Chicago Bulls forecast
Why the Chicago Bulls are where they are, and a rotation you can play with: move minutes, sit a player, see what changes. Updated every night.
Why Chicago is at 2% to make the playoffs
- 1-8 so far, heading for about 24 wins (17 to 32 in most of the seasons we played out).
- Plays like a team 5.0 points a game worse than average, the 5th worst rating in the league.
- 73 games left, against a schedule about as tough as anyone's.
- The rating leans most on Jalen Smith, Norman Powell and Zach Collins. Sit one of them in the rotation below to see how much he matters.
Our forecast
- Projected wins
- 24
- Playoffs
- 2%
- Title
- <1%
Move a rating or minutes, or sit a player, to see what changes.
Play with the rotation
Every player starts at the minutes he's been playing and the rating we give him. Change either one, or sit someone, and we replay the rest of the season 2,000 times.
| Player | Overall | Min/game | Out? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Wilson New this season | Overall−0.9 | 33 min | |
| Norman Powell Scoring wing | Overall+1.0 | 29 min | |
| Josh Giddey Star creator | Overall−0.2 | 27 min | |
| Matas Buzelis Scoring wing | Overall−2.6 | 25 min | |
| Jalen Smith Low-usage role player | Overall+2.1 | 23 min | |
| Tre Jones Playmaking guard | Overall−1.1 | 18 min | |
| Isaac Okoro Spot-up shooter | Overall−1.1 | 18 min | |
| Leonard Miller Low-usage role player | Overall−0.8 | 18 min | |
| Noa Essengue New this season | Overall−0.8 | 14 min | |
| Buddy Hield Spot-up shooter | Overall−1.3 | 13 min | |
| Zach Collins New this season | Overall−0.3 | 9 min | |
| End of the bench | 13 min |
Around them in the standings
The teams just above and below them in the East, by projected wins.
- Indiana30 projected wins · 11%
- Brooklyn26 projected wins · 3%
- Chicago24 projected wins · 2%
- Milwaukee24 projected wins · 2%
- Washington23 projected wins · 1%
The roster by type of player
Share of the team's minutes, by the player type each played like last season, next to the league average.
- Star creator
- Playmaking guard
- Scoring wing
- Spot-up shooter
- Low-usage role player
- Rim-running big
- Interior big
- New this season
Pick the rest of the games yourself in the playoff predictor
How the forecast works, and how often it's right
Sitting a player hands his minutes to the rest of the rotation; moving minutes yourself takes them from, or gives them to, the end of the bench. The team's rating follows who plays the minutes. Ratings and player types are ours, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.