The Bulls are just 6-14 entering Saturday, but haven't gotten a lot of interest in Zach LaVine, or taken calls on DeMar DeRozan or teammate Alex Caruso yet.
Eagles coach Doug Pederson invited legendary former NBA coach Phil Jackson to speak to the players. Jackson was recently featured prominently in "The Last Dance," 10-part documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
The Chicago Bulls recently hired former Sixers senior VP of player personnel Marc Eversley to fill their GM role, and Eversley might be looking to bring a Philly friend with him.
PHILADELPHIA -- Forget tanking.
Rookie Michael Carter-Williams and the Philadelphia 76ers can't lose.
Pegged in the preseason to be one of the league's worst teams, the Sixers continued their stunning start to the season, beating the Chicago Bulls 107-104 on Saturday night behind 26 points and 10 assists from Carter-Williams
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The Sixers will advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs after eliminating the Bulls, 79-78 at the Wells Fargo Center.
Andre Iguodala scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, with four rebounds, seven assists, one steal, and one block in the Sixers' series clinching win over the Bulls...
You better hope the Sixers were lying or kidding or clueless.
Because if that was, as they said it had to be, their definition of gearing up for a Game 7, they’re toast in each of the next two. Because, after gaffing in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Quarters in Chicago with a 77-69 loss to let this thing slip to a terrifyingly tightening three-games-to-two lead, that’s the double-barrel they’re