Will Gottlieb

Gottlieb: LaVine's return serves as a look into the Bulls past and future - CHGO Sports Zach LaVine hadn't won four-straight until five years into his Bulls tenure. With their 4-0 start to the season, the Bulls have turned the page.

LaVine infamously wasn't part of a 4 game win streak until his 5th year in Chicago (s/o @BawlSports)

On the night he returned to the UC, the Bulls completed their 4-0 start to the season, completing a full-circle moment of moving on.

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Why the Zach LaVine trade was even better for the Bulls in retrospect Given how other teams made out with their albatross contracts, the Chicago Bulls did well in the Zach LaVine deal.

Zach LaVine is returning to the United Center tonight for the first time since being traded to the Kings

I wrote about the February trade, and how it looks even better for the Bulls in retrospect

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Billy Donovan: Matas Buzelis 'has not arrived. He just hasn't.' The Chicago Bulls might have their next star in the making in Matas Buzelis.

"He has not arrived. He just hasn't. And that's just the truth."

On Matas Buzelis and about the importance of staying driven and grounded with all the excitement surrounding the Bulls rising star

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Billy Donovan: Matas Buzelis 'has not arrived. He just hasn't.' The Chicago Bulls might have their next star in the making in Matas Buzelis.

"He has not arrived. He just hasn't. And that's just the truth."

On Matas Buzelis and about the importance of staying driven and grounded with all the excitement surrounding the Bulls rising star

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Final: Bulls 115, Pistons 111

Bulls got off to a great start on both sides, playing fast and with physicality as they hoped to. Impressively, they held off a late surge from Detroit to start the season 1-0.

Vooch: 28-14
Giddey: 19-11
Matas: 21-6

MATAS BUZELIS.

Billy Donovan says everyone except Coby and Collins are active. No other surprise additions to the injury report

Gottlieb: How Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu handled a summer of rehab and trade rumors Ayo Dosunmu knows the business of basketball, but he's not letting that get in the way of what should be his best season yet for the Chicago Bulls.

Ayo heard all the trade rumors this summer, but comes into camp in a "meditative" space, ready to enjoy every step of the process

More on his impressive mentality and the chip on his shoulder @chgo-bulls.bsky.social 👇

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CHGO Bulls Staff Roundtable: Previewing the 2025-26 season CHGO Bulls crew gives their hottest takes and season projections for the Bulls' 2025-26 campaign.

Annual @chgo-bulls.bsky.social Season Preview 🔴👀

🔸 Most excited about?
🔸 Biggest concern?
🔸 What defines success?
🔸 Hottest take?
🔸 Record and seeding prediction

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Gottlieb: How Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu handled a summer of rehab and trade rumors Ayo Dosunmu knows the business of basketball, but he's not letting that get in the way of what should be his best season yet for the Chicago Bulls.

Ayo heard all the trade rumors this summer, but comes into camp in a "meditative" space, ready to enjoy every step of the process

More on his impressive mentality and the chip on his shoulder @chgo-bulls.bsky.social 👇

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Bulls announce Coby White will be out additional two weeks due to lingering calf strain With Coby White out an additional two weeks, how will the Bulls get themselves on the right track out of the gate?

Coby White is out an additional two weeks. Billy Donovan gave some more details on the tightness he experienced after practice on Saturday

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What the preseason taught us about the Bulls' starting five - CHGO Sports "We've got to be flexible enough that we have to change starting lineups based on who we're playing against," Bulls coach Billy Donovan said.

Billy Donovan and the Bulls are bucking the "old school NBA mindset" when it comes to starting lineups

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What the preseason taught us about the Bulls starting five - CHGO Sports "We've got to be flexible enough that we have to change starting lineups based on who we're playing against," Bulls coach Billy Donovan said.

What the preseason taught us about the Bulls starting five

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Billy says the Bulls are going to have to be flexible when it comes to the starting lineup. Even when whole. He says they’ll start big tonight with Jalen Smith and Vooch.

“We have to get out of the old school NBA mindset of ‘here is my rotation, here’s when I go into the game”

Injury report, per Billy Donovan

Isaac Okoro (knee soreness) is out tonight. That’s also why he didn’t play the second half in Denver

Huerter, Jones, Phillips are all back tonight

Matas with a great first half:

— 14 points
— 4 blocks
— 6/10 FG
— 2/5 3s

Injury report via Billy Donovan

Huerter (groin), Phillips (knee) and Yuki (leg) are out tonight

Vucevic is back in the lineup

Regulars are expected to increase minutes

'Carving out a niche': How Patrick Williams is evolving entering his sixth season with Bulls - CHGO Sports Star upside is in the rearview. Patrick Williams needs to prove he can be a role player for the Chicago Bulls.

The star upside days are behind him. Now it's on Patrick Williams to carve out a niche as an NBA role player

"He knows that’s coming from within himself, and I think he really wants to do that"

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Donovan is “optimistic” that Coby White will get some minutes in the final preseason game

Vooch (rest), Huerter (groin) and Phillips (knee) will be out tonight for Bulls per Billy Donovan. Huerter and Phillips are day-to-day

Matas owns up to starting the trash talk between him and Yuki

“I lied. It was me”

Noa getting some work in with John Bryant and Austin Dufault

Gottlieb's Postgame Takeaways: Matas Buzelis shines, Noa shows flashes in Bulls preseason win Three key takeaways from the Chicago Bulls first game of the 2025-26 season.

My three takeaways from Bulls/Cavs

▪️ Young building blocks show flashes
▪️ First look at the rotation
▪️ Ayo back and still doing Ayo thing

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Yuki Dimes

Dalen Terry and Jalen Smith just wrecked Thomas Bryant on the final two plays of the game

Dalen Terry with the game saving block

Bulls win 118-117

Noa Essengue's first play is a bucket

Essengue and Yuki are in

Giddey on the bench to start the second half. Tre Jones in. All the rest of the starters are still playing.

Half: Bulls 57, Cavs 57

Bulls erase 11 point deficit after 1. 4 turnovers in the 2nd compared to 9 in the first helps, so does the shot making. Bulls now 50 FG% and +3 on made 3s over Cavs

Ayo: 12 pts 5/6 FG
Matas: 10 pts, 5 rebs