2023–24 Chicago Bulls season

The 2023–24 Chicago Bulls season is the 58th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2023–24 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Billy Donovan
General manager	Marc Eversley
President	Artūras Karnišovas (vice)
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	0–0
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Chicago
Radio	WLS WSCR
< 2022–23 2024–25 >

Draft

Main article: 2023 NBA draft

The Bulls entered this draft with 1 draft pick.^[1] They initially had a second round pick, but it was forfeited due to tampering violations with respect to free agency.

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 2 Ball, Lonzo   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-10-27 UCLA F 17 Bitim, Onuralp (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-03-31 Huntington Prep (WV) G 5 Carter, Jevon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-09-14 West Virginia G 6 Caruso, Alex 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1994-02-28 Texas A&M F 13 Craig, Torrey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1990-12-19 USC Upstate F 11 DeRozan, DeMar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989-08-07 USC G 12 Dosunmu, Ayo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-01-17 Illinois C 3 Drummond, Andre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 279 lb (127 kg) 1993-08-10 Connecticut G/F 8 LaVine, Zach 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-03-10 UCLA F 34 Lewis, Justin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 2002-04-12 Marquette F 15 Phillips, Julian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 2003-11-05 Tennessee F 21 Sanogo, Adama (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 2002-02-12 Connecticut F 32 Taylor, Terry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1999-09-23 Austin Peay G/F 25 Terry, Dalen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2002-07-12 Arizona C 9 Vučević, Nikola 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1990-10-24 USC G 0 White, Coby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-02-16 North Carolina F 44 Williams, Patrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-08-26 Florida State	Head coach Billy Donovan Assistant coach(es) John Bryant Maurice Cheeks Damian Cotter Chris Fleming Josh Longstaff Billy Schmidt Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player   Injured Roster Last transaction: October 20, 2023

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Indiana Pacers	1	0	1.000	–	1–0	0–0	0–0	1
Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0	1.000	–	0–0	1–0	0–0	1
Milwaukee Bucks	1	0	1.000	–	1–0	0–0	0–0	1
Detroit Pistons	0	1	.000	1.0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1
Chicago Bulls	0	1	.000	1.0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Indiana Pacers *	1	0	1.000	–	1
2	Charlotte Hornets *	1	0	1.000	–	1
3	Boston Celtics *	1	0	1.000	–	1
4	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0	1.000	–	1
5	Miami Heat	1	0	1.000	–	1
6	Milwaukee Bucks	1	0	1.000	–	1
7	Orlando Magic	1	0	1.000	–	1
8	Toronto Raptors	1	0	1.000	–	1
9	Brooklyn Nets	0	1	.000	1.0	1
10	Detroit Pistons	0	1	.000	1.0	1
11	Philadelphia 76ers	0	1	.000	1.0	1
12	New York Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0	1
13	Atlanta Hawks	0	1	.000	1.0	1
14	Washington Wizards	0	1	.000	1.0	1
15	Chicago Bulls	0	1	.000	1.0	1

Game log

Preseason

2023 preseason game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
Preseason: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 8 @ Milwaukee L 102–105 Coby White (14) Andre Drummond (9) Coby White (6) Fiserv Forum 15,433 0–1 2 October 12 Denver W 133–124 (2OT) DeMar DeRozan (19) Andre Drummond (13) Carter, Taylor, White (4) United Center 19,975 1–1 3 October 15 @ Denver L 102–116 White, Williams (20) Andre Drummond (10) Ayo Dosunmu (7) Ball Arena 17,286 1–2 4 October 17 Toronto L 102–106 Zach LaVine (25) Andre Drummond (13) DeMar DeRozan (5) United Center 15,815 1–3 5 October 19 Minnesota L 105–114 Nikola Vučević (21) Nikola Vučević (10) Caruso, DeRozan, Vučević (4) United Center 18,754 1–4
2023–24 preseason schedule

Regular season

2023–24 game log Total: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 25 Oklahoma City L 104–124 DeMar DeRozan (20) Nikola Vučević (9) Vučević, White, Williams (4) United Center 21,369 0–1 2 October 27 Toronto United Center 3 October 28 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 4 October 30 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
November: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 1 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 6 November 3 Brooklyn United Center 7 November 4 @ Denver Ball Arena 8 November 6 Utah United Center 9 November 8 Phoenix United Center 10 November 12 Detroit United Center 11 November 13 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 12 November 15 Orlando United Center 13 November 17 Orlando United Center 14 November 18 Miami United Center 15 November 20 Miami United Center 16 November 22 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center 17 November 24 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 18 November 26 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 19 November 28 @ Boston TD Garden 20 November 30 Milwaukee United Center
December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 2 New Orleans United Center 22 December 23 December 24 December 11 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 25 December 12 Denver United Center 26 December 14 @ Miami Kaseya Center 27 December 16 @ Miami Kaseya Center 28 December 18 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 29 December 20 L.A. Lakers United Center 30 December 21 San Antonio United Center 31 December 23 Cleveland United Center 32 December 26 Atlanta United Center 33 December 28 Indiana United Center 34 December 30 Philadelphia United Center
January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 35 January 2 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 36 January 3 @ New York Madison Square Garden 37 January 5 Charlotte United Center 38 January 8 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 39 January 10 Houston United Center 40 January 12 Golden State United Center 41 January 13 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 42 January 15 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 43 January 18 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 44 January 20 Memphis United Center 45 January 22 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 46 January 25 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena 47 January 28 @ Portland Moda Center 48 January 30 Toronto United Center 49 January 31 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 50 February 3 Sacramento United Center 51 February 6 Minnesota United Center 52 February 8 @ Memphis FedExForum 53 February 10 @ Orlando Amway Center 54 February 12 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena 55 February 14 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 56 February 22 Boston United Center 57 February 25 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 58 February 27 Detroit United Center 59 February 28 Cleveland United Center
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Milwaukee United Center 61 March 4 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 62 March 6 @ Utah Delta Center 63 March 7 @ Golden State Chase Center 64 March 9 @ L.A. Clippers Crypto.com Arena 65 March 11 Dallas United Center 66 March 13 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 67 March 14 L.A. Clippers United Center 68 March 16 Washington United Center 69 March 18 Portland United Center 70 March 21 @ Houston Toyota Center 71 March 23 Boston United Center 72 March 25 Washington United Center 73 March 27 Indiana United Center 74 March 29 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 75 March 31 @ Minnesota Target Center
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 Atlanta United Center 77 April 5 New York United Center 78 April 7 @ Orlando Amway Center 79 April 9 New York United Center 80 April 11 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 81 April 12 @ Washington Capital One Arena 82 April 14 @ New York Madison Square Garden
2023–24 season schedule

In-Season Tournament

Main article: 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament

This will be the first regular season where all the NBA teams will compete in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.^[2][3] During the in-season tournament period, the Bulls will compete in Group C of the Eastern Conference, which will include the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors, and Orlando Magic.

East Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Boston Celtics	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brooklyn Nets	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	Toronto Raptors	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chicago Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Orlando Magic	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: November 3, 2023. Source: NBA

Transactions

Main article: List of 2023–24 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 28, 2023^[4]

To Chicago Bulls Draft rights to Julian Phillips (No. 35)

To Washington Wizards 2026 CHI second-round pick 2027 CHI second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
June 28	Nikola Vučević	^[5]
June 30	Coby White	^[6]
July 21	Ayo Dosunmu	^[7]

Additions

Date	Player	Former Team	Ref.
June 26	Adama Sanogo	UConn Huskies	^[8]
June 30	Jevon Carter	Milwaukee Bucks	^[9]
July 3	Torrey Craig	Phoenix Suns	^[10]
July 21	Onuralp Bitim	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	^[11]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New Team	Ref.
July 1	Patrick Beverley	Free agency	Philadelphia 76ers	^[12]
July 6	Marko Simonović	Waived	Crvena Zvezda	^[13]

References

1. "2023 NBA Draft: Complete 1-58 order of picks". NBA.com. June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
2. "NBA officially unveils format, groups for new in-season tournament". ESPN. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
3. "In-Season Tournament 101: Rules, format and how it works". National Basketball Association. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
4. "Wizards Acquire two Future Second-Round Picks". www.nba.com. June 28, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
5. "Agents: Bulls, Nikola Vucevic reach 3-year, $60M extension". www.espn.com. June 28, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
6. "Bulls brings back Coby White, add Jevon Carter on 3-year deals". www.espn.com. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
7. "Bulls, Ayo Dosunmu agree to three-year, $21M deal". www.espn.com. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
8. "Chicago Bulls sign big man Adama Sanogo to two-way contract". www.si.com. June 26, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
9. "Bulls sign Jevon Carter". www.nba.com. July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
10. "Sources: Torrey Craig agrees to two-year deal with Bulls". www.espn.com. July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
11. "Bulls sign Turkish sharpshooter to two-way contract". www.nbcsportschicago.com. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
12. "Patrick Beverley, 11-Year NBA Veteran, Signs with Sixers". www.nba.com. July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
13. "Marko Simonovic signs with Crvena Zvezda". www.eurohoops.net. July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.