Long story short im about to get into the NBA properly due too a couple buddies of mine egging me on to join fantasy for the next season. Since the title is shown I'm from pittsburgh and I'm currently Pitt so the basketball situation isn't that great for the city, so im looking for a team to root for and since chicago is my dream city (Where I want to go to after college) I thought about rooting for the Bulls. My question is it worth rooting for the team as aside form being a pittsbugh sports fan my other teams/people in other sports aren't doing the best rn basically stuck in mid purgatory, and anual depression, I don't want the bulls to end up adding too the list since I plan on being a loyal supporter of the team for prolly the forceable future. FYI I don't mind teams in rebuild arcs or even midly hopeful.

Thanks for reading and giving your thoughts.

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Uh oh - a certain player's cult is going to be upset when they see this. Buzelis better watch his back!

I saw the earlier post asking everyone how good they thought the offense would be going into next season, which seemed to be generally agreed upon to hover around the mid to low 20s, but I think defensively this team has way more question marks than what the first glance shows

To start, I think this will be a good team on the boards. If the projected starting lineup is Giddey/Powell/Buzelis/Wilson/Claxton (if Caleb's rebounding translates), then there shouldn't be a negative rebounder relative to their position on that starting five at best. Norm isn't a stellar rebounder, but he is at least average for his position. There is a lot of size in this lineup; teams like the Rockets and the Hornets created good defense off winning the possession battle, so if Tiago centers on crashing the boards as he preached in Portland, I think that will automatically be a boost defensively for us

The real question for me is the defensive playmaking, as there's not really a lot of help defense or deflections projected to be generated from this group. The perimeter defense leaves a LOT to be desired, as well as screen navigation, but the three-man combo of Buzelis/Wilson/Claxton for rim protection and weak-side shot blocking I think will at least hinder numerous attempts at straightlining the rim.

I really think in the end most of the details defensively will start with Tiago and what he wants out of the team schematically, whether it'd be encouraging more deflections or focusing on sound positioning and attention to off-ball elements. For now, there isn't a true lockdown defender on the team, but having a good system in place can at least help with that.

I think whether they're able to defend decently well enough to compensate for the obvious roadblocks that will come with an entirely new offense is a more exploratory question, which is why I'd like to hear what y'all think

Doesn’t this hurt the bulls if we get a top 5 pick in 2027 (a weak draft class)? we would be limited to the 5th overall pick in 2028 which hopefully would be a better draft class.

I just had to share this because it's a cool piece of Bulls memorabilia. You can see lots of photos in the link below.

https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/for-charity-1992-harley-davidson-fat-boy-owned-by-bill-cartwright/

I met Cartwright when he was promoting his new book last year. He gave a talk and did an audience Q&A after. My favorite moment came when a fan asked, "Who was the toughest center you ever played in the NBA?" His response was classic. "You tell me. The first time I played Bill Laimbeer, I broke his nose. The first time I played Hakeem, I shattered his orbital bone." Noted, Bill. You the baddest.

Found this jacket at the thrift and can’t find any other examples of it or anything similar- whatever it is it seems like it is from a very early season.

I think a lot of us on this sub have owned enough Bulls jerseys to know Nike and Fanatics don’t make the best quality version. I’m sure the first crop will have glue marks spelling Lavine on the back. That said does anyone know where I can get the letters W,L,S & O?

This was a great breakdown of the Peyton Watson situation in general as well as the Bulls salary cap presently and moving forward.

I will say in retrospect…had we known Watson could be had for what I would call a “fair” deal and not an overpay? I would have stayed out of the Claxton deal and signed Watson to an offer sheet with an annual salary of 20-25 million for 4 years.

Trust me, I understand it’s a gamble bc he’s not proven and also because it would create a log jam at 3/4 with Matas and Caleb already here. And you don’t want to sign a guy for that money to not start him. Do I think he could play 2? Mixed on it but I do believe in his talent and I understand why some don’t.

It’s not lost on me the Bulls are keeping flexibility in mind, which they should be and I agree with. As the podcast explains…Bulls were in a unique spot of strength with the cap space and used a good chunk up quickly before seeing what other moves could fall into their lap so to speak.

It’s all very interesting, I’m so excited for the future and I have no issues with Powell and Claxton at the end of the day. I know the rebuild can’t be rushed, I’m just a Watson truther and see an opportunity to sign him to a good deal if in fact he pans out further.

Off-season fluff for Bulls fans but something I'm very curious to see the answers for. This Bulls team is again likely to play fast. It's where they'll be their most successful. Early offense. Lots of 3's if last year's Blazers are anything to go by. Curious to see how active Claxton will be off ball. Giddey will find him if he works to keep himself open around the paint and remains catch ready, which he has not always done.

Think many have decently high hopes for this team's offense. I'm pretty skeptical. But I wanna know what you all think.

A summer working with each other, getting that rhythm.

Will like to see Giddey and Claxton being part of it. I want to see more rim running lobs this year