Now that’s how you make an entrance: Simply tie the rookie playoff high for scoring in a playoff game, a high mark set by some NBA journeyman named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (as Lew Alcindor) — oh, and beat the defending NBA Champs — a team most figured you’d get swept by — while taking their home [...]

The Chicago Bulls did a couple of good things last night. First, they routed the 76ers and second, they further secured a playoff spot — the seventh seed — as their record moved to 39-40. Leading the way for the “Baby Bulls” (something they’ve been called since they swept Miami two seasons ago) [...]

One of the biggest learning curves for NBA rookies is realizing everyone on the court is in the same ballpark as you when it comes to athleticism. What you could get away with in college — even if it was only for one season — might not work very well in the NBA. [...]

Were Chicago Bulls fans provided a glimpse of things to come from overall number one pick Derrick Rose or was he simply the benefit of garbage time play in a meaningless preseason game? Rose put on a show in the fourth quarter against the Mavericks last night, scoring 14 of his (preseason) career-high 30 points, [...]

With the NBA Draft being tonight, there’s a bunch of stuff going on the day of. Things like Jermaine O’Neal moving to Canada (for T.J. Ford and the 17th pick among others) and the continued rumbles about Miami not being enamored with Michael Beasley. We also have news of the Blazers trying to [...]

Pop quiz: Let’s say you have the number one pick in the NBA Draft and your team can use a player that has prototypical big man skills, meaning he can step out on the court and shoot and he can finish in the paint with each hand. But lets also say there’s an [...]