Tag: Bulls Front Office

The Chicago Bulls went all-in three years ago. Well, they went all-in relative to how they were operating prior to their big-swing moves. They decided to stop rebuilding, bringing in Nikola Vucevic via trade at the 2021 deadline and DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso in free agency the following summer.

However, they haven’t done anything since then. The Bulls have brought back the same core over and over again in hopes of finding better results. They have not. They have suffered through two straight losing seasons, yet they continue to resist change. No matter how badly the fanbase yearns for it.

The Chicago Bulls Central YouTube channel recently discussed why the Bulls continue to act like a small-market team when they are in one of the biggest markets in sports.

Chicago is a huge city. And players could want to play there. But not with the way the organization has run things recently.

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For the past three years, the Chicago Bulls have stood at every trade deadline. Their roster has remained almost entirely the same ever since they made a bunch of huge shake-ups in 2021. The Bulls committed to a core of Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Nikola Vucevic, but since forming that group, the team has won just a single playoff game.

So far this season, despite the emergence of Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu as stars in the making, it’s been more of the same in Chicago. LaVine is still there, DeRozan is still there, and Vucevic is still there. And the team is still in the middle of the pack in the East.

The Chicago Bulls Central YouTube channel recently discussed how much more it will take for the front office to realize it’s time to break up this core.

Rumors have indicated that the Bulls plan to trade LaVine this summer, so that’s a start, but is it enough?

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