Chicago Bulls 2025-2026 Season Thread

[NorthsideAvenger]

24 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Even if they did, Jerry wouldn’t care. The White Sox have never drawn well and he has done nothing to make them competitive year in and year out.

I know. I don't know when the Bulls will be relevant again.

[WrigleyField 22]

29 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Even if they did, Jerry wouldn’t care. The White Sox have never drawn well and he has done nothing to make them competitive year in and year out.

The farthest (not including Covid) that the Bulls slipped in attendance rankings was 2002. Krause "resigned" in 2003.

 

To a point, I think Reinsdorf would actually care about a Bulls attendance dip if fans stopped showing. Definitely more so than with the Sox.  But they're perennial top 3 in attendance. 

[Wilson A2000]

6 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

I know. I don't know when the Bulls will be relevant again.

When the Reinsdorfs sell the team or they get incredibly lucky with a #1 pick like Rose. But they can’t even tank correctly to get that.

[Tryptamine]

2 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

When the Reinsdorfs sell the team or they get incredibly lucky with a #1 pick like Rose. But they can’t even tank correctly to get that.

The only time the Bulls have ever been relevant was when they lucked into Rose against huge odds and Portland made the biggest draft error in NBA history. Without a crazy piece of luck, this franchise hasn't been and wont be relevant as long as Reinsdorf owns it.

[Irrelevant Dude]

5 hours ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

The Bulls are uninteresting. And I wish fans would stop showing up at the United Center. 

They absolutely are.  Even if they were good, they would still be uninteresting.  But they are currently uninteresting AND bad, which is the worst possible combination.  Yet they stay the course, year after year, and people inexplicably continue to go to the United Center to watch them.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Noa Essengue done for the year, Shoulder surgery. 

Those championship dreams are over. Consider yourself lucky, Oklahoma City.😏

[Wilson A2000]

9 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

Noa Essengue done for the year, Shoulder surgery. 

Those championship dreams are over. Consider yourself lucky, Oklahoma City.😏

Must have got injured from that summer league epic rejection 

[Tryptamine]

Meanwhile the Bulls are down 13 to the 4-16 Nets. Even by their usual standards the Bulls are horsefeathers this year.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I don't think this is Billy Donovan's fault, and everyone knows he isn't going anywhere after signing an extension prior to the season, but this is the type of stretch that would get most coaches fired.

[17 Seconds]

there's gotta be an effort issue. this roster isn't very good but they shouldn't keep losing to bottom feeders like this

[Wilson A2000]

Having a ton of players injured is not good, but the defensive effort has been brutal. The Bulls had 7 players out last night. 

 

[NorthsideAvenger]

So apparently the Bulls are not interesting in breaking up the "young core" for Giannis. I can not believe I am going to say this but AKME is arguably worse than the previous regime. 

[The_Achiever]

AKME has been terrible but they likely would have to trade the entire roster to get Giannis.  I just don't see that happening.   I really hope he goes out west to the Spurs so there would be someone to challenge OKC out there.  Don't want the Knicks to get him.

Of course OKC could put together a great package quite easily.  As ridiculous as that would be, I would prefer that to him landing anywhere in the East.  It's probably stupid for me to look at this through the prism of how it would affect the Bulls but old habits die hard.  

[WrigleyField 22]

If they were willing to it wouldn't matter. They'd just spoil whatever good years Giannis has left. 

 

AKME sucks. 

[UMFan83]

17 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

So apparently the Bulls are not interesting in breaking up the "young core" for Giannis. I can not believe I am going to say this but AKME is arguably worse than the previous regime. 

As little credit as I give AKME this seems like a 'we're breaking up with you' type of message.  There's no way Giannis, who wants to leave Milwaukee because they're not a contender, is going to want to come to the Bulls in their current state and current reputation.  Furthermore, Chicago is one of the last places Milwaukee would want to trade him if they do trade him.  It's just not going to happen regardless, so AKME floats that out there as a way to publicly support his ****** core.

[Irrelevant Dude]

There is no core.

[Tryptamine]

13 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

There is no core.

This. There has been zero progress on putting together a core in around a decade at this point.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

4 hours ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

So apparently the Bulls are not interesting in breaking up the "young core" for Giannis. I can not believe I am going to say this but AKME is arguably worse than the previous regime. 

Oh, I don’t even think it’s arguable. GarPax enjoyed some success in their tenure. They just hung around way longer than they should have. AKME has achieved absolutely nothing.

[Wilson A2000]

The crappy Pacers love pantsing the Bulls

[Tryptamine]

Nothing will be done. Nothing will change. It's a fool's errand getting even slightly emotionally invested in the perpetual dumpster fire that is the Bulls

[17 Seconds]

2-15

4-14

3-16

12-8

5-15

4-18

those were the records they faced during this 6 game losing streak

 

[Wilson A2000]

1 hour ago, 17 Seconds said:

2-15

4-14

3-16

12-8

5-15

4-18

those were the records they faced during this 6 game losing streak

 

The Bulls are a get well team for their competitors

[NorthsideAvenger]

A medicore roster and assets. A mediocre HC. A mediocre FO. A disinterested ownership. Can we finally admit the Bulls are one of the worst organization in sports?

I mean, record notwithstanding, the Bulls are one of the worst teams in basketball. I don't want to hear about injuries. 

[Wilson A2000]

36 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

A medicore roster and assets. A mediocre HC. A mediocre FO. A disinterested ownership. Can we finally admit the Bulls are one of the worst organization in sports?

I mean, record notwithstanding, the Bulls are one of the worst teams in basketball. I don't want to hear about injuries. 

Billy is a good head coach compared to the rest of the Bulls organization. He won in college and OKC. But everything else is terrible. They have no plan.  I’ve never seen a fan base support a team so well that is so bad. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

If we had never drafted Jordan none of us would care about that team lol