Dennis Podman: A (Mostly) Chicago Bulls Podcast

Jayson Buford ( @jaysonbuford ) drops by the show to talk with Kevin about the Hat Bet 🧢, the state of the Knicks, why he wants Coach Thibs fired, and what he's enjoyed from the Bulls and DeMar DeRozan this season.

Brian and Kevin return (sorry for the long absence!) to discuss the Bulls January run since the last episode, talk trade deadline options, and shout out the Bulls' All Star weekend participants. 

Stephen Noh (@StephNoh) joins the show to discuss his new job at SportingNews.com, the Bulls as real contenders, trade options to push even more all-in, and we show some love to Coby, Ayo, and Vuc for their roles in the Bulls NINE game win streak. 

Brian and Kevin are back to discuss the Bulls 7 game win streak, marvel at DeMar DeRozan's late game heroics, put some respect on Coby's name, and breathe a sigh of relief that Zach's hand is back to full strength.  In addition, the guys discuss whether the Bulls should take a swing at upgrading the roster via a mid-season trade and what that might look like.

The Bulls are MIA with multiple game postponements due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, so Brian and Kevin are here to discuss the top 3 prospects in this upcoming draft, including a semi-deep dive into Chet Holmgren and then we move on to discuss options for the Bulls with their first round pick towards the end of the first round.  [Apologies for any sound quality issues in this one, I di...

Brian and Kevin return to run through the games that have happened since the last episode and to dig into the Bulls big win over the Knicks to move to 15-8. We also discuss Coby struggling to re-integrate and then getting COVID, Vuc getting right recently, pick some nits with Zach's season and also throw him a lot of credit for his ego-less acceptance of DeMar as the lead option, and more!

Brian and Kevin are back to discuss the Bulls' big back to back wins in the Staples Center and to look ahead to the Blazers and Nuggets. 

Nathan Walker ( @bbstats ) joins the show to discuss the newest All-In-One metric, DRIP (Daily Rating of Individual Performance), that he and his team at Stats Perform developed and released this off-season. We get into how the metric works, how it differs from its closest sibling (DARKO), what it has to say about the Bulls, and discuss Nathan's research on clutch performance at the team level.&nb...

Ben Taylor ( @ElGee35 ) of the Thinking Basketball podcast and backpicks.com drops by to dig in deep on Zach LaVine after he put together one of his classic video breakdowns of Zach's game on his YouTube channel: Video here This was a really fun one. Sign up for Ben's Patreon content here! Patreon.com/ThinkingBasketball Buy Ben's book here! https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Basketball-Ben-Taylo...

Kevin and Brian discuss the Bulls loss to the Knicks on Joakim Noah night, losing Patrick Williams to a perilunate dislocation of his wrist (f*** Mitchell Robinson!), and take a quick look ahead to the Jazz game tonight, as well as the rest of the schedule.

Friend of the show John Wilmes ( @johnwilmeswords ) joins the show in the immediate aftermath of the Bulls very stressful win over the Dangerous Nights Crew, aka the Toronto Raptors. We discuss the Bulls 4-0 start and what we're interested in tracking as the Bulls schedule becomes much more difficult over the next dozen or so games.

Podcasting superstar Dave DuFour ( @DaveDuFourNBA ) stops by the show to preview the Western conference ahead of the start of the season. Dave sings the praises of Mikal Bridges, Anthony Edwards, calls for an end to the Thunder's sitting of healthy players to more effectively tank and so much more. You can find Dave's work at The Athletic . 

Kevin ( @NBACouchside ) and Brian ( @BrianJDraft ) are back again to discuss the undefeated Preseason Bulls.  Then the guys look ahead to the regular season and do a quick rundown of their expectations for the Eastern Conference, sorted by their Vegas projected win totals.

Former guest and new co-host of the pod, Brian Schroeder (@BrianJDraft) is back to discuss takeaways from media day and the first week of practice stories, as well as a bunch of random NBA tangents. 

Ricky O'Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) joins the show to discuss the Pat Williams and Coby White injury news updates and we do a deep dive into the Bulls spots on ESPN's NBA Rank list and how much disrespect and slander Zach LaVine is still getting. Lot of Pro Zach Agenda in this one. 

Ethan McDougall ( @McDougiee1 ) joins the show to discuss Tomas Satoransky's salty comments about his former team and his replacement on the Bulls, the Celtics' rumored interest in Zach LaVine, and a deep dive into DeMar DeRozan's strengths and weaknesses and how they fit with the rest of the Bulls' new look roster, based on his piece here: https://t.co/TEV74xoyLE?amp=1

Brian Schroeder (@BrianJDraft) joins the show to discuss the Bulls signings of Alize Johnson, Stanley Johnson, and Matt Thomas. We also touch on what Brian saw from the Bulls guys (Pat, Ayo, Marko, and Dotson) at Summer League. Then we get into where the Bulls fit in amongst the East playoff contenders.  Signup for Brian's Draft Patreon here: https://patreon.com/BrianJNBA

John Wilmes (@johnwilmeswords) joins the show to ring in the end of free agency and to celebrate the Bulls being BACK. We discuss Lauri Markkanen's departure to Cleveland, lament not grabbing Larry Nance, ponder how the roster will fit together on both ends, and express our general excitement to watch it all unfold.