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Kurt Helin: NBA All-Defensive team, second team: Kevin Garnett & Luol Deng at forward; Tyson Chandler at center; Rajon Rondo and Kobe Bryant at guard. Twitter

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Bob Boozer, an Olympic gold medalist and original Chicago Bull, died Saturday night in Omaha, Neb. He was 75. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Bob Boozer 

The Bulls selected Boozer as one of 18 picks in the May 1, 1966, expansion draft to stock the fledgling franchise's initial season. Boozer averaged 20.4 points and 8.7 rebounds in three seasons with the Bulls, including a 1968 All-Star game appearance. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Bob Boozer 

Paul Pierce glanced across the dressing room before yesterday morning’s shootaround and spotted Brian Scalabrine, microphone in hand, interviewing Greg Stiemsma. “Smooth transition,” said Pierce. “Smooth transition.” Scalabrine is still technically a reserve forward for the Chicago Bulls, a designation that will last at least until the end of next month when his contract runs out. And while he still plans to play, it is clear that even after retiring from active duty, we will not have seen the last of the former Celtic. “I’ll play in the NBA as long as I can,” said Scalabrine, who’s working the Celts playoffs for CSN now that the Bulls have been eliminated. “I’ll get cut one day. That’s just the only way I can really go. To just retire would be like quitting to me. They’ll have to kick me out.” Boston Herald

Chicago Bulls, Free Agency, Brian Scalabrine 

At 34, he has had ample time to consider his hopes and options. During his five years in Boston, Scalabrine seemed to go back and forth on whether he’d pursue coaching. But that now seems like his direction. “What I’ve realized as I’ve got older is that coaches have a lot of control over what goes on, but it’s hard,” he said. “In the NBA, sometimes you get dealt a bad hand or you’ve got a team that turns on you. “That didn’t seem like a life that I wanted to live or a road that I wanted to go down. But with talking to our coaches (with the Bulls) and even with Doc (Rivers), it’s more about the relationships you build. Doc’s relationship with Kevin (Garnett) and (Rajon) Rondo and even me, who never really played much — those are bonds. I still have a bond with Doc. I think that’s the thing that’s kind of pulling me back toward (NBA coaching). It’s that camaraderie that you get with a team in basketball.” Boston Herald

Chicago Bulls, Free Agency, Brian Scalabrine 

“My daughter is now starting kindergarten, and you have to wonder whether it would be stressful for the family,” he said of going foreign again. “But if it was up to me, I would play as long as I could. “Whatever happens, I don’t think I’ll leave basketball, even if I just do color commentary on games. I don’t really think I’d be a very good studio guy, but I think I could do a really good job with color commentary.” Boston Herald

Chicago Bulls, Free Agency, Brian Scalabrine, Media 

Joakim Noah has taken major strides to improve his offensive repertoire since entering the NBA in 2007 and is set to receive tutoring from the league’s all-time leading scorer. In an effort to improve on the offensive end of the court, Noah revealed on Wednesday during a visit to a Chicago north suburban high school that he plans to train with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar this summer. Noah put up approximately seven points and seven rebounds per game through the first month of this season, but he went on a tear rest of the way and closed the campaign with averages of 10.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and a career-high 2.5 assists. He followed that up with a strong showing in the playoffs, averaging team-highs of 15 points and 9.3 rebounds in the Bulls’ first three games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. However, Noah suffered a gruesome left ankle sprain in Game 3, which caused him to miss the final three contests of the series. RealGM

Chicago Bulls, Joakim Noah, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 

It’s not clear if Brian Scalabrine is ready to retire yet, but he’s already in preparation for his next career. Comcast SportsNet New England, which broadcasts Celtics games, hired Scalabrine to provide pre-and postgame analysis during the Celtics-Sixers series. NBA.com

Chicago Bulls, Brian Scalabrine 

Such respect the Philippines sort of gained when MVP succeeded in bringing to this shore an NBA Selection made up of certified superstars that played a series of goodwill matches that filled the Smart Areneta Coliseum to the rafters. The All-Star was composed of bona fide superstars like Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, last year’s MVP Derrick Rose, World Basketball Championship best player Kevin Durant and Chris Paul of the L.A. clippers, among others, was the first ever seen here even the Asian NBA failed to bring. That having been done, MVP has a bigger plan – own an NBA franchise -- a dream hatched last year but aborted and now looks to becoming a reality. He and the Tropang Texters coach and MVP Sports Foundation executive director Chot Reyes, in fact, are scheduled to meet with NBA commissioner David Stern to discuss the possibility of buying the Sacramento Kings franchise. PhilBoxing.com

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Reyes, who is presently in California with wife and two kids, told this writer he is only waiting for Pangilinan’s arrival so the meeting with Stern could push through. PhilBoxing.com

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Bulls guard C.J. Watson revealed via Twitter message that he had a surgical procedure done on his foot Thursday. Here's the message, with puncutation added, "Just had successful surgery by @weilforfeet, best in the business. Rest up, then back to getting better this summer and get ready for next year." Arlington Heights Daily Herald

Chicago Bulls, CJ Watson, Injuries 

Already battling lingering elbow and ankle issues, C.J. Watson underwent surgery on both feet Thursday morning after the team kept quiet the guard's painful plantar fasciitis that he played through. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Injuries, C.J. Watson 

It's the second straight summer Watson has undergone a procedure to address plantar fasciitis. Watson had shock wave therapy performed, which is basically controlled blasts of sound waves to break up the damaged tissue. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Injuries, C.J. Watson 

CJ Watson: just had successful surgery by @weil4feet best in the business rest up then bak to getting better this summer and get ready for next year Twitter

Chicago Bulls, Injuries, C.J. Watson 

(Bulls draftee) Nikola Mirotic will be out for at least 10 days due to an ankle sprain. He will miss the quarter finals of the Liga Endesa Playoffs. Marca.com

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Bulls general manager Gar Forman told The Mully and Hanley Show that he expects Boozer to remain on the team. “I think Carlos had a very productive year,” Forman said. “You look back, he’s the only guy on our team that played every game and practiced every day on a team that won more games than anybody in the NBA. He was our second leading scorer and our second leading rebounder. We’re looking forward to Carlos continuing to make progress. I know the last game clouds it a little bit, but he was very productive in the games before that. Even in that last game, in 27 minutes, he had 13 boards. I anticipate Carlos being with us and having another productive year next season. “We’re happy Carlos Boozer is here and we like the core of the team that we have under contract.” CBS Chicago

Chicago Bulls, Carlos Boozer 

If Derrick Rose returns next season, it’s unlikely he’ll be the player he was before he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee April 28. That’s if he returns. The doctor who performed the successful surgery to repair Rose’s isolated ACL tear and a meniscus tear Saturday morning at Rush University Medical Center said some athletes take longer to recover for reasons that can be physiological as well as psychological. Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Injuries 

The Bulls aren’t counting on Rose returning next season. They aren’t even planning for it. But general manager Gar Forman said he will keep the core of a team that had the league’s best regular-season record in consecutive seasons together with an eye toward the future. Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Injuries 

General manager Gar Forman plans to talk to Luol Deng in the next week about Deng’s plans to compete in the Olympics despite a torn ligament in his left wrist. Deng has said he will play for the British national team this summer despite a wrist injury that could require surgery, which might sideline him for the first two months of the season. Deng said he will wait until after the Olympics before deciding to undergo the procedure. Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Bulls, Luol Deng, Great Britain, Olympics 

Three days after he performed surgery to repair the most important anterior cruciate ligament in the Chicago Bulls' franchise, Bulls team physician Brian Cole gave an optimistic assessment of Derrick Rose's future. Cole spoke at Rush University Medical Center alongside Bulls general manager Gar Forman and head athletic trainer Fred Tedeschi. "Derrick is doing great," Cole said. "The surgery went really well. No surprises." Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Injuries