The Latest Breaking News from Billy Donovan

It felt like rock bottom after an embarrassing showing Sunday in Minnesota, but after some good old-fashioned teammate confrontation in the locker room that night, the Bulls might be building something good out of it.

Wade headlined a list of first-time nominees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday that also included Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol. Bulls coach Billy Donovan and former Heat guard Goran Dragic reflected on Wade.

Coach Billy Donovan said Ball tried to run on an antigravity machine designed to take weight off the legs and still had to back off when he experienced pain.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan proved to be a standup guy on Friday, answering questions that were out of his pay grade. But the fans and media didn’t need to hear from the construction foreman as much as the architects.

At least there was some fight in the overtime loss to Tom Thibodeau and New York on Wednesday. In the second half of the sequel Friday? Nothing even close to that.

It might have been the 28th regular-season game for the Bulls on Friday, but everything remained on the table for the coaching staff, as they continue to tinker with different groupings and how they work together.

There are some obvious flaws in this Bulls roster — outside shooting, toughness and size in the frontcourt — but with growing concerns with Lonzo Ball’s left knee rehab, the front office needs to get a proven point guard or continue to fall short with this point-guard-by-committee mentality.

It was a second-straight overtime and a second-straight loss, as the Bulls continue to battle with cleaning up the details and winning clutch games.

It wasn’t an easy decision for Knicks coach - and former Bulls coach - Tom Thibodeau to bump Rose out of the rotation less than two weeks ago, but it’s proven to be the right move so far.