Chicago Bulls 2025-2026 Season Thread

[CubColtPacer]

38 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

I don't think they should. White's calf trouble this season was not a secret. It's been on the injury reports all year. If they are surprised that he failed a physical, that's on the Hornets, not the Bulls. Bulls should fight this, but knowing AK he won't. 

It's not about assigning blame at this point.  It's about rights and leverage.  If he fails the physical no matter if it was known or not, the Hornets have the ability to cancel the trade.  They can use that threat to re-negotiate the trade instead, which is what both sides did. 

The Bulls could have fought it in the sense they could have refused to re-negotiate and dared the Hornets to cancel the trade, but that's risky because if it actually happens you get nothing.

[Derwood]

87 trades and the team is still balls

[Rex Buckingham]

42 minutes ago, Derwood said:

87 trades and the team is still balls

At least it's now kinda on purpose

[BigbadB]

7 hours ago, Derwood said:

87 trades and the team is still balls

Most of those trades involved decent players leaving and draft picks coming back. It's expected that they are worse now.

[Derwood]

1 hour ago, BigbadB said:

Most of those trades involved decent players leaving and draft picks coming back. It's expected that they are worse now.

Some might say it was expected before the trades as well

[Tryptamine]

How the hell are the Bulls 9/13 from 3 and losing by 4? Like how is that even possible?

[Tryptamine]

So they're completely awful now, but they waited way too long to tank. The season ends today and they'd have the 9th worst record. The best you could reasonably ask for is that they fall to 6th, but most likely end up 7 or 8.  It's just constant half measures and when decisions are made, they're made years too late.

[WrigleyField 22]

1 hour ago, Tryptamine said:

So they're completely awful now, but they waited way too long to tank. The season ends today and they'd have the 9th worst record. The best you could reasonably ask for is that they fall to 6th, but most likely end up 7 or 8.  It's just constant half measures and when decisions are made, they're made years too late.

Only chance is Silver steps in with the lotto fix lol

[We Got The Whole 9]

Didn't the Mavericks just land Flagg with an even worse starting position?

 

Mere months after ludicrously trading Luka with a little help from the league, no less. 

[Derwood]

11 straight losses

[NorthsideAvenger]

32 minutes ago, Derwood said:

11 straight losses

Eff this whole organization. 

[jersey cubs fan]

People are upset when the bulls lose now? 

[UMFan83]

I’ll have you know I’m watching the Bulls just as much since the deadline as I was before. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

I mean you guys have seen their roster right? And to top it off they acknowledged they traded for damaged goods in Ivey lol

 

Theyre a travesty. 

[Derwood]

16 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I’ll have you know I’m watching the Bulls just as much since the deadline as I was before. 

Same. I haven't watched a Bulls game for like 5 years

[17 Seconds]

well they're trying to lose right now. it's too little, too late, but losses are good. their odds of moving into the top 3 will be low, but might as well get them as high as possible. the draft seems pretty loaded

[Tryptamine]

9 hours ago, Derwood said:

11 straight losses

And still with the 9th worst record. They waited way too long.

[Wilson A2000]

3 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

And still with the 9th worst record. They waited way too long.

Can’t even tank right

[bukie]

Fortunately, the Bulls were already bad at beating bad teams before they stopped trying, so they lose most of those tiebreakers.

They haven't come close to winning since the trade deadline, they have a legit shot of sneaking into the bottom 5.

[WrigleyField 22]

18 minutes ago, bukie said:

Fortunately, the Bulls were already bad at beating bad teams before they stopped trying, so they lose most of those tiebreakers.

They haven't come close to winning since the trade deadline, they have a legit shot of sneaking into the bottom 5.

Top 5 is a heavy left. I really can't see past top 7. The drop-off really begins at 6/7 right now (insert Gen alpha meme) 

[WrigleyField 22]

To add to that, all the teams ahead of Bulls in tank standings have a 2 or 3 win clip in the last 10. New Orleans is the only one of the 8 with no tank motivation (having a unprotected pick that the Bulls could have purportedly got, but I digress) 

 

But take Utah at 6. If they play at 0.200 pace they finish 5-23 and 23-59 overall. Bulls have already clinched their 24th win. 

 

If New Orleans can keep up 0.500 pace, Bulls can only afford 4 more wins to pass them. 

[bukie]

Yeah, I mostly base it on the concept that Dallas and Memphis are clearly better than the Bulls right now and New Orleans isn't actually tanking. That mostly leaves 5 teams and they need just one to be frisky over the last month of the season.

I also base this on the belief that I don't think the Bulls end up with more than 26 wins this season.

[NorthsideAvenger]

18 hours ago, jersey cubs fan said:

People are upset when the bulls lose now? 

They've been losing since 2015. You would think they would try something new. 

[CubinNY]

Imagine if Jordan Len Biased right after the draft? They’d be the worst franchise in the history of sports. 

[Tryptamine]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Imagine if Jordan Len Biased right after the draft? They’d be the worst franchise in the history of sports. 

Reinsdorf has been bailed out by Jordan and a complete fluke 1 year hot streak by the White Sox in the playoffs. Without Jordan he's amongst the worst owners in US sports history.