Turkey has become the latest team to finalize its roster for EuroBasket 2025, announcing its 12-man squad on Sunday ahead of the start of the tournament this week.
Forbes has released its NBA franchise valuations for 2024, and according to Justin Teitelbaum and Brett Knight, the Warriors are the league’s most valuable team for a third straight season, with an estimated valuation of a whopping $8.8 billion.
This was a big transaction week across the NBA. With the preseason ending, teams had to make difficult decisions on players not on standard or two-way contracts.
Onuralp Bitim is coming off his rookie year in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. He finished the season with averages of 3.5 points and 1.4 rebounds per contest while shooting 38.1% from the field and 27.3% from the three-point range in 23 games.
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
The Western Conference got the NBA play-in tournament started on Tuesday night and the Eastern Conference gets their turn on Wednesday. The Chicago Bulls will be hosting the Atlanta Hawks in the 9v10 game, and of course the Bulls were dealt another injury leading up to the game.
Onuralp Bitim‘s rookie season is over, according to the Bulls, who announced Tuesday in a press release that the Turkish wing will be unavailable for the rest of the postseason.
A week would not be complete without the Chicago Bulls going through a clutch ballgame. On Monday, Chicago got exactly that: they lost a 16-point lead and had to scramble in crunchtime to take down the Portland Trail Blazers, 110-107.
Chicago Bulls rookie Onuralp Bitim had his NBA moment late last month when he played a key role in helping his team defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in double overtime, 132-129.
Unlike many NBA stars who went through the AAU circuit before going to the NCAA and spent a season there, the Chicago Bulls’ rookie wingman Onuralp Bitim has not had as charmed a life in basketball.
Nobody saw it coming since nobody knew who he was. However, on Wednesday night, young Turkish wingman Onuralp Bitim made sure everyone knew who he was, delivering a performance that will echo through the halls of the United Center for the remainder of the season.
The Chicago Bulls are a team that’s seemingly stuck in no-man’s land. They aren’t good enough to be a top playoff team but they aren’t bad enough to get a top draft pick.