The Bulls Get Outrebounded & Outworked In Loss To Pelicans
Chicago Bulls unravel against the New Orleans Pelicans, exposing an alarming lack of effort and team chemistry. What’s behind Chicago’s struggle to win close games despite having talent like Nikola Vucevic, Patrick Williams, and Ayo Dosunmu? Haize and Pat the Designer spotlight the Bulls’ rebounding woes, Modestas Kanter’s defensive liabilities, and the squad’s apparent disinterest in getting “their hands dirty” on both ends of the court.
The hosts question whether Billy Donovan’s voice still matters in the locker room and discuss his bold moves—like starting Patrick Williams at center—in a bid to spark change. Key talking points include the Bulls’ NBA-worst margin on the boards, second-chance points surrendered, and whether young bigs like Noah Essengue or Lachlan Olbrich deserve more minutes. Can Chicago rediscover its grit and salvage playoff hopes, or is this the start of a deeper crisis?
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21 Comments
They need to stop letting the refs dictate their effort
Bulls need a superstar to be good.
Coby White dribbled the ball off his foot like PWill, plus other stupid turnovers under pressure
I didn't like Pat Williams starting. I think Jalen should've started the game
We need to restart the boycott movement. We don’t need different players, we don’t need a different coach. We need a complete rebuild across the board from management down. Obviously we can’t change ownership but we are the people that make this franchise function and we have power if we work together #NoSeatsNoExcuses!!!!!
Guys, y’all know what the problem is. OUR Bulls team have too many white guys on the team…. ONLY Matas is Athletic………
Try to get number one pick and get 7 foot center
They need a Pookie or RayRay on this team. 😅
There’s no super star , what do you expect, there is so much money to spend and they are sitting not doing anything
The game actually started with Josh on Queen and Pat on Zion and Matas was guarding Tre Murphy and based off of the size that wasn't a bad start to the game and we saw the Pelicans use the first time out but after that it went downhill fast. But again that was just the first few minutes of the game and then throughout the game they were switching defensive matchups and then they were also switching where they would get stuck on certain guys as well but overall what I saw was lack of chemistry and communication and everything last night on defense and unfortunately the boxing out was terrible again and it's not just one guy but Coby specifically has to box out better he didnt at least twice and NO scored both times giddey also gave up 2 rebs thats 4 of the 22 off rebs and that's just the ones that I remember
Starting PW over Jalen Smith and Smith playing 1 less minute than him even though he out played PW is a great start to point the finger at Billy Donovan for this loss
It seems matas just want his 19ppg, once he gets it he feels his mission is complete
It's crazy how in the modern NBA "the most highly skilled players ever" can't dribble, cut to the basket, box out, hold on to a rebound or play in that magical area between the paint and the 3 point line. It's become an ugly game and so hard to watch.
Bulls are playing scared 😲
We could definitely use Zach. I think he could be a big spark the team needs. He’s had great chemistry with Giddey
LIKE WHAT I SAID REPLACE BILLY DONAVAN….GET A GOOD BIG CENTER PLAYER WHO CAN OFFENSIVE REBOUND AND DEFENSE…
I AGREE WITH HIM 100 PERCENT..THESE BULLS PLAYERS THEY DONT PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO WIN THIS GAME ….YEAH WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE NBA COLLECTING MONEY
The guys aren’t protecting the glass and there are no rebounds. There’s absolutely no defense. It’s so frustrating
I don’t believe it’s an effort issue, but rather a physical size issue. Players like Coby, Pwill, Terry and Matas go to the basket and crash into a wall of defenders; they kick the ball out and turn over. On the defensive side, they’re mismatches almost all the time. Matas is like a ping pong ball; every time a big body comes close to him he gets out of the picture. Zero resistance. Matas is a great player but needs to develop his body to play bb; same with Noa.
Bulls are just what they are year after year a 500 team going nowhere!!!
Bro I stopped following the Bulls a couple of years ago and now I realize you are still with Billy Donovan? 💀