There are still a few weeks left in the NBA regular season. But it's safe to assume that the Chicago Bulls are still rebuilding. A series of trades that shook up the franchise during the trade deadline speaks to this.
As a result, the Bulls are stuck with a young roster and uncertainty about who will stay or go. This especially applies to Collin Sexton, Nick Richards, Anfernee Simmons, Jaden Ivey, Leonard Miller and Rob Dillingham.
Additionally, head coach Billy Donovan is as forthright as ever when talking about Chicago's future. According to Sports Illustrated's Elias Schuster, this also includes questions about his future with the franchise.
Before the Bulls took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday, Donovan talked about the future.
"I think we'll do what we've always done - sit out the end of the year," he said. "We talk about the team every day and obviously the biggest challenge for us has been injuries and things we've gone through since the trade deadline. But just trying to get these new people together - playing together - [is] Where all our focus has been. The decisions you're talking about are decisions that are probably going to be made during the draft, during free agency, those things. So, I think you should look at the team. Certainly, there are people whose contracts are expiring – there are people whose contracts are restricted – so there's probably a lot of decisions that have to be made, but we haven't really talked about those decisions at all at this point.
Currently, the Bulls are 28-41 and in 12th place in the Eastern Conference.
