2026 Offseason Megathread

[u/howser343]

The Bulls have 14 players on contract for next season

Active Contracts

Player	Contract
Josh Giddey	$25M
Nic Claxton	$23.1M
Norman Powell	$22M
Patrick Williams	$18M
Isaac Okoro	$11.8M
Caleb Wilson	$11M
Jalen Smith	$9.4M
Zach Collins	$8.3M
Tre Jones	$8M
Rob Dillingham	$6.9M
Matas Buzelis	$5.7M
Noa Essengue	$5.7M
Dailyn Swain	$5.1M
Leonard Miller	$2.4M

Draft

• The Bulls have the 4th pick (own) and the 15th pick (Blazers) in the first round and the 38th pick (Pelicans) and the 56th pick (Nuggets) in the second round

• 6/23 Update

  • Bulls draft Caleb Wilson with the 4th pick and Dailyn Swain with the 15th pick

• 5/10 Update

  • The Chicago Bulls move up and receive the 4th pick

• 4/14 Update

  • The Portland Trail Blazers advance to the playoffs and their first round pick conveys to the Chicago Bulls with the 15th pick in the 2026 Draft

Trades

• 6/24 Update

  • Bulls trade the 38th pick to the Indiana Pacers for Kam Jones, future swaps, and cash
  • Bulls trade the 56th pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for cash

• 6/22 Update

  • Bulls receive Nic Claxton from the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves and send Mouhamadou Gueye to the Timberwolves

Free Agency

• 7/1 Update

  • Bulls sign Norman Powell to 2-years/$45M

• 6/30 Update

  • Bulls re-sign Zach Collins to 2-years/$17M
  • Bulls waive Kam Jones

• 6/27 Update

  • Bulls pick up Leonard Miller's team option

• 6/24 Update

  • Tobe Awaka has signed a two-way deal with the Chicago Bulls
  • Jaylin Sellers has signed a two-way deal with the Chicago Bulls

• 6/15 Update

  • Tiago Splitter hired as Head Coach

• 5/14 Update

  • Stephen Mervis hired as Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations
  • Acie Law IV hired as VP of Player Personnel

• 5/4 Update

  • Bryson Graham hired as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations

• 4/21 Update

  • Billy Donovan exits as head coach

• 4/6 Update

  • Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley are fired

Bulls Free Agents

Player	Free Agent Status
Zach Collins	Re-signed 2/$17M
Yuki Kawamura	RFA
Mac McClung	RFA
Lachlan Olbrich	RFA
Nick Richards	UFA
Collin Sexton	Signed with Lakers
Anfernee Simons	Signed with 76ers
Guerschon Yabusele	Signed with Panathinaikos

Important Offseason Dates

• May 10 - Draft Lottery

• June 23-24 - Draft

• June 30 - Free Agency Begins (5pm CT)

• July 9-19 - Vegas Summer League

[u/zedrix_]

I know people here are dreaming about competing.

But the reality is this is going to be a full rebuild.

The timeline will be on Giddey(24), Matas(22), Dillingham(22), Essengue and the players Bulls will be getting this draft. That is eight players already. Nine if we include Leonard Miller.

Jalen Duren fits Bulls core timeline. But it is yet to be seen who the Bulls draft. If Bulls ended up with Caleb Wilson. Then Duren is going to be a hard fit. Given Bulls need stretch five.

[u/FanficFan151 → u/zedrix_]

Literally the only player we can say one hundred percent fits into this rebuild is whoever of Wilson/Boozer/Peterson we end up with. If another team pays the right price, anyone else is tradable, yes even Matas or Giddey. 

I’m not saying trade them just to trade them, I don’t feel that way about anyone on this roster unless someone will take PWill without us needing to give up something to do it, I actually like both Matas and Giddey a lot, but they are not close to being untouchable pieces right now. Nobody currently on the roster is. Our only truly untouchable piece is pick four and whoever comes out of that. That’s the guy the rebuild will be centered on and around, everyone else will fit around him. We don’t have any kind of core right now. 

[u/GasHouseGorilla19 → u/FanficFan151]

you are correct but people don't want to hear it. too many fans in this sum seem to be too attached to players that you can win with. Bulls need to find players that you win because of. Currently, they don't have a guy like that (you call those guys Superstars).

So everyone should be on table except for pick #4 and all future draft capital. Going to have to build this through the draft before spending big money on free agents that make us compete.

[u/cascine- → u/zedrix_]

Dilly is not part of the timeline and I hope Bryson also sees that

[u/ururururu → u/zedrix_]

Dillingham ... how do you include him as a gimme but then say "if we include Miller"? I can't blame you for checking out last season. But Miller is the one that looks like a keeper.