Chicago Bulls: 3 players ready to detonate early this season

The excitement is building up for the Chicago Bulls and second-year head coach Billy Donovan to begin the regular season on Oct. 20. On the road on the night of Oct. 20, the Bulls will tip-off the regular season slate against the Detroit Pistons. The Bulls will begin the regular season slate against a key division foe that is at a much different point in a rebuild than this team.

Donovan and the Bulls made some positive strides last season, albeit they still missed out on the postseason. The postseason streak is now up to four years since the Bulls missed out on the playoffs and the play-in tournament last season.

With the play-in tournament sticking around this season, this Bulls team is definitely good enough to break this four-year-long postseason drought. All of the new additions to the Bulls roster since the trade deadline last season should help Donovan and this staff get the team over the hump.

Chicago Bulls have a ton of reasons to be excited about the start of the regular season

And the Bulls have some momentum to carry into the regular season now. The Bulls got through the preseason unscathed, and the new core looked really good in the process. The preseason usually doesn’t mean a whole lot in terms of translating that success to the win column in the regular season. But it’s hard to ignore some of the early signs this team is showing entering the regular season.

Here’s a look into the three players ready to detonate for Donovan and the Bulls at the outset of the regular season.