Bulls forward Isaac Okoro decided to devote part of his 2026 NBA offseason to vlogging, starting in August 2026. Okoro’s vlog themes are mostly lighthearted personal updates on how he’s spending his offseason.
From a broader Chicago Bulls perspective, Okoro posted a vlog that captured footage of him joining a plurality of his fellow Bulls teammates in Miami for an informal training camp. Warning: NSFW language
Bulls players visible in Okoro’s vlog include forward Caleb Wilson, guard Jaylin Sellers, forward Matas Buzelis, guard Norman Powell, forward Patrick Williams, guard Rob Dillingham, forward Noa Essengue, guard Tre Jones, guard Josh Giddey, forward Jalen Smith, forward Leonard Miller, and center Zach Collins.
The team-building optics of the squad that will enter Bulls training camp for the 2026-27 NBA preseason are good, and to what extent 72 hours in Miami will contribute to basketball growth, development, and (optimistically) game wins will be validated by the truth furnace that is a 94-foot court and an NBA regulation basketball.
Fools gold team bonding in Nashville
To be clear, there is value in team bonding activities, especially in scenarios like the 2026-27 Bulls in which the collective is full of new faces and unfamiliar work relationships. However, there are limitations to the effectiveness of team bonding, whether informal or, in the case of the 2023-24 edition of the Chicago Bulls, quite formal.
Imagine picking up food and DeMar, Dalen, Coby & Vooch pull up at the same time 😂
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) October 4, 2023
Episode 1 of All Access in Nashville is here 👀 pic.twitter.com/fh8BMH75Du
At the behest of the Bulls' former front office principals, Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley, the Bulls decided to hold an out-of-town training camp in Nashville, TN, to kick off their 2023-24 NBA preseason.
The vibes looked wonderful, the camaraderie appeared authentic, and fun was had. Fast forward to the first Bulls 2023-24 regular-season game against a then-ascending Oklahoma City Thunder team that dispensed basketball corporal punishment to the Bulls’ hindquarters.
All that Tennessee caring and connection that Bulls PR captured to perfection disintegrated in 48 minutes against a team that foreshadowed their trajectory towards an eventual NBA championship one season later during the 2024-25 NBA season.
National embarrassment hung on the Bulls like the stench of Arkansas hogs in slop after their 20-point loss to the Thunder was capped off by reports of a players-only meeting AFTER ONE GAME.
The Bulls’ mirage of a Nashville training camp degraded into a stark reality of a mediocre roster that finished the season with a mediocre season-ending play-in tournament loss to the Miami Heat.
Ball don’t lie
The warning to Arturas Karnisovas’ replacement, Bryson Graham, is pretty simple. If he aims to successfully turn around the fortunes of the Chicago Bulls, it will require him to prioritize building a cohesive roster full of real upside talent.
If said talent has great working relationships, plays video games, and eats burritos together, that’s all a bonus, but ultimately the Bulls won’t play better basketball until better talent is stocked up and down the Bulls’ roster.
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