The Chicago Bulls were one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference through the early parts of the season. Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball were coming back from injury, Coby White had a breakout year, and they added Josh Giddey to be the primary playmaker.
After staying steady at the bottom of the play-in tournament, they got busy at the trade deadline, sending LaVine to the Sacramento Kings, in a three-team deal that resulted in the San Antonio Spurs acquiring De’Aaron Fox. LaVine was their best player averaging 24 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.5 assists on .511/.446/.797.
With conceding their best player, Chicago seemed to be on the hunt for the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. Despite losing every game since the trade by an average of 24.5 points, the Bulls are still the 10th seed and a game and a half ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers.
For the last three seasons, the Bulls have been in the bottom of the Play-In tournament and are heading towards that again, but the front office shouldn’t want this.
