Chicago Has a Difficult Start to a Highly-Hyped Season

The Bulls opened their home season at the United Center against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 2nd, and sadly the game was not what Chicago fans were hoping for. The Bulls were down for most of the game and fans were given some hope when they had a late comeback. Sadly though, they were not able to pull through as the 76ers two Andres – Iguodala and Miller – scored a total of 47 points between the two of them, helping their team to withstand the Bulls late-game drive. Ben Gordon had 25 for Chicago and Tyrus Thomas added 21 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, but their contributions weren’t enough to pull the Bulls through the difficult game. The final score was Philadelphia 96, Chicago 85. Bulls fans were not pleased and expressed their frustration with the team’s loss by chanting for the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant in the games final minute.

Rumors have been swirling lately that a Bryant trade was in the works with the Bulls. Apparently the Lakers wanted to trade Bryant to the Bulls in return for Luol Deng, but the Bulls were not willing to lose their 22-year-old small forward. Although no trade has been made yet, Lakers owner Jerry Buss recently said he would listen to offers for the superstar while coach Phil Jackson confirmed rumors of trade talks. If Bryant was going to head to the Bulls, then why hasn’t it happened already? Well, it could be that a trade is really not realistically going to happen – perhaps because of loss of a “valuable” deal. Bulls (and Lakers) fans will just have to wait and see.

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