Two years ago, the Chicago Bulls decided to push their chips onto the table in an attempt to push for the playoffs. They traded for Nikola Vucevic at the 2021 NBA trade deadline, and that following summer, they signed DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso. Unfortunately, injuries got in the way, and outside of a hot start in the 2021-22 season, their current core has fallen flat.
They made the playoffs in their first season together, but this past year, they were eliminated in the Play-In Tournament. And while Arturas Karnisovas has publicly expressed his intent to keep the team together, they could be in need of a refresh. Well, one could be on the way.
According to Sam Smith of NBA.com, people he spoke to around the league believe that Chicago might be more interested in rebuilding than Karnisovas has let on. In fact, he heard they could be “done” with the current Big Three of DeRozan, LaVine, and Vucevic.