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Chicago Bulls: Let the tank begin with the 2017-18 season preview

By Michael Whitlow

NEW YORK - JUNE 21: NBA Draft Prospect, Lauri Markkanen speaks to the media during media availability as part of the 2017 NBA Draft on June 21, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK - JUNE 21: NBA Draft Prospect, Lauri Markkanen speaks to the media during media availability as part of the 2017 NBA Draft on June 21, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Here’s the 2017-18 season preview of the Chicago Bulls. It’s going to be a long year, folks.

The Chicago Bulls have been in the National Basketball Association for over 50 seasons and it’s safe to say that this is going to be one of their worst seasons ever.

This season may not be as ugly as those 1999-2002 seasons that saw the Bulls win no more than 21 games and one of those seasons was shortened due to a league lockout. That’s how bad it was and that’s how bad it might be this season.

It’s no secret that the Bulls have arguably the league’s worst roster. They traded away their best player in Jimmy Butler, a legitimate top-15 player in the NBA today, and wanted to start fresh with a clean slate in Chicago.

So, it’s truly the dawning of a new day for the Bulls. They traded Butler for Zach LaVine, one of the league’s younger and more promising offensive talents, but he’s coming off a serious knee injury that’s going to hold him out through the start of the season.

Kris Dunn was also included in the package for Butler from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Dunn was high on the Bulls’ draft board last summer, but had a disappointing rookie campaign under former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau and he’ll also get a fresh start in Chicago.

The final piece to the trade puzzle was Lauri Markkanen, who turned out to the be the No. 7 overall pick in this year’s draft thanks to the Butler trade. Although Markkanen struggled during his appearances in the Las Vegas Summer League, he flourished for Finland in EuroBasket 2017 this month.

We’ll get into these three and much more in the 2017-18 Chicago Bulls preview here at Pippen Ain’t Easy.

Table of Contents

  • Next page: Who to follow on social media this season in the Bulls community
  • Page 3: The current Bulls depth chart
  • Page 4: Lauri Markkanen: “The Finnisher” or fraud?
  • Page 5: This is big for Fred Hoiberg
  • Page 6: It’s going to be bad for a while
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