Larry Hughes News

Intrepid poster ' Tommy Udo 6' on the RealGM board managed to get an answer from NBA cap guru Larry Coon regarding Jerome James ' cap impact on the Bulls .

I'd be willing to bet cash money that you were just thinking to yourself, "Self, my shrine to the Chicago Bulls is nearly finished.

Does it matter? Again, of course. But the real issue here, has nothing to do with what the League is trying to get done.

Absent from any box score and unseen on TV highlights, the moment passed without fanfare.

De-Fense! De-Fense! It has always been defense that wins in the NBA playoffs, and it will be no different this year.

There is a decent chance the Bulls will re-sign Ben Gordon this summer. He clearly wants to return and the Bulls need his scoring, so it doesn't make sense for either side to end the relationship.

Don't be fooled by the competition - the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune have a lot more in common than you might imagine.

Hughes injured the ankle in the Knicks' loss at Utah on Monday night. Analysis: Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said Hughes is day-to-day and could return Saturday against Toronto.

Mike James is most definitely picking up his $6.5 million option next season, so that leaves the Wizards with four players with expiring contracts next season in James, Etan Thomas , Brendan Haywood and Dominic McGuire .

Vinny Del Negro first declared the Rookie of the Year race over before a Jan. 19 matinee in New York.

These were the playoff-bound Bulls' 10 most significant games of the regular season: 1. JAN.

Fans have to feel good about the way the Bulls are closing the season. They beat the Pistons on Monday in Auburn Hills, Mich., and anytime the Bulls beat anybody on the road, it's a good thing.

As rumors go, it was far too good to be true, and then it happened : Isiah Thomas is coming to South Florida, to coach Florida International's basketball team.

Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro took the high road in response to Larry Hughes , who told the New York Daily News he had ''no relationship'' with Del Negro before being traded from the Bulls to the Knicks on Feb.

Larry Hughes returned to the city where the Bulls Mar-buried him earlier this season, but didn't plan to revisit old haunts or check out old friends.

Eddy Curry's left-knee injury is a mystery as big as his girth. Back in his hometown yesterday, Curry sounded like a confused soul, unable to play -- or explain why his left knee mysteriously is in pain again after his two-game, 9:20 stint.

I'm Lovin' it Live tonight!!! -ed.] So the end of the regular season draws near, with the Bulls begining their final stretch of 5 games in 9 days.

Andrea Bargnani posted 23 points, seven rebounds and four blocks to lead Toronto to its season-high sixth consecutive victory, a 102-95 decision over the Knicks in the opener of a home-and-home series between the Eastern Conference bottom dwellers.

TODAY'S ISSUE: Should the Bulls give Vinny Del Negro a contract extension? Vinny should be rewarded after turnaround Mike North: Dan, the Bulls are going to make the playoffs.

Quentin Richardson missed the New York Knicks' game against Charlotte on Saturday night because of a sprained left ankle.