Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the NBA after the league did not accept the company's matching offer for one of the packages in its upcoming 11-year media rights deal. The lawsuit was filed on Friday in New York state court in Manhattan. WBD, the parent company of TNT Sports, is seeking a judgment that it matched Amazon Prime Video's offer and an order seeking to delay the new media rights deal from taking effect beginning with the 2025-26 season. The NBA signed its deals with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery's $1 ..read more

So what’s really going on here? What are we looking at? What are we seeing? What’s the takeaway from the lack of dominance and uninspired play? What are our expectations? Theirs? Both realistic and exaggerated. As with the directive handed out last week in the immediate aftermath of jumpstarting Kamala Harris’ Madame POTUS campaign, it seems like with the United States men’s basketball team there is not a “We got the assignment” response to the urgency. And when your inferred pound-for-pound best player (Joel Embiid, according to Joel Embiid) says out loud, “On this team, I don’t have to do no ..read more

Los propietarios del United Center anunciaron el martes que los estacionamientos y la zona que lo rodea serán sustituidos por un distrito de uso mixto de $7,000 millones, un precio que, según ellos, lo convertiría en la mayor inversión privada en el lado oeste. Denominado Proyecto 1901, si se aprueba, el proyecto, de una duración estimada de 10 años, transformará el lado oeste con zonas verdes, viviendas de renta mixta, una sala de música y mucho más. La construcción está prevista en siete fases, y se calcula que la primera comenzará el año que viene. “Creemos que este proyecto le va a enviar ..read more

The NBA said Wednesday that it is not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery's $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league and therefore has entered into a deal with Amazon Prime Video, a move that would mean this coming season would end a nearly four-decade run of games being on TNT. That would also suggest the series of media rights deals approved by the league's Board of Governors last week with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video — 11-year agreements that will be worth about $76 billion — are on the cusp of being finalized, at least from the NBA's perspective ..read more

The owners behind the United Center announced on Tuesday that the parking lots and area surrounding the United Center will be replaced by a $7 billion mixed-use district — a price tag they say would make it the largest private investment in the West Side. Dubbed The 1901 Project, if approved, the estimated 10-year development would transform the West Side with green space, mixed-income housing, a music hall and more. Construction is planned in seven phases, with the first estimated to start as early as next year. Related Why is Jerry Reinsdorf spending millions buying up parking lots around ..read more

Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it will match the $1.8 billion per year offer by Amazon Prime Video. Turner has had an NBA package since 1984 and games have been on TNT since the network launched in 1988. "We have reviewed the offers and matched one of them. This will allow fans to keep enjoying our unparalleled coverage, including the best live game productions in the industry and our iconic studio shows and talent, while building on our proven 40-year commitment for many more years," Warner Bros ..read more

Pat Williams, former Bulls general manager and a co-founder of the Orlando Magic and someone who spent more than a half-century working within the NBA, died Wednesday from complications related to viral pneumonia, the Magic announced. Williams was 84. He started his NBA career as business manager of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1968 and then was hired at the age of 29 by the nascent Bulls franchise as general manager. In 1969 as general manager, in rebuilding the roster, he acquired Chet Walker from the 76ers. He drafted Norm Van Lier, then immediately traded him to the Cincinnati Royals, but the ..read more

LAS VEGAS — Julian Phillips has no guess on what his role will be with the Bulls this season. That’s not where his head is these days. Minutes, where he is in the rotation, who he plays behind? Questions for the fall. What the second-year forward does know is there is a path for him to be a regular fixture off the bench. Summer League is just that next step on the path. “You want minutes on the floor, then you’ve got to guard somebody,” Summer League coach Billy Donovan III said, ripping a page straight from his dad’s handbook. That was the message Bulls head coach Billy Donovan made very clea ..read more

LAS VEGAS — Matas Buzelis is just different. Three parts cocky, two parts swagger, a sprinkle of nasty. And that’s why the 11th overall pick in last month’s draft might be the perfect addition at the perfect time for the Bulls, who are caught somewhere between a youthful resurgence and stuck in the mud with lingering veterans. Latest on the Bulls Bulls Bulls, Zach LaVine could be heading for ‘dysfunction’ without a buffer By Joe Cowley [month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]  Sports Upset alert: Local kid (Jalen Brunson) gives back money to help team (K ..read more

LAS VEGAS — The way Bulls executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas sees it, his push toward a youth movement is ‘‘still not a final product.’’ Karnisovas made that clear when he met with a small group of reporters Sunday. But he might have a bigger issue on his hands if he can’t make more changes. The product will be both unfinished and possibly ‘‘dysfunctional.’’ Latest on the Bulls Sports Upset alert: Local kid (Jalen Brunson) gives back money to help team (Knicks)! By Rick Morrissey [month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]  Bulls Offseason grades a ..read more