Bulls 2026 Offseason Thread

[Andy]

1 hour ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Any ideas as to who should be the next Bulls TV color analyst?I’vee heardeard l Crawford or Kendall Gill as possibilities. 

I'm not sure if Crawford has another color gig right now, but I've heard blips of him doing NBC games and he seems OK. 

Edited July 6 by Andy

[Irrelevant Dude]

3 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Any ideas as to who should be the next Bulls TV color analyst? I’ve heard Jamal Crawford or Kendall Gill as possibilities. 

I've never heard Kendall Gill do anything outside the studio, but if you're looking for a guy who "kind of" checks the same boxes as Stacey King, he might be it.  Former Bull, long-time NBA veteran, fun personality, positive vibe.  Obviously nobody can compete with Stacey, but I could see Amin and Gill working.

[Wilson A2000]

 

[NorthsideAvenger]

1 hour ago, Wilson A2000 said:

 

Caled is going to be a dawg.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Dude had a baller ass game 35 pts and 5 stocks, 55% from the floor, 7 treys 

 

Nasty

Edited July 11 by We Got The Whole 9

[WrigleyField 22]

1 hour ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Dude had a baller ass game 35 pts and 5 stocks, 55% from the floor, 7 treys 

 

Nasty

As many threes as he hit all year at UNC.

[17 Seconds]

i am so excited about this guy

[Proven Veteran]

He probably would have had over 40 if Sellers didn't hog the ball down the stretch.

Edited Saturday at 09:50 AM by Proven Veteran

[We Got The Whole 9]

11 hours ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

As many threes as he hit all year at UNC.

That's wild. His form looked good and he wasn't just spotting up. His reel was pretty impressive and encouraging. 

 

He looks like a guy that can turn the franchise around. 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

The whole highlight package is is worth the watch. I’m all in.

 

 

[NorthsideAvenger]

That one block will live in my dreams. Dude's athleticism is better than I thought. Within three years, Wilson is going to be a menace on both sides of the ball. 

[The_Achiever]

On 7/11/2026 at 12:08 PM, NorthsideAvenger said:

That one block will live in my dreams. Dude's athleticism is better than I thought. Within three years, Wilson is going to be a menace on both sides of the ball. 

He already looks like a totally polished player on the offensive side.  Very confident and comfortable handling the ball and his 3 pointer looks pure.  He seems to play more like a wing on offense.  I remember watching his college highlights and thinking he looks like a fish in water playing basketball.  

It's so great that we Bulls fans have a legit reason to be excited.  We appear to have been truly blessed from the lottery gods.  

[Tryptamine]

So hot takes through a couple games

1) Swain can not shoot at all and I'm super concerned already

2) Caleb desperately has to work on the FT and the turnovers, the rest I'm pretty happy with

[We Got The Whole 9]

They scored 63 pts lol

[The_Achiever]

10 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

So hot takes through a couple games

1) Swain can not shoot at all and I'm super concerned already

2) Caleb desperately has to work on the FT and the turnovers, the rest I'm pretty happy with

Same.  You can tell Caleb has got *it*, but the rest of the team has not looked great.  There seems to be a lid on the rim for all of Swain's drives.  Hopefully those eventually start to drop.  

[Tryptamine]

On 7/13/2026 at 10:14 PM, Tryptamine said:

So hot takes through a couple games

1) Swain can not shoot at all and I'm super concerned already

2) Caleb desperately has to work on the FT and the turnovers, the rest I'm pretty happy with

Swain looks straight up awful.

[bjam12]

Trying not to overreact to Summer League but Swain looks horrible. Holds the ball too long. Can't get to the hoop against length. Making Middle School turnovers. Already admitted he was in his own head during Game 1. Not good for an NBA first rounder. 

[Tryptamine]

Swain is now 3 for 26 from the field. They won't because of the backlash, but he needs to spend the vast majority of the season in the G league because he isn't even a close to a worthy bench piece let a lone a starter as he currently is. Mr. Doesn't miss in the draft looks like he hard missed at #15 .

[The_Achiever]

5 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Swain is now 3 for 26 from the field. They won't because of the backlash, but he needs to spend the vast majority of the season in the G league because he isn't even a close to a worthy bench piece let a lone a starter as he currently is. Mr. Doesn't miss in the draft looks like he hard missed at #15 .

All while the guy I and many others wanted at 15, Cameron Carr, has been shooting the lights out.

Summer League often means nothing (Denzel Valentine MVP, Jalen Brunson LVP), but I am super concerned about Swain.  Hell, the undrafted guys (Sellers, Awaka, a third guy I'm forgetting but has shot it well) look like they might become useful at some point.  I still have some hope for Swain, but you've got to be sure about drafting a guy who hasn't been able to prove he can shoot.   

[Tryptamine]

Everyone on this summer league roster other than Caleb is ass. 54 points with a little over 8 minutes to go, 21 of those is Caleb. Swain 1/5 bringing him up to 4/31 on the year.

[NorthsideAvenger]

21 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Everyone on this summer league roster other than Caleb is ass. 54 points with a little over 8 minutes to go, 21 of those is Caleb. Swain 1/5 bringing him up to 4/31 on the year.

As you said yesterday and it still applies today, Swain can not spend one second in Chicago his rookie season. I do not care he is a "BG guy", Swain is simply not an NBA player right now.

Sellers/Atwell and Tome I can squint and see at least rotational players in the next couple of seasons. 

I really would like to see Wilson play with better talent than he did in the SL.