How are we doing, Chicago? A Bears-shaped wound is still fresh from Sunday, but the Bulls play tonight! So yes, the pain may actually continue.
However, I am an Indiana alum, so I’m in a good mood — maybe good enough to not be impacted too much by a Bulls game against the Clippers. Let’s see if that happiness is contagious.
Let’s talk Bulls basketball.
We have guests at the United Center tonight. The Los Angeles Clippers come to town to take on the Chicago Bulls. The Clippers picked up a win against the Wizards yesterday and are facing Chicago on the second night of a back-to-back. Last night’s Clippers game went down to the wire, so their legs may not be the freshest in Chicago tonight.In the pinstripes for Bulls-Clippers.⏰ 7:00 pm CT? @CHSN__? @670TheScore@ATT | #SeeRed pic.twitter.com/AcdRhTt1BH
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 20, 2026 The Bulls love to try to win and outplay the talent they actually possess. That’s why they find themselves in the Play-In every year. They’re not going to change that ideology with the people they have at the helm right now. It’s something we’ve all complained about, but to play devil’s advocate, if Chicago keeps getting lucky with matchups, they might actually land a real playoff spot this year. Speaking of getting luck with matchups, the red-hot Clippers will be shorthanded: there will be no Kawhi Leonard in their lineup. That’s a big blessing if the Bulls want to pull off a win tonight because Kawhi has been playing at an elite level this season.Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is being sent home from the team's road trip for treatment after suffering from left knee irritation, per @ChrisBHaynes.He'll be evaluated on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/6fP2YCQMYL
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 18, 2026 The Bulls sit at 20–22, currently the ninth seed in the East. And, funny enough, halfway through the season they’re just 4.5 games back of the three seed. The East has been tight, so Chicago is one winning streak away from a legitimate playoff position. On the flip side, they’re also one losing streak away from falling to the twelve seed. Either way, you could argue they’re headed somewhere — even if no one is quite sure where that is.Are the Bulls really only 4.5 games back of the 3 seed?
— Bulls Central (@BullsCentralYT) January 20, 2026 However, for playoffs to happen, the Bulls need a fully healthy roster. And tonight they might be one step closer to that. Josh Giddey, the star of this team, is nearing a return from a hamstring strain that has sidelined him since December 29. He’s been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE for tonight.Josh Giddey (hamstring) listed questionable for Tuesday.
— Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) January 19, 2026 This news could be exactly what Giddey needs to make a late push for this year’s All-Star Game. It’ll be a tough road, though—he finished outside the top 20 in the final fan voting returns. On top of that, the new All-Star format complicates things. With 16 players from the USA and eight players from outside the USA making the team, Giddey is battling other international stars for a spot. And after the starters were announced last night, five of those eight international roster spots are already spoken for: Luka, Giannis, Wembanyama, SGA and Jokic.Under the new format for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, there will be 16 USA All-Stars and eight International All-Stars.Five of the eight International All-Star spots have been filled through the starter voting:Giannis AntetokounmpoLuka DoncicShai Gilgeous-AlexanderNikola…
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 19, 2026 When it comes to those last three spots, the competition Giddey is likely to face is brutal: Jamal Murray, Lauri Markkanen, Pascal Siakam, Joel Embiid, OG Anunoby, Deni Avdija, Alperen Sengun and Franz Wagner — all of whom finished ahead of him in fan voting. And that’s not even mentioning Donovan Mitchell or Karl-Anthony Towns, both of whom have shown interest in playing for Team World rather than Team USA. So yeah, this is a bigger Hail Mary than one can imagine for Giddey. But he’s still young; there will be more chances on the table in the future.Donovan Mitchell wants to play for Team World in the All-Star game:“I don’t think people look at me as like a Panamanian basketball player. But I do. I would love to be on the World team if I got a chance.”(via @MarcJSpears) pic.twitter.com/CBgFMcxeJr
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 17, 2026 I’ve loved all the Derrick Rose activations happening around the city leading up to his jersey retirement on Saturday night. But the event that’s taken the lead for me has to be when Rose pulled up to the first “Bloom” drop for his family-owned flower shop. I’ve seen a bunch of videos online from people who attended, and not many — if any — walked away unhappy from that experience.? Rose’s Flower ShopThe MVP pulled up to the first “bloom” drop for his family owned flower shop ? pic.twitter.com/VepgeDqxY5
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 18, 2026 And finally, time to deliver on the Michael Jordan tease from the title. This one comes straight from former Chicago Bull Metta World Peace, who told the story on The Dan Le Batard Show. Metta loved Michael Jordan so much that he believed he did his best work wearing MJ’s number, including winning a Defensive Player of the Year award. That love ran deep. Deep enough that Metta still sounds guilty about the time he accidentally broke Jordan’s ribs during a pickup game. Yes, really. Sounds like a Metta World Peace story for sure, even if he is not bragging about it.“It was a pickup game,” said Metta World Peace. “We know Michael Jordan is a tough player. I was a young 20-year-old, and I don’t think Michael knew how strong I was.”
He went on to explain it wasn’t anything malicious.
“We were just tussling, jockeying for position, and I don’t move… accidentally, he ran into it. It wasn’t like a fight.”
© Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The real shock came later. That’s when veteran Bulls reporter Sam Smith claimed Metta punched Jordan, something World Peace said he absolutely could not believe. He described the feeling as if he had “died,” and called the story extremely disrespectful. And here’s another thing mentioned by the artist formerly known as Ron Artest: after the chaos of the Malice at the Palace event, Jordan was the only player in the league who picked up the phone and checked on him outside of his teammates.“Michael Jordan was the only one to call me and comfort me. It was incredible,” Metta said. “He told me, ‘You’re going to be okay. Just hang in there.’”
“I literally almost died.” @MettaWorld37 when he saw the headline that he “broke Michael Jordan’s ribs” in a pickup game. #southbeachsessions pic.twitter.com/FYambsB7E1
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) January 16, 2026MORE BULLS FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter
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