Joakim Noah News

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.

Rose has faced unyielding criticism since he was medically cleared to play more than two months ago.

The Miami Heat come home tonight to finish off a no-holds-barred, physical, in-your-face series against the Chicago Bulls, in the first home game since we met the Heat fan now known as Bird Lady.

Volunteers with the Walleyes for Tomorrow were watching one cylinder full of nearly 5,000 fish eggs, waiting for them all to hatch.

After Marco Belinelli committed his third foul early in the second quarter, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau symbolically grabbed one of those placards resting on every seat at the United Center.

Watching the Miami Heat dismantle the Chicago Bulls to take a 3-1 lead in Game 4 got me thinking, it's time for LeBron James to have a bit of a makeover.

The Brooklyn Nets failed to get their money's worth from the two highest-paid players on the roster after a disappointing first-round playoff exit.

LeBron James scored 27 points and the Miami Heat nearly matched a franchise record for points allowed in a playoff game, pounding the listless and short-handed Chicago Bulls 88-65 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The former MVP has been out for more than a year due to ACL surgery, while other NBA players who suffered the same injury, such as Iman Shumpert and Ricky Rubio, have already returned to the court and excelled.