2024–25 Chicago Bulls season

2024–25 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Billy Donovan
General manager	Marc Eversley
President	Michael Reinsdorf Artūras Karnišovas (vice)
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	6–9 (.400)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Chicago Sports Network
Radio	WLS WSCR

The 2024–25 Chicago Bulls season is the 59th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / club
1	11	Matas Buzelis	SF	United States Lithuania	NBA G League Ignite

The Bulls entered this draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with just one first-round pick. On the first night of the draft, with their only pick of the draft, the Bulls would select American-Lithuanian small forward Matas Buzelis from the now-defunct NBA G League Ignite.

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 2 Ball, Lonzo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-10-27 UCLA F 14 Buzelis, Matas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 2004-10-13 Sunrise Christian (KS) G 5 Carter, Jevon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-09-14 West Virginia F 13 Craig, Torrey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1990-12-19 USC Upstate G 11 Dosunmu, Ayo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-01-17 Illinois G 27 Duarte, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-06-13 Oregon G 3 Giddey, Josh 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2002-10-10 Australia G 22 Horton-Tucker, Talen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 2000-11-25 Iowa State G 8 LaVine, Zach 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-03-10 UCLA F 32 Liddell, E. J. (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2000-12-18 Ohio State F 15 Phillips, Julian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 2003-11-05 Tennessee F 21 Sanogo, Adama (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 2002-02-12 Connecticut C 7 Smith, Jalen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2000-03-16 Maryland G 00 Steward, DJ (TW) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) 2001-10-02 Duke F 25 Terry, Dalen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2002-07-12 Arizona C 9 Vučević, Nikola 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1990-10-24 USC G 0 White, Coby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-02-16 North Carolina F 44 Williams, Patrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-08-26 Florida State

Head coach Billy Donovan Assistant coach(es) John Bryant Damian Cotter Dan Craig Henry Domercant Billy Schmidt Wes Unseld Jr. Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: November 16, 2024

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Cleveland Cavaliers	16	1	.941	–	9‍–‍0	7‍–‍1	5–0	17
Detroit Pistons	7	9	.438	8.5	3‍–‍5	4‍–‍4	0–4	16
Indiana Pacers	6	9	.400	9.0	4‍–‍2	2‍–‍7	1–0	15
Milwaukee Bucks	6	9	.400	9.0	5‍–‍3	1‍–‍6	2–3	15
Chicago Bulls	6	10	.375	9.5	1‍–‍5	5‍–‍5	2–3	16

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	16	1	.941	–	17
2	Boston Celtics *	12	3	.800	3.0	15
3	New York Knicks	9	6	.600	6.0	15
4	Orlando Magic *	9	7	.563	6.5	16
5	Miami Heat	6	7	.462	8.0	13
6	Detroit Pistons	7	9	.438	8.5	16
7	Atlanta Hawks	7	9	.438	8.5	16
8	Brooklyn Nets	6	9	.400	9.0	15
9	Indiana Pacers	6	9	.400	9.0	15
10	Milwaukee Bucks	6	9	.400	9.0	15
11	Chicago Bulls	6	10	.375	9.5	16
12	Charlotte Hornets	5	9	.357	9.5	14
13	Toronto Raptors	3	12	.200	12.0	15
14	Washington Wizards	2	11	.154	12.0	13
15	Philadelphia 76ers	2	12	.143	12.5	14

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 8 @ Cleveland W 116–112 Coby White (21) Smith, Vučević (10) Dalen Terry (4) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 1–0 2 October 12 Memphis L 121–124 Zach LaVine (28) Julian Phillips (8) Josh Giddey (7) United Center 20,465 1–1 3 October 14 @ Milwaukee L 107–111 Adama Sanogo (16) Adama Sanogo (15) Giddey, Terry (5) Fiserv Forum 12,725 1–2 4 October 16 Minnesota W 125–123 Coby White (23) Nikola Vučević (12) Josh Giddey (9) United Center 17,218 2–2 5 October 18 Cleveland W 139–137 (OT) Ayo Dosunmu (19) Nikola Vučević (12) Coby White (8) United Center 18,704 3–2
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 6–10 (Home: 1–5; Road: 5–5)
October: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 @ New Orleans L 111–123 Zach LaVine (27) Nikola Vučević (11) Coby White (6) Smoothie King Center 18,581 0–1 2 October 25 @ Milwaukee W 133–122 Coby White (35) Nikola Vučević (10) Josh Giddey (9) Fiserv Forum 17,790 1–1 3 October 26 Oklahoma City L 95–114 Zach LaVine (22) Nikola Vučević (13) Ayo Dosunmu (6) United Center 20,923 1–2 4 October 28 @ Memphis W 126–123 Zach LaVine (30) Josh Giddey (13) Josh Giddey (8) FedExForum 15,906 2–2 5 October 30 Orlando W 102–99 Coby White (21) Nikola Vučević (14) Giddey, Vučević (5) United Center 19,015 3–2
November: 3–8 (home: 0–4; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 1 @ Brooklyn L 112–120 Nikola Vučević (28) Nikola Vučević (11) Josh Giddey (8) Barclays Center 17,977 3–3 7 November 4 Utah L 126–135 Coby White (28) Nikola Vučević (10) Josh Giddey (7) United Center 19,621 3–4 8 November 6 @ Dallas L 99–119 Nikola Vučević (14) Nikola Vučević (10) Josh Giddey (6) American Airlines Center 20,011 3–5 9 November 7 Minnesota L 119–135 Nikola Vučević (25) Giddey, Smith (6) Josh Giddey (13) United Center 19,621 3–6 10 November 9 @ Atlanta W 125–113 Ayo Dosunmu (19) Nikola Vučević (12) Giddey, LaVine (7) State Farm Arena 17,826 4–6 11 November 11 Cleveland L 113–119 Zach LaVine (26) Patrick Williams (10) Josh Giddey (7) United Center 20,560 4–7 12 November 13 @ New York W 124–123 Zach LaVine (31) Nikola Vučević (11) Zach LaVine (8) Madison Square Garden 19,812 5–7 13 November 15 @ Cleveland L 126–144 Coby White (29) Nikola Vučević (8) LaVine, Williams (9) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 5–8 14 November 17 Houston L 107–143 Zach LaVine (15) Josh Giddey (9) Ayo Dosunmu (6) United Center 20,667 5–9 15 November 18 @ Detroit W 122–112 Nikola Vučević (29) Nikola Vučević (12) Josh Giddey (10) Little Caesars Arena 18,022 6–9 16 November 20 @ Milwaukee L 106–122 Zach LaVine (27) Craig, Vučević (6) LaVine, Vučević (6) Fiserv Forum 17,341 6–10 17 November 22 Atlanta United Center 18 November 23 Memphis United Center 19 November 26 @ Washington Capital One Arena 20 November 27 @ Orlando Kia Center 21 November 29 Boston United Center
December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 December 2 Brooklyn United Center 23 December 5 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 24 December 6 Indiana United Center 25 December 8 Philadelphia United Center 26 December TBD TBD 27 December TBD TBD 28 December 19 @ Boston TD Garden 29 December 21 Boston United Center 30 December 23 Milwaukee United Center 31 December 26 Atlanta United Center 32 December 28 Milwaukee United Center 33 December 30 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 1 @ Washington Capital One Arena 35 January 4 New York United Center 36 January 6 San Antonio United Center 37 January 8 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 38 January 10 Washington United Center 39 January 12 Sacramento United Center 40 January 14 New Orleans United Center 41 January 15 Atlanta United Center 42 January 17 Charlotte United Center 43 January 19 @ Portland Moda Center 44 January 21 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 45 January 23 @ Golden State Chase Center 46 January 25 Philadelphia United Center 47 January 27 Denver United Center 48 January 29 @ Boston TD Garden 49 January 31 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 50 February 2 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 51 February 4 Miami United Center 52 February 5 @ Minnesota Target Center 53 February 8 Golden State United Center 54 February 11 Detroit United Center 55 February 12 Detroit United Center 56 February 20 @ New York Madison Square Garden 57 February 22 Phoenix United Center 58 February 24 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 59 February 26 L.A. Clippers United Center 60 February 28 Toronto United Center
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 2 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 62 March 4 Cleveland United Center 63 March 8 @ Miami Kaseya Center 64 March 10 Indiana United Center 65 March 12 @ Orlando Kia Center 66 March 13 Brooklyn United Center 67 March 15 @ Houston United Center 68 March 17 @ Utah Delta Center 69 March 19 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 70 March 20 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 71 March 22 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena 72 March 24 @ Denver Ball Arena 73 March 27 L.A. Lakers United Center 74 March 29 Dallas United Center 75 March 31 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 Toronto United Center 77 April 4 Portland United Center 78 April 6 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 79 April 8 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 80 April 9 Miami United Center 81 April 11 Washington United Center 82 April 13 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

East Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Atlanta Hawks	2	2	0	246	233	+13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Boston Celtics	2	1	1	236	234	+2	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	Cleveland Cavaliers	2	1	1	261	246	+15
4	Washington Wizards	1	0	1	117	129	−12
5	Chicago Bulls	1	0	1	126	144	−18

Updated to game(s) played on November 19, 2024. Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 21, 2024	To Chicago Bulls Josh Giddey	To Oklahoma City Thunder Alex Caruso
July 8, 2024	Three-team trade
	To Chicago Bulls Chris Duarte (from Sacramento) RaiQuan Gray (from San Antonio) Two second-round picks (from Sacramento) Cash considerations (from Sacramento)	To Sacramento Kings DeMar DeRozan (from Chicago)
	To San Antonio Spurs Harrison Barnes (from Sacramento) 2031 first-round pick swap (from Sacramento)

The Bulls Lost DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso due to trades in the 2024 offseason

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 6	Adama Sanogo
July 6	Patrick Williams

Additions

Date	Player	Former Team	Ref.
July 8	Jalen Smith	Indiana Pacers

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New Team	Ref.
July 7	Andre Drummond	Free agency	Philadelphia 76ers