What the Chicago Bulls can do this offseason
- ›Can add an outside free agent up to $9.4M via the Room MLE.
- ›Operated under the cap this July, so the non-taxpayer MLE and bi-annual exception are dead for the season (Art. VII §6(n)).
- ›Draft capital: 8 extra incoming picks, owes 1.
CapTax1A2A
Room MLE$9.4MMinimum$3.9M
Projected record
31-51
Projected net rating
-5.0
Current baseline
31 wins · -5.0 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B-
53
Defense
C+
51
Spacing
B-
54
Playmaking
D+
35
Rim protection
B
58
Perimeter D
B-
55
Rebounding
B-
53
Connectors +0.8Spacing +0.5Defensive core +0.3Thin playmaking -0.8
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
59Josh GiddeyST24y32m
54Tre Jones27y16m
SGShooting
55Norman PowellST33y30m
54Tre Jones27y11m
45Dailyn Swain20y5m
43Isaac Okoro26y3m
SFSmall F
47Matas BuzelisST22y26m
48Leonard Miller23y16m
45Dailyn Swain20y6m
PFPower F
47Caleb WilsonST20y23m
47Matas Buzelis22y3m
49Zach Collins29y18m
50Noa Essengue20y3m
CCenter
53Nic ClaxtonST27y27m
54Jalen Smith26y21m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
39Patrick Williams35Rob Dillingham
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (14)
59PGJosh Giddey$25.0M
53CNic Claxton$23.1M
55SGNorman PowellNO-TRADE$21.2M
39PFPatrick Williams$18.0M
43SGIsaac Okoro$11.8M
47PFCaleb WilsonNO-TRADE$10.7M
54CJalen Smith$9.4M
49CZach Collins$8.3M
54PGTre Jones$8.0M
35PGRob Dillingham$6.9M
47PFMatas Buzelis$5.7M
50PFNoa Essengue$5.7M
45SFDailyn SwainNO-TRADE$5.0M
48SFLeonard Miller$2.4M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 kept’28 kept’29 kept’30 kept’31 kept’32 kept
Incoming picks & swap rights
’27 2nd · from CLE’28 2nd · swap most’29 2nd · from DET’30 2nd · swap more’31 2nd · from DEN’31 2nd · from MIN’31 2nd · from NYK’32 2nd · from HOU
Full ledger — 8 in, 1 out
in 2027 — second round draft pick from Cleveland
in 2028 — second round draft pick from Indiana or Phoenix (most favorable of these and Chicago, Chicago outgoing to Indiana)
in 2029 — second round draft pick from Detroit, Milwaukee or New York (least favorable)
in 2030 — second round draft pick from Indiana (swap, Chicago outgoing)
in 2031 — second round draft pick from Denver
in 2031 — second round draft pick from Minnesota or Golden State (more favorable)
in 2031 — second round draft pick from New York
in 2032 — second round draft pick from Houston or Phoenix (more favorable)
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Dallas