Marcus Fizer

Krause reflects on a life of scouting

2012-07-07 19:09:00

WILMINGTON, Del. — Jerry Krause enters a hotel lobby loaded down by two suitcases, an Arizona Diamondbacks-issued laptop and that look defining any haggard business traveler. In three hours, he will sit through his second doubleheader in as many...

ASK IRA: Do Heat have enough depth to endure compressed schedule?

2011-11-30 04:12:19

K.C. Johnson's Bulls mailbag

2011-04-14 14:55:00

Well, that was fun, huh? Covering spectacularly bad teams and unexpectedly good teams are most beat writers' dream, and I've been lucky to do both thanks to the Tim Floyd-era, the 2004-05 Scott Skiles team and now this team. And this season has far...

Sam Smith's NBA mailbag

2008-01-07 20:34:00

Pau Gasol, Zach Randolph and Eddy Curry. All have a low-post presence, and their teams stink! You and all the "experts" keep talking about the Bulls needing that presence. We had Curry, and guess what! We've gone further in the playoffs without him. After...

Ask Sam Smith

2007-04-11 14:29:06

Here's another stat where the Bulls lead the NBA: fewest tattoos. That's the real reason Paxson traded Chandler and Curry. How many tattoos do you see on Brown and Sweetney? He dumped the other guys who came along in those trades. --Roy, Meridian,...

This time, Bulls hold on in 4th quarter, beat Nets

2008-12-29 21:21:00

The streak had to end sometime. Covering seven straight road losses and all but the final road game of December, the Bulls avoided a winless road month with a gritty 100-87 victory over the Nets on Monday night at the IZOD Center. Uh, wait. There's...

K.C. Johnson on the Bulls

2004-01-21 11:51:00

I know Scottie Pippen's contract is guaranteed for next year and he will get paid, but will it still count against next year's salary cap if he retires? -- Matt Johnson, Chicago What likely will happen if Pip decides that this is his last season is...

Latest defeat is double downer

2004-03-27 21:12:00

The gaping holes of empty seats in even the lower sections of Philips Arena screamed a meaningless late March game with implications only a draft lottery official could love. Coach Scott Skiles chose to see Saturday night another way. "You ought to have...

An emergency action

2003-06-26 21:33:00

Out of respect for his family and the severity of his injuries, the Bulls have said little publicly about the status of injured guard Jay Williams. Thursday night, rookie general manager John Paxson said plenty without saying a word. The Bulls...

K.C. Johnson's answers

2003-03-06 09:00:00

What is the deal with Jay Williams' whining? He has underperformed, by anyone's definition, yet he never seems to blame himself. Seriously, does he really expect to be considered a team leader when he blames Krause (admittedly, an easy target),...

Lifeless Bulls booed at home in ugly defeat

2004-03-09 21:42:00

Bulls highlights since a certain No. 23 left the United Center with just his statue remaining have been few and far between. There was the shocking season series sweep of the Lakers in 2001-02, last season's strong finish, some memorable performances...

Bad-boy act doesn't cut it

2003-03-23 19:35:00

They passed in a hallway well before tipoff, one with apparent greatness in front of him and the other with championships and many annoyed opponents in his past. Tyson Chandler knows of Bill Laimbeer�"Wasn't he on the dirty team?" Chandler says�and...

No. 4, Chicago Bulls, 2000 Did you know he actually won a championship? For Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel though just 4 years after being drafted. Should have chosen: Mike Miller (No. 5, Orlando), Jamal Crawford (No. 8, Cleveland - traded to Chicago), Hedo Turkoglu (No.

2011-06-23 17:12:36

Laker Jumaine Jones collides with the Bucks' Marcus Fizer during the first half in Milwaukee.

2004-11-30 22:36:43

Lakers' Lamar Odom drives to the basket and commits a offensive foul against Milwaukee Bucks' Marcus Fizer.

2004-11-23 23:01:15