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Bulls 2025-26 season preview with Hardwood Knocks' Dan Favale

September 28, 2025·1 hr 23 min·6 clips

Jason Pat and Dan Favale preview another Bulls season after three straight identical, disappointing endings.

The setup is straight preseason Bulls unease. Jason Pat crosses over with Dan Favale before media day for another check-in on where Chicago actually stands. There is no glossy sell job, just a dry read on another Bulls season before the team gives anyone a reason to feel different. Kobe White becomes the main test. His current contract is so low that the CBA makes a summer extension hard to see, which leaves the Bulls staring at a bigger negotiation later. The number lives around thirty to thirty-five million. That does not sound crazy if White turns his late-season heater into a full-season level of production, but that is the whole catch. He has to do it. The conversation keeps coming back to whether White can average something like twenty-five and five on ridiculous efficiency, because that changes both his market and Chicago's ceiling. Josh Giddey is hanging over all of this too. His deal and role force the practical question: do the Bulls see him as the tentpole, White as the tentpole, or both as a long-term pair that can actually work? That is not a cosmetic question. If White gets paid like an All-Star and Giddey is already treated like a core piece, Chicago has to build a real roster around that instead of talking around it. The market comps are not filler either. Cam Thomas, restricted free agency, and Giddey's own asking price all come up as reality checks. The tone is skeptical but fair. If White plays like he did over the final couple months, the money probably follows, and Chicago is probably better than expected. The problem is the same old Bulls problem. A player-development win still has to turn into a coherent roster plan, and the hosts are not ready to hand out trust there. Even the media-day tease lands dry, with Jason expecting AK and the crew to deliver another thrilling round of Bulls explanations.

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A loose Bulls preview that centers Kobe White's next deal and Josh Giddey's future.

The Chicago Bulls stay at the center of the conversation, with media day, cap math, Kobe White's next deal, and Josh Giddey's place in the future all pulling the thread.

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