Wasted season unless they get really lucky with the lottery.

Nomination denied. Markkanen and Portis are good players, young, healthy, and played really well tonight. NBA already warned them about obvious tanking and they shut down Dunn and Lavine for the season. Not much you can do about a game like tonight where your two best guys only play half the game but play great enough to win against another shit team anyway.

But yeah I agree the organization is pretty fucked in general.

How do the bulls get warned for tanking when almost a third of the league is actively trying to lose?

Sure seems like they win a lot more games when Levine doesn't play.

Google it. It’s been covered here and other places multiple times.

How do you mess up a tank so terribly?

I don't see it with Dunn. A point guard who can't shoot. This is a core piece?

Of course. He's clearly the best player on the team and will carry the franchise for the next 10-15 years.

Wasted season unless they get really lucky with the lottery.

I don't need to google it. It is total bullshit by the league. There are 8 teams that are actively trying to lose whether due to "resting" guys or sitting starters in crunch time.

Yeah my favorite part of this is the fact that they've been doing this with Lavine and Dunn on the bench. Maybe the Bulls would have been better at maximizing their chances at losing games if they had played these 2 huge core pieces for their future, as the presence of both and their poor shot selection had previously kept Markannen from going off as much when they did play.

Wait, I thought they won the Butler trade ?

Well, the draft is in Chicago, so maybe they'll freeze the right envelope.

The draft is in New York. The lottery is in Chicago. It’s not inconceivable a team slotted 6th or 7th moves into the top 3. It’s happened before. They “randomly” draw the first 3 picks. Anybody can get into the top 3. The Kings were slotted 8th last year and got the 3rd pick (traded down later).

I think they need to consider walking away from Lavine. He isn't a scorer you depend on. He isn't a winning basketball player. Lauri and Dunn seem to have much more potential, and you need to build around them, and then find a good scoring option in free agency.

Google it. It’s been covered here and other places multiple times.

Yeah my favorite part of this is the fact that they've been doing this with Lavine and Dunn on the bench. Maybe the Bulls would have been better at maximizing their chances at losing games if they had played these 2 huge core pieces for their future, as the presence of both and their poor shot selection had previously kept Markannen from going off as much when they did play.

They sat healthy players like Lopez out of the break. The NBA said you can't do that.

Popovich has been doing it for years.

I think they need to consider walking away from Lavine. He isn't a scorer you depend on. He isn't a winning basketball player. Lauri and Dunn seem to have much more potential, and you need to build around them, and then find a good scoring option in free agency.