Bulls projected to win 32.5 games

[BullsSD]

Fanduel only predicting 30.5 currently FYI

Over seems free as soon as they sign Giddey. They aren't gonna tank.

Just laid $120 on the -120. Hate tying up my Fanduel money for dang near a whole year, but I agree. If we don't hit 31 wins next year, we either got decimated with injuries or the train came off the tracks.

[waffle]

I'd prob take the over? But not with tons of confidence

[DuckIII]

Given the historically bad - almost certainly the all time worst - state of the Eastern Conference next year, I'm taking the over.

I also think the national media and odds makers might be sleeping a little on Matas 2.0. I think we could see a very large leap this year with him. To me, in the SL, he looked like a brand new player.

[meekrab]

Given the historically bad - almost certainly the all time worst - state of the Eastern Conference next year, I'm taking the over.

I also think the national media and odds makers might be sleeping a little on Matas 2.0. I think we could see a very large leap this year with him. To me, in the SL, he looked like a brand new player.

And that was him brushing off the rust. With teammates who will never sniff the league.

[DuckIII]

Given the historically bad - almost certainly the all time worst - state of the Eastern Conference next year, I'm taking the over.

I also think the national media and odds makers might be sleeping a little on Matas 2.0. I think we could see a very large leap this year with him. To me, in the SL, he looked like a brand new player.

And that was him brushing off the rust. With teammates who will never sniff the league.

And against bums. But still, the difference in his handle, moves and strength were evident.

[dougthonus]

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

[dpucane]

They’ll win 39 and AK will talk about this 32 win projection as a success metric

[CROBulls]

They are actually 32 win team on paper in theory. But we all know what happens every year at the end of season. Bad teams start to tank, good teams start to rest key players before playoffs and only team playing hard is Bulls. And then you get 5-7 fake wins. And move from 6th-7th spot in lottery to 11th and 12th.

And AKME goes YAY!

[Red8911]

Bulls finished the last 20 games of the season 14-6. Call it luck,call it whatever you want but this team was balling,except the Miami play in game.They totally fkd that up.

There’s no reason to believe that they won’t play like this again and build on last season. This is a young team that’s getting better and better. Need Giddey to re sign first obviously, he’s a big part of this.

[Hold That]

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.

[DuckIII]

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.

Conferences matter, divisions don’t. The East got worse.

[El Ridda]

What was the over under going into last year?

[GoBlue72391]

We're not gonna be good, but we're not gonna be bad either. The last three years we've won 39, 39, and 40. I'd expect another season right around that mark.

[NZB2323]

I’m usually here to temper expectations, but 33 wins seems very doable.

[NZB2323]

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.

Haliburton is out for the year and they lost Turner. Plus we play against the other teams in the East. 33 is not a lot of wins.

[DrModesty]

I feel like the 'East got weaker' stuff applies to every other team more than Chicago.

Teams that were out of Chicago's league got worse, but not to the point where they are clearly worse than the Bulls. In fact most would pick Boston, Pacers, Bucks to finish ahead of them next year.

On the other hand the teams around Chicago all got better. Atlanta is better. Orlando is better. Toronto is better. Philadelphia will be better even if PG13 and Embiid are injured again. Charlotte is worse than Chicago, but they have been destroyed by injuries for several years in a row. If they are healthy for once they might be on the Bulls level. Miami is the only question mark, and they got Powell for free, Bam had his worst year since he became a guy, and they can put the toxic Butler situation behind them properly. They will also be looking at Ware to make a leap like Chicago is looking at Matas.

Plus the Bulls were more healthy than most teams last year as far as they primary players are concerned (Lavine, Giddey, Coby). The guys who came over in the Lavine trade also played close to career best too, when on other lottery teams they fell down the pecking order over time. I doubt Giddey has a regression year given the first half of the season, but I can definitely see a shooting regression coming. Coby, who knows. These guys are going to go in to the season as the guys that actually got scouted against this time. Matas too, to an extent.

The Bulls made a low level addition in Okoro (Who is worse than Lonzo, but healthier). They picked a raw 18 year old project in the draft. Vuc is another year older. A huge number of guys playing for contracts, and not necessarily with the Bulls.

This does have the makings of a 30-33 win team.

[coldfish]

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.

How is Indiana better? They might win 20 less games next year.

[dougthonus]

I feel like the 'East got weaker' stuff applies to every other team more than Chicago.

Teams that were out of Chicago's league got worse, but not to the point where they are clearly worse than the Bulls. In fact most would pick Boston, Pacers, Bucks to finish ahead of them next year.

On the other hand the teams around Chicago all got better. Atlanta is better. Orlando is better. Toronto is better. Philadelphia will be better even if PG13 and Embiid are injured again. Charlotte is worse than Chicago, but they have been destroyed by injuries for several years in a row. If they are healthy for once they might be on the Bulls level. Miami is the only question mark, and they got Powell for free, Bam had his worst year since he became a guy, and they can put the toxic Butler situation behind them properly. They will also be looking at Ware to make a leap like Chicago is looking at Matas.

Plus the Bulls were more healthy than most teams last year as far as they primary players are concerned (Lavine, Giddey, Coby). The guys who came over in the Lavine trade also played close to career best too, when on other lottery teams they fell down the pecking order over time. I doubt Giddey has a regression year given the first half of the season, but I can definitely see a shooting regression coming. Coby, who knows. These guys are going to go in to the season as the guys that actually got scouted against this time. Matas too, to an extent.

The Bulls made a low level addition in Okoro (Who is worse than Lonzo, but healthier). They picked a raw 18 year old project in the draft. Vuc is another year older. A huge number of guys playing for contracts, and not necessarily with the Bulls.

This does have the makings of a 30-33 win team.

If we have the makings of a 30-33 win team, then we should be forcing Josh Giddey out, selling Ayo, Coby, and literally everyone except Matas/Noa for anything we can get.

[FriedRise]

Easy bet on the over. This is a 39-40 win team. How do I know? Because that is who they are regardless of personnel.

They got rid of 3 of their best players and still ended up with the same record. These guys will never give up nor will they throw games unlike some of these other teams trying to race to the bottom. They'll win every single one of those games, including games against better teams who are sitting their best players due to rest, injury, etc., or teams who'll hand them the W because they don't feel like sprinting against these Bulls all night long.

Now if you ask me if we can survive Miami in the play-in, that I wouldn't be so confident about.

[BullsSD]

If we have the makings of a 30-33 win team, then we should be forcing Josh Giddey out, selling Ayo, Coby, and literally everyone except Matas/Noa for anything we can get.

We are better than that. Barring Giddey/Coby injuries, I'd be shocked if we are under 38 wins this year.