Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
This week, ESPN released its record predictions (paid content) for the 2021-22 regular season for teams in the Eastern Conference, including the Chicago Bulls. And the Bulls were not included in the group that most would project them to finish in next season.
These ESPN record predictions for the looming regular season were actually a much more pessimistic outlook for this team than at least 95 percent of other outlets. Head coach Billy Donovan and the Bulls should be able to have a floor of 42 or 43 wins, in a bad scenario, next season.