Joakim Noah News

Will this be the last time fans see Joakim Noah and Luol Deng wearing the uniform? Bruce Bennett/Getty Images There will be plenty of tough decisions that the Chicago Bulls will have to make this offseason.

Mike Krzyzewski has signed on to coach Team USA for the 2014 World Cup of Basketball and the 2016 Olympic Games.

Quite frankly, a few sensible offseason additions could be just enough to vault them past the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference.

The team doesn't have the money to sign a top-notch free agent, and it's not going to pull off any blockbuster trades.

Rick Barry had a comb-over. Larry Bird offered the world a steel-worker's idea of New Wave.

New mock drafts are out, and the majority of them have the Bulls taking a center.

It's short, it's sweet and it's 100 percent Joakim Noah turning the party out in someone's backyard to " Pump Up the Jam " by recorded the Chicago Bulls star at a dance party in someone's backyard this past weekend, and I can confirm that the footage of him smoothing it out to early '90s Jocks Jams is as nourishing as any meal you will ever eat.

Nate Robinson and Marco Belinelli's futures with the team remains one of the biggest questions going into the summer.

LeBron James was shoved to the floor by seldom-used center Nazr Mohammed early in the second quarter, nearly causing a huge fracas after an already testy Game 2. James netted 12 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, while Chris Bosh tallied 20 points and a playoff career-high 19 rebounds in the Miami Heat's 104-94 win over the Chicago Bulls in ... (more)

Now that the season has passed, it's time to start looking forward. Ironically, to begin doing that, we first need to look back at who did what last season.

We've talked at length about the Chicago Bulls' long-term plan for building a winning roster around Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose, and it mostly consists of them not spending any new money this summer so that they can preserve cap space for 2014.

Regardless of what happens this summer, the Bulls' biggest offseason addition will be the youngest most valuable player in NBA history.

The Miami socialite became the face of the Bulls -Heat series last week when she greeted Joakim Noah with an obscene gesture after Noah was ejected from an emotion-packed game.

Coach Tom Thibodeau also did not rule out the possibility of foot surgery for Joakim Noah , and Kirk Hinrich 's badly bruised left calf is a concern.

The Bulls seemed to get the break they needed with about two minutes left in the fourth quarter of a wild Game 5 at Miami.

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose was ruled out of the team's 94-91 loss in Game 5 of an Eastern Conference semifinal against the Miami Heat , meaning he officially missed the entire season after undergoing ACL surgery on May 12, 2012.

Remember Filomena Tobias? The woman who flipped off Joakim Noah will soon have her 15 minutes of fame run out, but she's making one more public stand by speaking through her attorney.

The Heat went into the fourth quarter down eight points on Wednesday night. Shane Battier said Miami was desperately "searching for something." Battier and Cole came into the fourth with just one point between them, yet both came up big on both sides of the floor to help Miami rally for a 94-91 win over the Bulls to close out the Eastern Conference ... (more)

They'll drop the puck just after 7:30pm at the TD Garden Thursday night. It's the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers .

The Miami Heat can close out the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night when Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup heads back to South Beach.