Ghastly doings at the gulp! Izod Center! Boo!

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Chicago Bulls
The Bulls play in the United Center in Chicago, IL. Their 2006 - 2007 record was 49 - 33 (third in the Central). Here is the Chicago Bulls Roster.

Local Papers:
Chicago Sun-Times | Bulls
Chicago Tribune | Bulls
Team Pages:
CNNSI.com | Bulls
ESPN.com | Bulls
FoxSports | Bulls
NBA.com | Bulls
Sportsline.com | Bulls

Head Coach: Scott Skiles.
2007 Draft: F/C Joakim Noah (#9), Florida; C Aaron Gray (#49), Pittsburgh; G James OnCurry (#51), Oklahoma State.
New Players: - F Joe Smith (Free Agent).
Season Goal: Win the Eastern Conference and go to the NBA Finals. With their talent, anything less (excepting a trade for Kobe) is unacceptable.
Record vs. Nets: 0 - 0

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Chicago Bulls (0 - 0) - Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 7:30PM EST - Izod Center
No Tricks, All Treat
The Chicago Bulls are in town in a Halloween opener that promises to shock and thrill you. Netsfans, beware of the spooky Bull roster that promises all types of chills and spills from Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Ben Wallace, Tyrus Thomas, Kirk Hinrich, and all the rest. Favored to haunt the top of the Eastern Conference, but the Nets are hoping to find all treats and no tricks from the Big Three of Kidd, Carter and Jefferson, plus new ghouls Magloire, Allen Armstrong, and Sean Williams. Can the Nets invoke the ghost of Vincent Price and scare the bejeebers out of the Bulls? We'll find out, in Game 1 of the 2007 - 2008 season.

Why Should You Watch? A brand new season, where hope reigns supreme - do you have to ask? Watching Kidd, Carter, Jefferson and Krstic, all healthy and back together, is good for the soul. Love them or not, the Bulls bring enough hope of their own for a big season that the game serves as an immediate measuring stick to where the Nets are at. Andres Nocioni is irritating as all hell, and you need that in your life - a villian you love to boo and hiss at. No one like Bulls coach Scott Skiles, especially not Jason Kidd. Watch the fir fly. You want to see Sean Williams block a shot into the fifth row, right? Maybe this is the last time you see this group of Bulls, of the rumored Kobe Bryant to the Bulls trade happens.
- Joe

Chicago Bulls Cheat Sheet
The Story From Chicago: Kobe Bryant trade talk continues to be a hot topic, with the Bulls considered the frontrunner. Coach Phil Jackson was quoted in the Riverside Press-Enterprise as saying "We're listening ... That's part of the deal that we have (with Bryant), that we'd listen. And Chicago has been one of the active teams, but there's nothing imminent."

From Fox Sports: "Aaron, from the first day of training camp -- of the group of young bigs -- has learned what we're trying to do better than the rest, has been able to execute the offense better than the rest. His defensive position is better than the rest and he deserves an opportunity." -- Coach Scott Skiles, on why he gave rookie center Aaron Gray two starts during preseason.


Pain Game: F Joakim Noah (ankle) is out. F Tyrus Thomas (foot), C Ben Wallace (ankle), F Andres Nocioni (calf) and F Adrian Griffin (back) are all questionable. G Marcus Williams (foot) is out.

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