Joel Embiid made an emphatic return from injury, scoring 35 points to lead the 76ers to a dominant 157-137 win over the Bulls on Wednesday night. Back after missing 13 games with a strained right oblique, Embiid showed no signs of rust.
Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat won the 2026 Slam Dunk contest, but it was Mac McClung who dominated the headlines. The only player to win the contest three times in a row did not participate due to an apparent insecurity by other players.
The Chicago Bulls are heading towards another season of failing to actually make the playoffs. It’s another offseason of a rebuild but they aren’t bad enough to realistically get in the top four or five in the draft.
Iowa State head coach TJ Otzelberger doesn’t seem to be leaving Ames, Iowa, anytime soon. While Otzelberger’s name was one of several prominent coaches tied to the newly-opened North Carolina job, Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 said on Thursday that the Iowa State coach is not in the mix for the job.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Bulls head coach Billy Donovan’s future in Chicago is generating plenty of noise this week. Reports have linked the veteran coach to the open job at North Carolina, while others suggest he might step away from the Bulls at season’s end to take a year off and figure out his next move.
Chicago Bulls power forward Jalen Smith and guard Jaden Ivey will miss the rest of the season due to their respective injuries, the team announced Thursday.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Bulls guard Jaden Ivey and big man Jalen Smith will miss the rest of the 2025/26 season, the team announced on Thursday (via Twitter). Ivey, who was acquired from Detroit at the trade deadline, appeared in just four games for Chicago before being shut down due to left knee pain.
The past 36 hours or so have been interesting for the Chicago Bulls and head coach Billy Donovan. After a report from the Chicago Sun-Times hinted that Donovan could resign from the franchise, the head coach was then connected to the open North Carolina job.
Is it time to raise Mac McClung's jersey into the NOW Arena rafters? The Chicago Bulls' two-way guard just etched his name into the G League record books.
The Philadelphia 76ers lost Paul George for 25 games due to a drug suspension. His strong return Wednesday night showed there may be some benefits to his forced eight-week absence.
This offseason is going to be interesting for the Chicago Bulls as they are looking to improve the roster. They have a lot of young guards, but need to find talent in the frontcourt.
Mac McClung has made a living out of being one of the best NBA Slam Dunk Contest performer of all-time. He has won the competition three times in his career even though he’s simply a part-time player in the NBA, having played in a grand total of 10 NBA games for his career.
The Bulls looked like they were about to cruise. Then they looked finished. And then, somehow, they found one more punch. On a night that swung from domination to desperation and back again, the Bulls beat the Rockets 132-124 on Monday in one of their most dramatic wins of the season.
The Chicago Bulls have fallen off in the postseason picture, and they are poised to miss the play-in tournament for the first time in the past four seasons.
Collin Sexton scored 25 points and Matas Buzelis added 23 to pace seven players in double figures and boost the host Chicago Bulls to a 132-124 victory against the Houston Rockets on Monday.
Yeah, I remember where I was. I remember exactly what I threw at the television, too. And it’s been nearly 37 years since Michael Jordan forever changed the course of two NBA franchises.
The moment Yuki Kawamura steps onto the court at the United Center, you can feel the energy shift. The crowd rises, the noise builds, and for a brief stretch, one of the NBA’s most unlikely stories takes center stage.