Bulls projected to win 32.5 games

[drosestruts]

We won 39 games and hard to imagine why we'd be worse at all, let alone significantly worse

Everyone in our division got better and we didn’t.

Pacers - lost Haliburton and Turner

Cavs - probably the same

Bucks - added Turner and Cole Anthony, lost Dame and Lopez. Still have Giannis. Same at best, possibly worse.

Pistons - added Caris LeVert and Duncan Robinson. Lost Beasley (guess he's technically still available). Probably worse. Beasley had a career year and his shooting was very important for them.


So ummm, not that Divisions matter all that much, but I don't think your statement is true at all.

[panthermark]

Man, I'm not a gambler, but the over feels like an automatic to me. I'd definitely stick that in a parlay.

I don't gamble myself, but that seems like easy money. I don't know what a parlay is, but I guess I should look into fandual. Do they take Paypal? $100 bet possible?

[cocktailswith_2short]

I actually think we're going to be pretty bad this year some of you guys going to lose some greenbacks.

[cocktailswith_2short]

Doubled up my bad

[coldfish]

I actually think we're going to be pretty bad this year some of you guys going to lose some greenbacks.

I'm generally pretty negative about the direction of the Bulls but I agree with others that the team looks to be young and healthy and also big/athletic in a historically weak eastern conference. I think they will scrounge their way to 35 or more wins. A few injuries could really be a problem but outside of that I think that the over here is the way to go and I don't normally say that.

[dougthonus]

Man, I'm not a gambler, but the over feels like an automatic to me. I'd definitely stick that in a parlay.

I don't gamble myself, but that seems like easy money. I don't know what a parlay is, but I guess I should look into fandual. Do they take Paypal? $100 bet possible?

A parlay is when you layer multiple bets, and they all have to hit, but they boost the odds. You try and get 3 locks and a payout much larger than they'd normally do. I also don't gamble, but apparently hang out with a lot of gamblers

[kodo]

We won 39 games and hard to imagine why we'd be worse at all, let alone significantly worse

Everyone in our division got better and we didn’t.

Pacers - lost Haliburton and Turner

Cavs - probably the same

Bucks - added Turner and Cole Anthony, lost Dame and Lopez. Still have Giannis. Same at best, possibly worse.

Pistons - added Caris LeVert and Duncan Robinson. Lost Beasley (guess he's technically still available). Probably worse. Beasley had a career year and his shooting was very important for them.

So ummm, not that Divisions matter all that much, but I don't think your statement is true at all.

Yeah Boston & Indiana but got much worse and fans of both teams want them to tank for the draft. If they do that, they'll be in the 20s/30s.

I think the craziest thing is that Vegas has Toronto, who were 9 games behind us, 5 games ahead of us. So Brandon Ingram is worth 14 wins, apparently he's the next Donovan Mitchell.

And the "everyone got better" reasoning didn't seem to result in Miami getting lower odds. They did nothing, were at 37 wins, and are predicted at 37 wins. One line has them at 40. So Vegas thinks the East got a little worse (which is true IMO).

[vxmike]

Not sure how a better team in a worse conference wins less games but ok...

Better? How exactly did the team improve? The East did get a lot worse I’ll give you that.

[_txchilibowl_]

Not sure how a better team in a worse conference wins less games but ok...

Better? How exactly did the team improve? The East did get a lot worse I’ll give you that.

Internal growth. Team cohesion. Young players being more experienced and having a better understanding of the system we're running. I think all of these factors will lead to better basketball being played.

[CROBulls]

Not sure how a better team in a worse conference wins less games but ok...

Better? How exactly did the team improve? The East did get a lot worse I’ll give you that.

Internal growth. Team cohesion. Young players being more experienced and having a better understanding of the system we're running. I think all of these factors will lead to better basketball being played.

Not for Bulls.

[SfBull]

I feel like ~30 wins is the only scenario I can't see.

You could tell me the Bulls win 50 games and I'd believe you because maybe:
- The leap we saw from Giddey and/or Coby was real last year.
- Matas wins MIP
- All our sort of shooters (Pat, Ayo, Okoro, Giddey, Vooch, Smith, etc) all have good good shooting seasons.

You could tell me the Bulls win 25 games and I'd believe you because maybe:
- Coby remains inconsistent.
- Giddey can't shoot or defend
- Matas is meh
- The Bulls tank hard after the first 30ish games.

Not happening