Bryson Graham tried to warn everybody.
The Chicago Bulls are in a rebuild.
He also said rebuilds can be fun. Aside from Caleb Wilson, however, playing as advertised — if not better — there hasn’t been much fun going around.
Starting the season’s gauntlet, the Bulls sit at 1-7, tied for the fourth-worst record. The defense is dead last and the offense isn’t much better, ranking 28th. They have yet to put together a full 48 minutes of quality basketball that resembles Tiago Splitter‘s principles. There’s clear frustration with the losing inside the locker room and in the fanbase.
A shaky start was to be expected, but the Bulls have been historically bad. They’ve got the third-worst point differential of all time through their first eight games. Their -17.5 net rating is set to blow out the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats (7-59) and the 1992-93 Dallas Mavericks (11-71) for the worst single-season net rating in NBA history.
There are legitimate reasons for the Bulls’ struggles: a grueling stretch of the schedule, an inexperienced team feeding a rookie focal point, and a small sample size of games.
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