Throughout the offseason, there was a lot of buildup around what executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley could do for the Chicago Bulls to continue reshaping the roster. And they sure did a lot of work to put this rotation, especially the projected starting five, in a win now mode that could easily help the Bulls snap the four-year-long postseason drought.
Some of the bigger moves that the Bulls made this offseason included two marquee sign-and-trade deals, a few key free agent signings in the first week of the negotiation window, and a busy week earlier this month to add depth to the Training Camp/preseason roster.
The two sign-and-trade deals netted the Bulls former New Orleans Pelicans point guard and restricted free agent Lonzo Ball and former San Antonio Spurs star shooting guard/forward DeMar DeRozan. But landing Lonzo and DeRozan definitely came at a cost for the Bulls.
Chicago Bulls look to make good use out of all of the new weapons in this rotation
Those two acquisitions will help to form nearly half of this rejuvenated starting five. Another key piece of the starting unit, star center Nikola Vucevic, was brought in at the trade deadline.
This all comes together to form a starting unit that will likely consist of Lonzo at the one, star shooting guard Zach LaVine at the two, some combination of Patrick Williams and DeRozan at the three and four, and then Vooch at the five.
Head coach Billy Donovan not only has an injection of talent that will help to boost the results from his starting five next season, but the bench could also be better. Karnisovas and the Bulls also went out to upgrade the bench in a way that should also help the push to snap the postseason drought.
Here’s a look into three of the new acquisitions for the Bulls this summer that will help to elevate the bench next season.