The Bulls are looking get back on track against the Knicks tonight. (Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-US PRESSWIRE

NEW YORK — The Bulls are reeling and there is no way around that. After two devastating losses in four days, the Bulls need to refocus themselves on this road trip which enters its fourth game.

This hiccup in the schedule was expected as Chicago got two super solid contenders on either sides of a game against the Wizards. The Bulls lost to the better team in the Sixers last night and that’s the cold hard facts.

But the Bulls want to avoid becoming a punching bag for teams on the up and up. The Sixers had something to prove by burying the Bulls last night and that was that they can not only contend with the best but beat the best.

The Bulls get another team exactly like that tonight in the New York Knicks. The Knicks are riding thin ice in the Big Apple, as when (more…)

Hoopsworld considers the Bulls one of the leaders in the race to get Amar’e, should the Suns decide to deal him:

Bulls send Tyrus Thomas ($4.7 million for 2009-2010), John Salmons (two years and $11.2 million left on current contract), and Jerome James ($6.6 million expiring contract), — To Phoenix in exchange for Amar’e Stoudemire, Jared Dudley, and a 2010 second-round pick.

The Bulls would once again be without a big guard but would have the scoring machine in Stoudemire. Looking at Rose and Stoudemire running the break in my mind’s eye is enough to alter the chemical balance.

But Bulls Confidential wonders if this is the type of player that you really want to sign to a long-term deal.

I don’t think the Bulls want to sign Amar’e long term.  The guy’s going to cost 20 million a year, has a messed up eye, and a knee that can go at any moment. Do you want to lock up Amare for six years starting next year? If not, do you want to give up anything to get him now?

For his part, Stoudemire is back to working out and sounds like he is ready to dominate the league. (more…)