Bulls vs. Cavs PRESEASON game preview and open thread

Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe preseason tips off for the Chicago Bulls tonight as they embark on what should be a very interesting (dare I say exciting? we’ve been burned so much...) 2021-22 season.

This is almost completely a new team from what ended last season, with even midseason acquisition of Nikola Vucevic not playing too much with Zach LaVine due to the latter’s absences late last season.

The starting lineup will undoubtedly have Vuc and LaVine with newcomers DeMar DeRozan and Lonzo Ball. Filling in for presumed PF starter Patrick Williams will be one of several options we went over earlier in the week.

That lineup decision and the opening stint should be informative.…