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Team

Chicago Bulls

2025-26Current

Season snapshot

Struggling regular season results · mixed competitive timeline

CHI finished 31-51 (0.378) with 0 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 6 players and a rotation-weighted age of 23.9. The team had 0 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 2 future pick-control row(s), and 33.3% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.

Record

31-51

Playoff games

Playoff wins

Core age

23.9

Primary creator

Josh Giddey

Current decision lanes

Transactions, injuries, rumors and staff changes are separate evidence lanes — never merged.

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TransactionJaylin Sellerstwo way signingJul 3, 2026Completed

Undrafted player signed to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Identity resolved to a source-backed provisional person in nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825; stable external identifier remains a separate enrichment field. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.

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TransactionTobe Awakatwo way signingJul 3, 2026Completed

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Injuries & availability

Governed medical episodes — evidence about players, separate from team decisions.

Player	Injury	Body part	Out	Returned	Severity
Zach Collins	left wrist soreness	wrist	Dec 18, 2025 → Dec 19, 2025	Dec 19, 2025	—
Coby White	left ankle soreness	ankle	Dec 14, 2025 → Dec 21, 2025	Dec 21, 2025	—
Dalen Terry	left hand strain	hand	Dec 13, 2025 → Dec 14, 2025

Last observed season rotation

Players with actual NBA minutes for the latest eligible season; not a complete current registration ledger.

Player	Role	Strongest functions	Minutes	On/Off	Stab. RAPM	Evidence
Matas Buzelis	—	—	2,220	—	—	metrics unavailable
Tre Jones	—	—	1,742	—	—

On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.

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Basketball functions

Eleven separate function readings — need, coverage and redundancy stay apart; no team score.

CreationWithheld Low Team Rotation Coverage

Withheld Low Team Rotation Coverage · led by Josh Giddey, then Tre Jones

Full reading

CHI 2025-26 Creation: conclusion withheld (withheld_low_team_rotation_coverage).

Defensive event creationWithheld Low Team Rotation Coverage

Withheld Low Team Rotation Coverage · led by Tre Jones, then Patrick Williams

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Shot creation

Team performance and shot-creation architecture.

CHI ranked 28 of 30 in self-created shot share (42.1%), 10 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 22 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Josh Giddey. Team-level creator attribution: 55.1%. Creation profile: assisted structure heavy; dependency: withheld low attribution; shotmaking: high end self created shotmaking.

Self-created FGA share

42.1%

Self-created eFG

50.6%

Assisted eFG

57.7%

Josh Giddey share

14.3%

Contracts & cap

Selected player charges under the serving definition — not full cap legality.

SupportedOver Cap Below Tax Threshold With Exception Ledger Withheld

Selected player charges

$178.6M

Share of cap

116%

Tax line

$9.27M under

First apron

$17.3M under

Second apron

$29.2M under

CHI 2025-26 carried $178,621,725 of selected player charges (115.5% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was creation at 0.0% of the cap; highest measured need was creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.

Future core salary schedule

Upcoming decisions

Governed contract events ahead — dates carry their honest quality.

Isaac Okorocontract control horizonJun 30, 2027

Isaac Okoro has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

Jalen Smithcontract control horizonJun 30, 2027

Jalen Smith has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

Patrick Williamsplayer option decisionJun 29, 2028reported $18.0M

Patrick Williams has a reported player option for the 2029 season at a reported $18,000,000. Player controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.

Tre Jonescontract control horizonJun 30, 2028

Tre Jones has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

Future assets

Draft-control coverage: provisional future pick control tradability unresolved. Partial coverage renders as partial — never as a zero-asset team.

2027 round 2Tradability not confirmed

CHI has a provisional-control row for the 2027 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.

2029 round 2Tradability not confirmed

CHI has a provisional-control row for the 2029 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.

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Organization

Basketball authority and staff context — descriptive, never a grade.

No governed authority-regime rows are knowable for this team at this as-of moment.

CoverageResolved

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