The Chicago Bulls were an almost perfectly average team last season, ending the year only two losses away from a dead-even 41-41 record. Considering the lack of moves made to fix that middling mediocrity, it should come as no surprise that the Bulls find themselves in all-too-familiar spots in the opening editions of this season's NBA power rankings.
Chicago landed in the low-to-mid 20s nearly every week during the 2024-25 campaign. Given that the team regularly hovered around the No. 9 or 10 seed in the Eastern Conference and was just good enough to crack the Play-In Tournament for the third straight year, that was often accurate
Experts around the league -- and most fans, for that matter -- apparently aren't anticipating a major move up the ladder in 2025-26.