Chicago Bulls: 3 players that should be first to go if the core is blown up

Chicago Bulls fans shouldn’t press the panic button anytime soon on this season, but there are some around the media landscape already doing so.

The idea that the Chicago Bulls in some form or fashion should go ahead and think about blowing up their young core just because of one bad showing in a regular season opener is pretty mistaken. One Bleacher Report writer, Dan Favale, did mention in his early regular season overreactions in a piece earlier in the week that the “Bulls should break up” following their Dec. 23 loss.

At the United Center at home on Dec. 23, the Bulls did not show out well in an eventual convincing 124-104 loss to star point guard Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. The Bulls do have a shot to turn this problem around rather quickly, when they get the 1-0 divisional foe Indiana Pacers at home at the United Center on Dec. 26, with tip off time set for 7 p.m. CT.

Panic is not something that should creep in for the Bulls fan base anytime soon if the main concern is growing pains for this rebuild in its fourth year. It will take time for the scheme of first-year head coach Billy Donovan and any alterations made by newly hired executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas to take hold.

Nonetheless, question marks will naturally continue to emerge if the Bulls young core doesn’t improve soon. Fans will continue to ask questions about where to go from here if the Bulls struggles don’t go away. The new front office regime will need to remain patient, as will the coaching staff.

There is always the chance that Karnisovas finds it is the best move to move out some portion of the young core by the time the trade deadline arrives this season.

On the subject of the Bulls moving out any key pieces of the young core, or just the most important part of the rotation, this season, who should be the first to go in a trade?