If you answered yes to any of those questions, I got news for you! We have officially launched Bleacher Nation NFL on the ole website. To be clear, BN Bears isn’t going anywhere. Luis will continue to obsess over that team and pump out his normal content. Instead, this will be an entirely new section of the site where familiar face Patrick Flowers will keep you updated on all things NFL. Woohoo!
I encourage you to give us a follow on Twitter, as well, if you’re interested. We’re running a celebratory giveaway where the winner will get a $100 Fanatics gift card! I know … not too shabby, BN!
🚨GIVEAWAY TIME🚨
We're giving away a $100 Fanatics Gift Card! Here's how you can enter to win:
1. Like and retweet this tweet 2. Follow @BN_Touchdown
That's it! We'll announce a winner on Monday!— Bleacher Nation NFL (@BN_Touchdown) January 13, 2023
By the way, if this news doesn’t excite you, that’s totally fine. As I always remind folks when we add things here: This is only in addition to the same old content you’ve been consuming. And, with that in mind, there will be a function on the site soon enough where you can customize the homepage to just show you the sports you want to see.
So we cool? Cool. Let’s now talk about The Great Orange Ball.
I want to first send a massive congratulations to Chuck Swirsky. The Bulls’ radio broadcaster is going to call his 2,000th NBA game tonight!
Tonight, Chuck Swirsky will call his 2000th NBA game 🎙
Swirsky is truly one of the best in the business. I’ve always thought that basketball, in particular, can be an extremely tough sport to digest on the radio. But I find myself seeing the game each time I tune into a Swirsky broadcast. His attention to detail mixed with his still-very-youthful love of the game always makes for a worthwhile listen. Thanks for all you do, Chuck!
After the debacle we saw on Wednesday night, I can’t say I’m too optimistic about playing a rebuilding OKC team. The Bulls have already lost to this vibrant group once this season, allowing six players to score in double figures and drop 123 points. While they were able to hold breakout star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to 8-21 shooting from the field, he still dropped 30 points thanks to a 14-15 performance from the free throw line. If the Bulls don’t want history to repeat itself, it’s all going to have to start on the defensive end.
The 76ers proved to be a perfect example of what can happen when you take this OKC team lightly. The Thunder dropped 133 points in Philly just last night to beat them by 19. And, yes, Joel Embiid and James Harden were both on the floor. I want to hope that some tired legs could work in the Bulls’ favor this evening, but the Thunder also have one of the youngest rosters in the league. So, yeah, I’d expect them to still come out ready to punch another veteran team in the month.
Two players the Bulls can’t forget about tonight: Josh Giddey and Jalen Williams. One of the most well-rounded young players in the league, Giddey has really found his groove next to SGA over the last couple of weeks. He’s currently averaging 18.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 5.8 assists on 50.0 percent shooting from the field over the last eight games. The 20-year-old is a big reason why we see this OKC team do such a great job of getting everyone involved.
Meanwhile, rookie Jalen Williams is proving why I had him so high on my wishlist during this last draft. He’s finished in double figures in 11 of the team’s last 12 games and is averaging 1.6 steals per contest over the stretch. The guy is one of those players who just knows how to be in the right place at the right time. If the Bulls lose track of him, he’ll make them pay.
The infamous Last Two Minute Report confirmed that the refs were right in not handing Delon Wright a foul during the final possession of the Bulls-Wizards game. LaVine said that Wright told him he did mean to foul him, and you can also see Wright point to the court right after he reaches in at LaVine to suggest that he wanted the call to be on the floor. The report insists he got all ball, though. Whatever. It doesn’t matter and that final sequence was a bad look regardless. Just shoot the freakin’ 3!
He also can’t believe some took the tweet so personally.
Ugh here I go explaining something that shouldn’t be explained……. My post about the game was me expressing my frustration in a playful way instead of doing what I normally do and let it effect my mood.. was just trying to let you guys in on my thoughts 😂 lol— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) January 12, 2023
Big news for a Celtics team that is trying to hold onto the No. 1 spot.
New ESPN story: Celtics star Jaylen Brown will miss tonight’s game in Brooklyn, and could be out for “a week or two,” per Joe Mazzulla, with an adductor strain.https://t.co/AViLRLzP40— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 12, 2023
Old friend gets a new job!
ESPN Sources: The Hawks are finalizing a deal to make Kyle Korver an assistant general manager. Korver moves up in the front office under GM Landry Fields after several months as the franchise’s director of player affairs/development. Korver was a 2015 All-Star with Atlanta.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 13, 2023
Some important details …
We've got some more clarity as to how much wiggle room under the cap #DaBears will have in 2023.
Elias Schuster is the Lead Chicago Bulls writer at Bleacher Nation. He started with BN full-time in 2019 immediately after graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with a degree in Journalism (yes, he started with the Jim Boylen Era). Since joining, Elias has been the driving force behind Bulls and NBA content for both the site and social accounts. You can follow him on Twitter/X @Schuster_Elias.
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