The Celtics’ new plan for Kevin Garnett this season, however, goes against all the principles that have kept this proud, mighty veteran going strong at age of 36. They’ve installed a 30-minutes-per-night regimen, with a desire to keep it even lower. Read more »

The Cavaliers entered the season as a perceived playoff contender, but its reliance on Kyrie Irving seems substantial. Soon, losing will be tougher to swallow for these Cavaliers and this superstar. But for now, they’re satisfied trying to improve on a daily basis, focusing on supporting Irving offensively. Read more »

Marquis Daniels has a strong understanding of how the Celtics’ locker room had operated over the past three seasons, and he admits Rondo and Allen had their differences at times. But he was adamant that it has been the media that’s led to the war of words escalating between both Celtics players and Allen. Read more »

Mark Bartelstein hoped for the Bulls to meet somewhere in the middle of the two sides’ offers, and once he got a respectable proposal to take back to Taj Gibson, both player and agent discussed terms of the deal in a tense, cramped Bulls’ locker room. Read more »

The Jazz have long decided that Raja Bell is out of their plans, to which Bell has responded by saying he’s on board with the organization’s rebuilding plan but just wants to head to a team where he’d be utilized properly. Read more »

Heading into an eighth NBA season, the frustration within Monta Ellis has subsided. He has mesmerized people around the league with big scoring outputs and uncanny athletic finishing at the rim, and yet the most prestigious individual awards haven’t followed. Read more »

Thomas’ NBA aspirations are still upbeat, but it’s unmistakable that he is excited about the opportunity to play overseas. This will provide another challenge for him to meet, and he’ll have immense support. Read more »

With the departures of Ronnie Brewer and Kyle Korver, Jimmy Butler knows his role will heighten and his minutes will increase this season; Derrick Rose has been most impressed by Marco Belinelli amongst newcomers. Read more »

As news of Tom Thibodeau’s four-year contract extension with the Chicago Bulls spread across the Berto Center on Monday afternoon, it was collectively met with relief and excitement. Read more »

For years, Derrick Rose was opposed to joining the public exposure social media brings. He understands how fragile an athlete’s reputation can be, but this opportunity to again permeate through the NBA’s landscape was ready to be seized. Read more »

Despite the allure of the Bulls’ franchise and the possibility of playing with Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard never wanted to come to Chicago. For all he talked about his first priority being winning, Howard never wanted to be sidekick to Rose, who fully surpassed him as adidas’ most popular and productive pitchman. Read more »

Many believe the 12-13 season is lost for the Bulls, but the blueprint to threaten opponents – Tom Thibodeau’s schemes, the swarming defense and rebounding, the strict know-how offensively – remains intact. Read more »

As much as John Lucas III wanted to remain with Chicago, the front office never budged from its one-year offer and couldn’t match the Raptors’ proposal, both in terms of basketball and finances. Read more »

The Bulls have one of the easiest schedules based on last season’s win-loss records, an outcome the franchise could absolutely use in a season in which Derrick Rose will miss significant time. Read more »

As treasured as Omer Asik is by the Bulls and as admired as he is around the league, should Chicago really match the Rockets’ lucrative proposal for a backup center who has poor hands, shoots sub-50 percent from the free throw line and has literally knocked down one basket outside the paint in his career? Read more »

Doron Lamb slid to the 42nd pick, an outcome that came as a surprise to him and his camp as well as the Bucks’ organization. Still, he has supreme confidence in himself and promised that he would turn his draft slide into a positive. Read more »

There was a renewed sense of hope and desire to change the losing culture the Bucks have endured during the last eight seasons when they introduced John Henson and Doron Lamb, though their success will ultimately depend largely on Brandon Jennings. Read more »

It would be fair to wonder whether Marquis Teague would have been the pick had Derrick Rose not blew out his knee exactly two months from draft night – thrusting him and the Bulls into this precarious position. Read more »

Luol Deng has been a frequent topic for trade rumors this offseason, but a trade from the Bulls remains unlikely. Read more »

For all the changes LeBron James needed to endure to finally lift the championship albatross off his back, the toughest had to be the slow realization that his comfort zone had to be the 12-to-15 foot elbow game and low post. Read more »