each player on the Chicago Bulls roster and how they fit in for the future. Taj Gibson 2012-13 salary: $2,155,811 | Age: 27 | Season stats: 8.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg Season recap: Playing without Omer Asik for the first time in two seasons, Gibson struggled to replicate his success over the first couple months of the year. After signing an extension on opening night, the happy-go-lucky forward admitted that he was pressing a little while trying to live up to the new deal.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14214/bulls-player-review-taj-gibson Tue, 21 May 2013 09:09:09 EDT 14214 Nick Friedell looks at each player on the Chicago Bulls roster and how they fit in for the future. Jimmy Butler 2012-13 salary: $1,066,920 | Age: 23 | Season stats: 8.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg Season recap: After struggling to find a consistent place in Tom Thibodeau's rotation for the first couple months of his second season, Butler flourished toward the middle of January when Luol Deng went down with a hamstring injury. By the end of the season, Butler was being counted on to play 48 minutes a night and be a defensive presence for a Bulls team that advanced to the second round of the playoffs.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/14203/bulls-player-review-jimmy-butler Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:58 EDT 14203