To the surprise of no one outside the Chicago Bulls‘ front office, the storied ball club found itself ignominiously included in another article highlighting the biggest regrets of the 2024 NBA trade deadline. Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley has the Bulls on the list for “dozing off (again) before the deadline” after Chicago held on for the third straight deadline.
“This group sits at the peak of mediocrity, and given the number of veterans in the rotation, it’s hard to imagine the ceiling being even higher,” Buckley wrote. “That’s why this front office’s unwavering commitment to this core is so confusing to outside observers, who have long called for the club to blow up the roster and start over.”
“Chicago had a winning percentage of .471 at the time of the trade deadline,” notes analyst B/R. “His win rate after the deadline is .526, which is better but still far from championship contention.”
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“Most franchises try to avoid the NBA middle class like the plague,” he wrote. “The Bulls, on the other hand, are busy drawing up training plans for all the mileage they apparently intend to cover on the treadmill of mediocrity.”
“This was Chicago’s (last) opportunity to choose a direction, either preparing for a playoff run or offloading win-now talent for win-win assets later. Instead, the Bulls never looked back and simply plowed into this fork in the road. Again.”
