Tyrus Thomas News

An upbeat Tyrus Thomas made his first public comments Tuesday night since fracturing the radius in his left forearm last week.

The red-hot start for the Denver Nuggets has been extinguished, as they try to get back on track tonight against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center.

Small forward might be the most challenging defensive position in the NBA. Night in and night out, you face a talented, versatile player capable of putting up big numbers.

Sign up if you want to do one in the future. I figure the Bulls have an easy blowout, and we all laugh at how it made sense the Bulls offense to start out cruddy against three good defensive teams.

CLEVELAND -- Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 win over the Cavaliers on Thursday night.

John Salmons scored 27 points, Joakim Noah added a career-high 21 points and had 16 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Bobcats 93-90 on Saturday night for their third straight win.

Chicago Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas broke his left forearm during a weight training session Friday and will have surgery Saturday.

The Heat drew some great crowds during its playoff runs of 2005 and ?06, but the atmosphere was much calmer in American Airlines Arena for Sunday's Bulls - Heat clash.

Not that anyone could blame him. Problem is, this happened at times in Denver and was part of the reason he earned a negative reputation, even before he engineered his way out of town.

Tyrus Thomas was on the court shooting about two hours before tip-off of the Bulls-Cavaliers game tonight in Cleveland and is preparing to play.

The two-game losing streak to open the season is old news for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who will shoot for their fourth straight win tonight versus the Chicago Bulls in the finale of a three-game homestand at Quicken Loans Arena.

Tyrus Thomas finally has turned the corner as a Bull: He's more of an impediment to their progress toward an NBA championship than he is a help.

The scene following Bulls practice on Wednesday told the story of what's in store.

Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd expects to miss about two weeks because of a strained tendon in his left knee.

As Bulls practice ended Monday, veteran Lindsey Hunter stepped up and directed some pointed advice toward Tyrus Thomas in front of all his teammates and coaches.

Never forget...that Rondo's a dirty bastard. View full size photo uploaded October 30, 2009 There seems to be a bit of blowback against the impressiveness of the Bulls win last night, focusing on the Spurs being an older team with some new parts and with a general history of being poor on back-to-backs. Even if those excuses are valid , the Bulls ...

Dwyane Wade thanked Heat fans in a brief pregame speech and later dissed the United Center rims, so he's staying in South Florida for sure, right? Such silly speculation will exist until July 1, when Wade will become an unrestricted free agent.

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett gets past Bulls center Joakim Noah who attempts a block during the first quarter of Friday's game in Boston.

Vinny Del Negro's Bulls will seek to improve on their 41-41 record of last season.

Derrick Rose scored 13 points and had seven assists to lead the balanced Chicago Bulls to an impressive 92-85 season-opening victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.