We’ve come to the point in 2022 free agency that takes hold sometime after every NBA transaction period begins: the Bulls not doing much of anything, and the delusional rationalizing that they’re just saving up for some big move.
The new-ish AKME regime has surprised us in the past. There was the 2021 trade deadline, and then the 2021 offseason, where the Bulls both struck decisively fast and also were creative late in the process.
But after the Lauri Markkanen trade, which was another use of creativity but also the first ominous signal that they are operating in a stay-under-the-tax payroll budget, it’s been this dynamic where we are expecting similar creativity, holding out hope that something is being worked on, but ultimately very little comes up.