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Rose Has Yet To Get Call From MJ

Bulls' rookie phenom Derrick Rose has yet to receive a phone call from the team's, and NBA's, greatest player.

"I met him a couple of times, been over to his house a couple of times, but never talked to him one-on-one about basketball," Rose said. "I was in high school, before junior and senior year, when I met him a couple times."

Via Daily Herald


Is Noah's Lack Of Conditioning Becoming A Problem?

The Bulls are just fourteen games into their season, but there have been indications that Joakim Noah's lack of conditioning could be a problem.

He waved to the bench just nine minutes into Chicago's game on Monday night and played just 19 minutes against Denver on Sunday.

Noah ended up playing 16 1/2 minutes on Monday, with none coming in the fourth quarter.

Via Chicago Sun-Times


Hinrich Would Have Been Dealt For Harrington?

A source with knowledge of the situation has told Tommy Dee that the Warriors and Bulls were getting ready to finalize a Kirk Hinrich-Al Harrington trade earlier this month right before the Bulls' guard suffered an injury to his thumb.

Because of the injury, the Warriors had to find a new trading partner, which wasn't solved until they dealt Harrington to the Knicks for Jamal Crawford on Friday.

Harrington told reporters he wanted to be dealt to New York “back in April.”

Via Tommy Dee/The Knicks Blog


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