Tag: Ayo Dosunmu

Should the Chicago Bulls rip off the band-aid and trade away everyone?

How hard should the front office go in reimagining this roster?

The Chicago Bulls‘ front office has finally woken up to the fact that major changes are needed if this ball club is going to compete in future seasons. But there are plenty worried that the execs might not go far enough in retooling the roster. Should the Bulls rip off the band-aid and trade away everyone?

It goes without saying that the Bulls need to move on from injured guard Lonzo Ball, often-injured combo guard Zach LaVine, and aging big man Nikola Vucevic. But what about players like found gold reserve guard Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu? Are they off the table in terms of tradeable players?

How hard should the front office go in reimagining this roster? The hosts of the “CHGO Bulls” podcast took a closer look at the range of possibility on a recent episode.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear their thoughts on how Chicago should be approaching this rebuild.

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Can Ayo Dosunmu make a Jimmy Butler-like offensive leap for the Chicago Bulls?

If everything comes together, can we realistically see a Butler-esque step forward from the Illinois alum?

Can backup guard Ayo Dosunmu make a Jimmy Butler-like offensive leap for the Chicago Bulls next season? In the Bulls’ injury-addled 2023-24 campaign, the Chicago guard’s leap forward as a player was one of the team’s few bright spots in an otherwise forgettable season for the Bulls.

Now, the team is reportedly making some major changes in the coming offseason if we can trust the word of the team’s front office (and history tells us that this is no small “if”). Will they help retool the team in a way that elevates Dosunmu’s game next season? And if everything comes together, can we realistically see a Butler-esque step forward from the Illinois alum?

The hosts of the “CHGO Bulls” podcast took a closer look at what such a transformation would entail, and whether it is too much to ask from a young player like Dosunmu.

Check it out in the clip embedded above!

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Breaking down Ayo Dosunmu’s breakout 2023-24 Bulls season

Ayo Dosunmu had a great season for the Chicago Bulls in 2023-24.

Heading into the 2023-24 season, the Chicago Bulls had high hopes. They wanted to bounce back from their brutal 2022-23 season. Instead, they struggled again. Injuries marred their season, and they once again fell into the catacombs of mediocrity. They finished the year below .500 and missed the playoffs for the second straight season.

That said, there were some highlights to the season that kept fans engaged, and one of them was the progression of Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu. After signing a new contract with the team last summer, Dosunmu had a great 2023-24 season, seriously breaking out into a star throughout the second half of the year.

The CHGO Sports YouTube channel recently broke down Dosunmu’s season and spoke about how elite his shooting was during the year.

Alongside Coby White, Dosunmu looks like a guy the Bulls can partially build around moving forward. His blend of defense and improved three-point shooting make him a very valuable asset.

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Could a Zach LaVine return hurt Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu?

Would Zach LaVine returning to the Chicago Bulls hurt the growth of Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu?

When Zach LaVine went down with a season-ending injury this season, it looked like the end of the road for the Chicago Bulls. Instead, Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu stepped into much larger roles, picked up the slack, and helped Chicago make the Play-In Tournament. Now, Sam Smith of NBA.com is pondering an important question: Could a LaVine return hurt White and Dosunmu’s development?

“In some respects, the Bulls look like they moved on with the development of Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu in LaVine’s absence,” Smith wrote. “Still, they finished the regular season with a poorer record than last season with LaVine missing half this season, and again failed to make the playoffs.

“Perhaps puncturing the notion the team is better off without LaVine. A salient question has been if LaVine returns whether it would set back the development of White and Dosunmu.”

It seems as though the Bulls are focused on finding a trade for LaVine, meaning White and Dosunmu would have plenty of room to continue growing.

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Bulls Injury Report: Bitim out for postseason, Dosunmu return hopeful

The Chicago Bulls are dealing with some injuries heading into the Play-In, including ones to Onuralp Bitim and Ayo Dosunmu.

This season has been defined by injuries for the Chicago Bulls. Zach LaVine is out for the year, as he got surgery on his foot, and Patrick Williams is also out for the remainder of the season. Now, as the Bulls prepare for the Play-In Tournament, they are facing a couple more injuries that could affect them.

Onuralp Bitim, whose contract was converted from a two-way deal to a multi-year contract back in February, suffered a detached retina. He will be out for the postseason. Meanwhile, Ayo Dosunmu is dealing with a quadriceps issue, but there is hope that he will be good to go for the Bulls’ potential postseason run, starting with the Play-In.

The Chicago Bulls Central YouTube channel recently discussed both of these injuries and how they could impact the Bulls.

In addition to those two, Andre Drummond is questionable for the Play-In game due to a left ankle sprain, and rookie Julian Phillips is out with a midfoot sprain.

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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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Ayo Dosunmu is quietly becoming a star for the Chicago Bulls

While it might be too soon to call the Illinois alum a star in the league, he is certainly a star for the Bulls.

The rise of Chicago Bulls reserve guard Ayo Dosunmu would not have come without the injuries to the starting Bulls backcourt of Lonzo Ball and Zach LaVine. One of the few silver linings of Chicago’s seemingly cursed 2023-24 campaign, Dosunmu is truly coming into his own as an NBA guard.

While it might be too soon to call the Illinois alum a star in the league, he is certainly a star for the Bulls’ roster, joining fellow backup guard Coby White as found money in the face of adversity. Whether Chicago’s front office looks to build around him and White or uses one or both’s contracts as trade assets to land a mega-star, the future of the Bulls is looking a lot brighter than many thought it might.

The hosts of the “CHGO Bulls” podcast recently took a moment to laud Dosunmu’s play with Chicago this season.

Check out the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.

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Are Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White the right duo for the Chicago Bulls to build around?

There is more than one way to build a contender.

In many corners of Chicago Bulls media, it seems all but decided that guards Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White are the players that the Bulls’ front office ought to be building around in the future. But are these two young players really good enough to be the focal point of a Chicago rebuild?

If the goal of the franchise is to get back to title contention, there is a legit argument to be made that these two guards simply are not good enough to get the Bulls into such rarefied air. But there is more than one way to build a contender, and having a player or two to trade for a superstar certainly is one of them.

To talk over what exactly the role of Dosunmu and White could be in a Bulls rebuild moving forward, the host of the “Chicago Bulls Central” podcast, Haize, took a closer look on a recent episode.

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

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Billy Donovan compares Bulls’ Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu to Joakim Noah

Dosunmu and White are the future of the Bulls organization moving forward — and for exactly the sort of reasons Donovan notes.

When the NBA team you play for happens to be coached by a man who won national titles at the NCAA level says you remind him of one of the key players who helped to make that possible, things are going well for you.

And, in the midst of the 2024 NCAA tourney, Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan went out of his way to say that Bulls guards Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White remind him of Florida Gators national champion big man Joakim Noah. For the younger basketball fans out there, that is very high praise indeed, even if Noah’s heyday was more than 15 years in the past.

But Dosunmu and White are the future of the Bulls organization moving forward — and for exactly the sort of reasons Donovan notes.

Speaking on a recent episode of their show, the hosts of the “CHGO Bulls” podcast took some time to let us know why this is the case. Check it out above!

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Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu have proven to be foundational for the Bulls

The questions of what to do next in terms of roster building still lingers, but the hardest part of a rebuild has been solved.

The Chicago Bulls have been in need of a rebuild for some time now, but the ball club appears to have lucked into the players they would have needed to find by stripping it down without trying.

And while you will find few NBA analysts who will tell you that this is a wise way to go about retooling a roster, so far, the rise of guards Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu has taken a lot of pressure off of the Bulls’ front office. The questions of what to do next in terms of roster building still lingers, but the hardest part of a rebuild has been solved by good luck as much as anything.

On a recent episode, the hosts of the “Locked On Bulls” podcast, Haize and Pat the Designer, sat down to talk us though all of the above in the video embedded below.

Check it out for yourself to hear what they had to say!

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