Suicide lines: Strong return for Gasol; Bogut, Ginobili sidelined (Yahoo! Sports)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your poached pears in honey,...

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your poached pears in honey,...
Until Thursday night, Pau Gasol had made more appearances this fall on "CSI: Miami" than in the Los Angeles Lakers' starting lineup. The Spanish 7-footer finally got back to his day job in a dynamic season debut that suggested just how good the defending NBA champions can be when they're whole.
Bulls point guard Derrick Rose has yet to show off last season's explosiveness as his sprained ankle heals.
Chicago at Los Angeles Lakers I can't believe Utah against San Antonio is the passed over, third game for...
At the beginning of the season, Bulls legend Scottie Pippen went on record to say Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers have a chance at winning 72 or more games this year.
This made the Twitter rounds about a week ago, so maybe you've seen it, but it's well worth a second...
John Salmons scored 23 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Sacramento Kings 101-87 on Tuesday night. It was the first game with more than 100 points for Chicago, which was held under 90 in five of its previous seven games and entered with the NBA's third-worst shooting percentage. The Bulls shot 47 percent and made seven of 12 3-point shots.
If the Lakers can't convince Kobe Bryant to rest his ailing groin, they should at least provide him more support.
The Chicago Bulls and Luol Deng provided Thanksgiving dinner for more than 700 visitors to the Pacific Garden Mission on Sunday.
According to Sam Smith, The New Orleans Hornets are prepared to begin breaking up their team. And they should. The main move should be to trade Chris Paul.
Twenty five years after Simeon Career Academy standout Ben Wilson was tragically killed, the school officially retired his No. 25, a number that was reserved for the best Simeon players, including the Bulls' Derrick Rose.
WESTWEGO, La. - The New Orleans Hornets fired Byron Scott only nine games into the season on Thursday and replaced him with general manager Jeff Bower, hoping the man who put the current roster together can get more out of it on the court.
Chauncey Billups sat and laughed, figuring the Denver Nuggets would celebrate soon enough. In the meantime, the Chicago Bulls were having their moment. Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left and Denver beat Chicago 90-89 on Tuesday night after a potential winning jumper by Brad Miller was overturned following a lengthy replay review.
Let the voting (for Allen Iverson! Samuel Dalembert! Hakim Warrick!) begin! The official 2010 NBA All-Star ballot...
If you haven't noticed the changes at the United Center in Chicago, just take a look around. While so much exciting action has been taking place on the floor, its surrounding seating options have developed some impressive showmanship of their own.
The 2010 NBA All-Star Ballot was unveiled Tuesday during a special tip-off event in Dallas, the Official Host City of NBA All-Star 2010. Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Brad Miller, Derrick Rose and John Salmons are representing the Bulls on the ballot.
Folks, including head coach George Karl, were concerned that the Denver Nuggets would be missing Kenyon...
The Bulls have a highly regarded point guard in Derrick Rose and a potential double-double center in Joakim Noah. It certainly makes a lot more sense for LeBron James, if he wants to operate out of a major market, to eye Chicago.
It really wasn't too long ago that Joakim Noah was a rookie clashing with teammates and coaches. Now, John Salmons calls him a "glue guy." Salmons scored 27 points, Noah added a career-high 21 points and had 16 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Bobcats 93-90 on Saturday night for their third straight win.
Chicago Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas broke his left forearm during a weight training session Friday and will have surgery Saturday. He could miss 4-6 weeks. In four games this season, the fourth-year player from LSU is averaging eight points and five rebounds in 21 minutes. Thomas, who had been battling the flu, played only 12 minutes in Chicago's victory at Cleveland on Thursday.
Chicago Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas suffered a fractured radius of his left forearm during a weight training session Friday morning at practice. X-rays confirmed the injury and he will undergo surgery on Saturday.
"We're only five games in to a very long regular season," writes Bulls legend Scottie Pippen. "But I'm comfortable saying it: the Bulls can be contenders in the Eastern Conference."
For a split second, LeBron James appeared to be on his way to bailing out the Cleveland Cavaliers once more. Luol Deng and Joakim Noah put a stop to that. Chicago's forwards double teamed James and denied the superstar on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 win Thursday night, the Cavaliers' second home loss already...
NEW YORK - The Minnesota Lynx will have the top pick in next year's WNBA draft.
Atlanta 97, Portland 91 Portland has started the season by dropping three of its first five games, and while I...