Chicago Bulls Free Agent TARGETS for 2026 Rebuild | CHGO Bulls Podcast
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The CHGO Bulls crew discuss possible free agent targets for the Chicago Bulls in the summer of 2026. Between restricted free agents like Tari Eason, Jalen Duren and Mark Williams, plus unrestricted free agents John Collins and Mitchell Robinson, the Bulls could have legitimate options to bolster their frontcourt. Which targets are most realistic, and which players would best compliment Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis? Peck, Big Dave and Will Gottlieb weigh the options, while also looking at different possibilities for how much cap space the Bulls will have to work with. Marc Stein joins to give his thoughts on Arturas Karnisovas’ deadline moves. The guys also select encouraging and worrying recent trends in Plus Minus.
0:00 START
3:00 Plus Minus
3:30 Plus: the Soft Tank
8:00 Minus Matas Usage
13:30 Plus Nick Richards
19:20 Plus Rob Dillingham
21:20 Minus Jaden Ivey
24:24 Goat breaks down Bulls Salary Cap
32:00 A Look at 2026 Restricted Free Agents
35:00 Xfinity Big Takeaway- Walker Kessler or Jalen Duren?
41:10 Unrestricted Free Agents
46:30 Marc Stein Joins the Show!
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It's crazy that you are looking at cap space. No stars will come to Chicago. Stars want to play next to other stars and we have none. The bulls will overpay a bunch of scrubs next year.
Nick Richard's was more then solid in Charlotte and Phx. I'm not sure why they stop playing him
Josh Giddey
Peyton Watson
Matas Buzelis
Jalen Smith
Hannes Steinbach (1st round draft pick)
Jaden Ivey
Rob Dillingham
Isaac Okoro
Noa Essengue
Nick Richards
🔥🔥🔥 good amount of youth and defense I’ll take it.
Zach is not coming back. To many injuries
Nick will be back 5 mill
Matas is terminally soft. Dillingham and Yuki have both outrebounded MB. Matas is also a matador defender. In short, Matas gets bullied everywhere on the court. Add to that his loose handle. We’re all looking for a miraculous body transformation that’ll turn him into a paint monster. Hate to break it to y’all, taint no miracles incoming. Billy knows this…and so does the rest of the league. I like the kid, but his potential is overstated.
Billy plays no one who has true potential. He needs to play this young talent as much as possibleb
Random Thoughts:
* Free agents: Jalen Duran. Walker Kesler? I haven't seen enough of him to make a judgement.
* Patrick Williams will go down as the worst draft pick in Bulls history. It's 1 thing to take a back seat to DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Vooch, and Coby, but to sit at the back of the bus with the new guys is inexcusable.
* Tari Eason was #1 on my Bulls wish list in 2022. Draft night came, names were called and Tari's name was still on the board as he fell all the way to the 17th pick. The Bulls were next @ 18. The Chicago Bulls selects….Dalen Terry. Another draft bust.
*I was all in for the the Big Blow Up by AK. AK had become too emotionally attached to his players and it showed by signing Zach LaVine to that horrific max contract, and just when we thought it couldn't get any worse, AK said "hold my beer" and signed Pat Williams to a 5 yr $90m deal. Good for him for learning from his past mistakes before Coby, Ayo, and Dalen were officially free agents.
Peyton Watson to bulls simons to Denver