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Karl-Anthony Towns: Congrats to my brother @TajGibson on an incredible career. Real one. True vet. Taught me so much! Now watch him cook as a coach in Chicago 👏 The city's lucky to have you big fella!
But the Bulls expressed definite interest in Kuminga, according to a league source speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss front-office strategy. Bulls lead executive Bryson Graham was part of the Atlanta Hawks front office that traded for Kuminga last season, and a reunion was welcomed in Chicago with the understanding Kuminga wouldn’t displace the prioritized chips in the rebuild. Per that source, the Bulls wouldn’t promise Kuminga he’d start or close games most nights, considering the franchise’s most coveted young talents are also forwards. This is to say nothing of Kuminga’s playstyle or decision-making reputation. In a role and contract considerate of those things, Chicago was willing to take a swing at his talent.
Josh Giddey on Tiago Splitter: “Yeah, he’s been great. He’s been really good, and I think as a guy that’s a former player in the NBA, he understands it, and he obviously did a great job with Portland last year. I’m super excited. I’ve had a lot of conversations with him. Obviously, he was in Portland last year, so I didn’t know him a lot, but since he’s been in Chicago, I’ve gotten to know him and spend time with him and talk with him. “Everything he’s about kind of aligns with how we want to play and go about things. He’s been great, and the conversations I’ve had with him have been great. I’m super excited to play for him and ramp things up as we get closer to the season.”
Kareem Copeland: The Chicago Sky have decided to ban Enes Kanter Freedom from Wintrust Arena moving forward, owner Michael Alter said when speaking to local Chicago media. "He has demonstrated to us, unequivocally, that he has the potential to be a threat."
Freedom said the confrontation with Cloud has now made him more determined to pursue a place in the league, especially so he can play her. "If anything, I’m more pumped up," he said. "I cannot wait to go against Natasha now. I think it will be fun for me if I get drafted by any other team. I don’t think Chicago will select me. We know that now. But any other team, I just cannot wait to go against her."
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Michael J. Babcock: Enes Kanter Freedom is planning to attend Sunday's Fever vs. Sky @WNBA game in Chicago, per sources. The game will be nationally televised. @EnesFreedom has been at the center of the trans debate after declaring for the ’27 WNBA Draft, arguing the league’s own rules would allow him to play by simply identifying as a woman.
The main entities investigators have narrowed in on, the people said, are ABS Capital, a Miami outfit founded by two former Guggenheim executives; Amistad Financial, an investment company that owns EquiTrust, a life insurer once controlled by Guggenheim and Walter; Bradford Allen, a Chicago-based commercial real-estate broker with long ties to Guggenheim; and Hudson Trading, another Chicago firm.
Eddie Johnson: LeBron James has signed with another contender and almost immediately the conversation turned predictable. 'He’s ring chasing.' Really, is that what he is doing? And since when did wanting to win become an insult? I grew up in the projects of Cabrini Green and then learned to compete on the west side of Chicago in a single-parent household. Not just at sports, but freaking LIFE. I had two challenges: 1. Win at whatever sport I was competing in at the time and, 2. Win the game of navigating back home safely, avoiding difficult situations.
The Stein Line on Tuesday learned that Chicago is Mathurin's other current suitor. You'll recall that The Stein Line also revealed recently (July 23 to be exact) that New Orleans has been trying to shed Jordan Hawkins' contract via trade to move further away from the first apron. Among the options available to the Pelicans, if they succeed in those efforts, would be opening up the use of a healthy portion of its midlevel exception to assemble an offer sheet to Mathurin.
The WNBA delivered one of its five largest audiences on record for Saturday’s All-Star Game. Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game from Chicago averaged 3.2 million viewers on ABC, marking the fifth-largest audience of any kind in league history, behind only the 2024 All-Star Game, the winner-take-all Game 3 of the 1999 WNBA Finals, and two games on the league’s inaugural weekend of play in 1997. Viewership increased 44% from last year’s All-Star Game, which Fever G Caitlin Clark missed due to injury (2.19M), but fell short of the record 3.44 million for the aforementioned 2024 All-Star Game, which featured Clark and a WNBA vs. Team USA format. The past three years rank as easily the most-watched in the history of the All-Star Game, comfortably surpassing the longstanding high of 1.44 million in 2003.
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The Houston Rockets today announced they have signed free agent forward Julian Phillips. Phillips (6-8, 201) was the 35th overall pick by Boston in the 2023 NBA Draft following his freshman season at Tennessee. He spent his first two and a half seasons with Chicago before being acquired by Minnesota via trade on Feb. 5, 2026.
Chicago Bulls: OFFICIAL: We have signed All-Star G Norman Powell. Welcome to Chicago, Norman! 🫡
Shams Charania: The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to sign 2025 second-round pick Kam Jones on a two-way NBA deal, sources tell ESPN. Jones was traded from Indiana to Chicago on draft night before being released, and now joins the Bucks.