Chicago Bulls Wiretap

Kidd Rips Skiles As 'Backstabber'

Jason Kidd recently referred to Bulls Coach Scott Skiles, who coached Kidd in Phoenix, as a backstabber. With the Nets in Chicago to face the Bulls the Chicago media asked Kidd to explain his comment writes Fred Kerber of the New York Post, which Kidd did plus some more.

"He's the reason I'm in New Jersey," said Kidd who noted, "He always wanted to be me. He always thought he was better than me. That's the way it goes."

Asked if he gets up to face Skiles, Kidd said "Why get up? [Life's] too short to get up. He has no impact on how I feel about the Bulls or anything else. It's what he has done behind the scenes. Even ask his team. Ask Eddy Curry and all those guys how they feel about him."

Skiles said he always felt he had a good relationship with Kidd while they were together. Asked why Kidd is bitter toward him, Skiles replied, "We traded him. It's not brain surgery . . . I will suit up and go to battle with Jason Kidd any day of the week."

Via New York Post


All Smushed Out: Williams For Parker Deal Dead?

The anticipated trade between Chicago and Detroit which would have sent point guard Frankie Williams to the Pistons in exchange for Smush Parker, Horace Jenkins and/or a second round draft pick (depending on which article you read) is apparently dead according to Chicago Sun-Times writer John Jackson.

It has been written that Chicago may pull out of the deal and save Williams, who is in the last year of his contract, as a filler in potential bigger trades down the road. The Bulls' Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler both become restricted free agents this offseason and both have been subject to trade rumors.

Via Chicago Sun-Times


Bulls Beat Detroit, Extend Win Streak To 5 Games

On a day when the Pistons learned that Jermaine O'Neal will be suiting against them on Christmas Day in Indiana, they were defeated by the surging Chicago Bulls by a final score of 89-82.

The Bulls had 6 players scoring in double figures. Ben Gordon was their high-scorer with 19 points.

The win in Detroit extended their win streak to 5 games.

Via Yahoo!


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