Injuries tend to be an unfortunate part of the Chicago Bulls fandom. Year-after-year, the Bulls undergo key injuries that tend to keep them further and further out of playoff contention. The biggest injury to date that the Bulls are dealing with this season was dealt to the usual starting small forward Otto Porter Jr.
Similar to the nature of the injury that fourth-year shooting guard Denzel Valentine went through last season, Porter Jr. seems to keep getting his lower-body injury recovery timeline extended. Valentine wound up missing the entire of last season with a nagging ankle injury.