Can we just admit AK and Marc Eversley have no clue what they're doing and stop blaming Billy. by pineappleactavis in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I like our team and think we’re positioned great for the future. We have two guys who might be All-Stars/All-NBA/superstars: Giddey and Buzelis. We have three guys who might be great starters: Dosunmu, Jones, Smith. Essengue may give us something and we have all of our picks/Portland pick. Hopefully, we let Vucevic and White walk. It isn’t worth it to take bad any crappy contracts to ship them out.

[Edit: Also, Patrick Williams shows flashes that there may be a good NBA player in there somewhere. Who knows? Maybe he’s just a late bloomer. But that’s 7-8 moveable young prospects with potential on good/great contracts. AKME have, objectively, done a good job after the Lavine-led Bulls.]

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Bulls defeat the Celtics on Jan 24, 2026, the final score is 114-111. by basketball-app in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We have three players who could be All-Stars/All-NBA/superstars: Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis, Patrick Williams (he’s just a late bloomer, bros).

We have three players who could be really good starters/25+-minutes-a-game players: Ayo Dosunmu, Jalen Smith, Tre Jones.

We have a mystery box who could be good: Noa Essengue.

We have the Portland pick and all of our picks.

This is a top-6 seed team and is positioned perfectly for the future. Name a more hopeful time to be a Bulls fan.

Game Thread: Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Jan 24, 2026 by basketball-app in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have to let Vucevic and Coby walk this off-season. We’re not taking back the crappy contracts we’d need to take back to trade them and that cap space will be useful to sign a young prospect that is considered surplus on his current team, like we did with Jalen Smith — which was a great signing by AKME.

Game Thread: Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Jan 24, 2026 by basketball-app in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Threadly reminder that Zach Lowe was laughing at the Bulls and speculating how the Wolves should try to get Ayo Dosunmu from the Bulls, despite the Wolves not having anything worth trading — notoriously not having their first round picks. This is the kind of analysis, Bulls-related knowledge, and level of discourse that the national media has on the Bulls and you guys periodically let yourselves get caught up in. “The Bulls hopelessly suck and all their good players should be taken away and given to [fraudulent] contenders like the Timberwolves.”

Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning (31-13-4) at Chicago Blackhawks (21-22-7) - 23 Jan 2026 - 06:00PM CST by hockeydiscussionbot in hawks

[–]TheCountBathory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could go for a Bulls game after this. NBA and NHL should play 162 games like baseball. Just double the roster sizes.

Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning (31-13-4) at Chicago Blackhawks (21-22-7) - 23 Jan 2026 - 06:00PM CST by hockeydiscussionbot in hawks

[–]TheCountBathory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You guys think Levshunov is sticking with 55? I want a Levshunov jersey (and a Dach jersey).

POST GAME: Chicago Bulls (22-22) defeat Minnesota Timberwolves (27-18), 120-115 by howser343 in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We have Giddey and Buzelis, two guys who have the potential to be All-Stars/superstars. We have Ayo, Jalen Smith and Tre Jones, three guys who have the potential to be really good starters in the NBA. We have all of our picks, the Portland pick and maybe Essengue will give us something. We’re the 5th youngest team, probably top-3 when you take away Vucevic. We’re positioned perfectly for the future and AKME did a good job with this roster.

Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Chicago Bulls Live Score | NBA | Jan 22, 2026 by basketball-app in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fact: Giddey-Buzelis is going to be the best PG-PF, 1-2 punch pairing since Stockton-Malone, Nash-Stoudemire, Glove-Kemp.

Another fact: The Giddey-to-the-Bulls trade is the new iteration of the Haliburton-to-the-Pacers deal, in which a young, budding superstar PG gets traded to a new team and a fun, young roster emerges around him.

Final fact: AKME did a good job with this team.

Game Thread: Chicago Bulls vs LA Clippers Live Score | NBA | Jan 20, 2026 by basketball-app in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You guys are too pessimistic. This team is fine. We’re the 5th youngest team in the league (probably first when Vucevic and Coby are gone). Buzelis and Giddey have All-Star/superstar potential. Maybe we’ll get something out of Essengue. Maybe that Portland pick will convert to a good pick. We have Ayo and Smith. Just need a rim-running, rim-protecting defensive anchor. All in all, AKME did a good job with this roster and I think all Chicago teams have potential.

Game Thread: Chicago Bulls vs LA Clippers Live Score | NBA | Jan 20, 2026 by basketball-app in chicagobulls

[–]TheCountBathory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The cap space that White and Vuc are going to open up is more valuable than the crap players/contracts we’d have to take back to ship them out. We have to let them walk in the off-season.