Tag: 2023-24 nba regular season

The best of Coby White with the Chicago Bulls in the NBA’s 2023-24 regular season

There were a handful of bright spots worth looking back on. Among them was Coby White.

Fans of the Chicago Bulls would like to forget about their favorite team’s 2023-24 campaign. Especially after an injury-riddled regular season finally killed the most recent rebuild of the team built around players like injured floor general Lonzo Ball, star combo guard Zach LaVine and veteran big man Nikola Vucevic.

But despite the season-derailing injuries to LaVine and Ball (and later on in the season, forward Patrick Williams as well), there were a handful of bright spots worth looking back on for fans. Among them was the growth of young players like Onuralp Bitim, Adama Sanogo, and especially that of Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White.

Regarding the best of the player of White in particular, the Bulls’ organization put together a highlight clip of the best of his play from this past regular season.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to see the best of White with Chicago this past season.

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Best highlights and moments of the Chicago Bulls’ 2023-24 NBA season

There were some – we swear!

Fans of the Chicago Bulls have plenty of things they can look back on in the Bulls’ 2023-24 regular season campaign with regret. In what was at the outset a potentially promising season for Chicago, all sorts of things went sideways on the injury front, derailing the last vestiges of hope that a team built around star guard Zach LaVine going somewhere for the Bulls.

But even with the season starting with no Lonzo Ball being available yet again, and quickly added LaVine and later starting forward Patrick Williams to the team’s injury report, there were moments worth remembering. From the growth of players like Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White to some pretty impressive plays on the court, there are things worth another look from last season.

And the good folks over at the “Maxamillion 711” YouTube channel put one together for us. Check it out for yourself in the clip embedded below.

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Grading the Chicago Bulls’ 2023-24 roster

How should we grade the players who played for the Bulls in the NBA’s 2023-24 season?

How should we grade the players who played for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA’s 2023-24 season? Some of them clearly need to be graded on a curve, seeing as Lonzo Ball never even sniffed the court, and both Zach LaVine and Patrick Williams missed large chunks of the season due to injuries beyond their control.

Others took big, unexpected leaps forward as players, and players in that mold like Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu ought to be assessed accordingly. Still others played their way onto the full roster itself, like Onuralp Bitim, and should be assessed in that context.

The folks behind the “Bulls Central” YouTube channel recently did their best to do exactly what we’re talking about above, while also touching on the arguments for and against White winning the NBA’s 2024 Most Improved Player award.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear how the team’s collective report card panned out.

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How should we grade the seasons of Coby White, Jevon Carter, and Torrey Craig with the Chicago Bulls?

White perhaps out of all of them had the best individual season in terms of results and growth, but Craig and Carter had flashes as well.

How should we grade the seasons of Coby White, Jevon Carter, and Torrey Craig with the Chicago Bulls in 2023-24? The trio of Bulls players may not have collectively had the season with the Bulls we had hoped they would, but there are things to point to for all three among positives and negatives both.

White perhaps out of all of them had the best individual season in terms of results and growth, but Craig and Carter had flashes as well when healthy. To talk it over on a recent episode of their show, the hosts of the “Locked On Bulls” podcast, Haize and Pat the Designer, took some time to dive into their respective play in Chicago’s 2023-24 campaign.

They also compare the short-term future of the Bulls with the Chicago Sky.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear their thoughts on White, Craig, and Carter with the Bulls this season.

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Another season of questions and few answers for the Chicago Bulls

What can the Bulls’ 2023-24 NBA season tell us about their future?

What can the Chicago Bulls‘ 2023-24 NBA season tell us about their future? At the moment, not very much, it seems. Will the front office try to run it back yet again, with the hopes that health will finally look kindly on a Bulls roster that fell to pieces in terms of health this season?

Are older players like DeMar DeRozan and Andre Drummond to be brought back in such an effort, or will the Bulls lean into their youth movement after the emergence of Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu, Adama Sanogo, and others? Trying to guess what sort of plans the front office has for this team is no easy task for NBA analysts and fans alike.

The hosts of the “Locked On Bulls” podcast, Haize and Pat the Designer, did their best to try to glean what they could from the evidence we have.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.

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The Chicago Bulls have held steady in the final Bleacher Report weekly NBA power ranking of the season

Could Chicago’s season end in the play-in? 

The Chicago Bulls have held steady in the final Bleacher Report weekly NBA power ranking of the 2023-24 season. Ranked No. 21 overall in Andy Bailey’s estimation last week, the B/R league analyst sees little reason to shuffle the deck further regarding the Bulls after a fairly typical week for them this season.

“Just when it looked like they might get to .500 on the season, the … Bulls have gone 2-5 in their last 7 games,” writes Bailey of Chicago. “And the most recent loss came against the Atlanta Hawks, who are within striking distance of Chicago’s 9th-place spot.”

“In the end, all of this is probably inconsequential, but the Bulls and Hawks are on a collision course for the 9-10 game in the play-in tournament,” he notes. “And home-court advantage could be important in that matchup.”

“Atlanta’s true shooting percentage is nearly 3 points lower when it’s on the road than it is when the team’s at home,” reminds the B/R analyst. Could Chicago’s season end in the play-in?

If it did, it would be a fitting end to a season cursed by injury and mismanagement — but we think there’s a shot for Chicago to advance.

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This Chicago Bulls team makes no sense this season

What sort of Bulls squad will we see take the court for the NBA’s 2024 play-in tournament?

This Chicago Bulls team makes no sense this season. The inconsistent play makes for a dizzying ball club in terms of keeping track of the kind of teams they tend to beat, and those they tend to lose to in their more recent contests this campaign.

With wins over the mighty Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, and Indiana Pacers (and twice, at that) since the start of the month of March, you might think the Bulls are trending in the right direction as the postseason draws near. But Chicago has also dropped games to the Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, and even the lowly Washington Wizards in recent weeks.

Appearing to be as confused about their identity as a ball club as we are, what sort of Bulls squad will we see take the court for the NBA’s 2024 play-in tournament?

The folks behind the “Bulls Central” YouTube channel took a closer look at these concerning trends on a recent episode of their show. Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say about Chicago’s uneven play of late.

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Chicago Bulls hold steady in latest ESPN weekly NBA power rankings

Just ahead of the Brooklyn Nets and just behind the Atlanta Hawks, the Bulls are perhaps ranked a little low given their recent play.

The Chicago Bulls have continued to hold steady in the latest ESPN weekly NBA power rankings, remaining at No. 21 overall after punching their ticket to the league’s 2024 play-in tournament. Just ahead of the Brooklyn Nets and just behind the Atlanta Hawks, the Bulls are perhaps ranked a little low given their recent play.

“The Bulls officially locked their spot in the play-in tournament on Tuesday night in ironic fashion after a loss to the Hawks, as that pairing almost certainly will constitute the East’s Nos. 9-10 play-in matchup,” writes ESPN analyst Jamal Collier of Chicago’s ranking this week.

“Chicago currently holds the No. 9 seed and the tiebreaker, which would give it home-court advantage in that single-elimination postseason contest.”

“However, the Bulls’ lead over Atlanta has dwindled to just half a game, and they face the (New York) Knicks three times and the (Orlando) Magic once in their last six games of the regular season,” adds the ESPN analyst.

It’s certainly possible that Chicago makes their play-in path tougher with such a murderer’s row to close out the system. But at the very least, they have also managed to make it there in the first place, which did not seem very assured even as recently as a week ago.

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Chicago Bulls slide two spots in latest Bleacher Report weekly NBA power rankings

After losing games to the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, and Washington Wizards, the Bulls now find themselves ranked lower.

After the week that the Chicago Bulls had, we do not blame Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey for dropping the Bulls two spots in his latest weekly NBA power rankings. After losing games to the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, and Washington Wizards, the Bulls now find themselves ranked No. 21 overall after climbing to No. 19 last week.

“The slide may not be all that big a deal, though. Chicago seems more or less locked into ninth place and home-court advantage in the bottom half of the play-in tournament,” writes Bailey. “So, instead of bemoaning those three losses, we’ll shine a little light on Andre Drummond’s renaissance campaign.”

“He was a plus-23 and had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in Wednesday’s win over the Indiana Pacers,” he adds.

“The Bulls’ point differential is better when he’s on the floor,” notes the B/R analyst. “And he has, by far, the highest rebounding percentage of any player with at least 500 minutes this season.”

Can Chicago bring Drummond back next season? While it might be a bit early for that conversation, his looming free agency will be an interesting one, with the UConn alum clearly outplaying his minimum deal.

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Could one of the Bulls’ young guards be up for some full-season awards?

Not all has been lost with Chicago’s 2023-24 season.

This Chicago Bulls season has been almost anything but what fans of the team hoped they would be getting, even before it started. Point guard Lonzo Ball started the Bulls’ 2023-24 campaign on the bench, and before the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline (or perhaps because of it), fellow Chicago starting guard Zach LaVine joined him as out for the season injured.

But wait, there’s more! Not only did the team’s front office stand pat at the deadline for the this season running, but starting forward Patrick Williams went down injured for the rest of the season as well. The small silver lining for Bulls fans is the growth of reserve guards Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu, made possible in part by those injuries.

Could one of Chicago’s young guards be up for some full-season awards as a result?

The host of the “Chicago Bulls Central” podcast, Haize, weighed in on the possibility on a recent episode of his show. Check it out above!

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