It is fair to say at this point that the Chicago Bulls aren’t contenders, but they could play spoiler to one of them in the playoffs because of an interesting quirk.
Their starting lineup of Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Mike Dunleavy, Taj Gibson and Pau Gasol is now 2-0, and that was the group slated to start in the offseason. A badly timed back injury by Dunleavy kept this team from playing together for a while, and you can tell head coach Fred Hoiberg is pleased about the way things have progressed with that lineup.