The Bulls now have just over three weeks and 13 regular-season games left to try and really sell the product.
Not just to the fan base – many of whom have likely made up their mind one way or the other – but to their own locker room.
The current payroll the front office is working with is just under $129 million. Next season, it drops to $96.3 million, as they shed some long-awaited payroll. Yes, that means finally getting out from under a Cristiano Felicio deal gone very wrong since the day the old regime handed the reserve big man the four-year, $32-million deal after the 2017 season.