Despite a disappointing 18-19 record and expectations of a rebuild, the Chicago Bulls are focused on maintaining competitiveness and building a strong team for the future. Coach Billy Donovan emphasizes the importance of integrity in competition and playing for the win, even with a potential top-10 draft pick. While acknowledging the need to improve, Donovan believes the team has players who demonstrate a strong competitive spirit and can contribute to moving forward.
The Chicago Bulls have a 18-19 record to start a season in which they were widely expected to take a step backward after letting DeMar DeRozan leave in free agency while also trading away Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey.
With Chicago owing a top-10 pick to the San Antonio Spurs this year, there had been an expectation they would keep the selection with one of the NBA's worst records. Zach LaVine has had a bounce back season even if he continues to remain on the trade block. "No one's saying to me, hey, listen, wait a second with this draft pick right now, we need to make sure, it's been always the integrity of competition and playing," Billy Donovan said,"and I appreciate that.""We don't want to be just stuck in the middle. ... Absolutely. I don't think there's any question about that," Donovan said.
"I think the building out part that we got to look at is the totality of our entire team where you're identifying guys that are going to help us maybe get out of the middle and move forward. And I do think that we do have guys on our team that, to me, emulate or model a competitiveness that I like and appreciate.
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