Brutal start to the year (again, thanks, circus trip), with their first 8 road games being OKC, Boston, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, LA Lakers, Phoenix, and Denver, all in the first 4 weeks of the season. Then the circus trip ends, and they come home to Orlando, Houston, OKC and the LA Lakers again. The end of the season is light, though. Of course, I fully expect the media to panic when the Bulls start out something like 4-10 this year. EDIT: The plus side is that the Bulls are done with the Lakers, Thunder, Rockets and Nuggets 5 weeks into the year.