Chicago Bulls gain nothing by resuming season

News of the NBA looking to resume its season may be bad news for the Chicago Bulls.

Earlier this week, rumors emerged that the NBA is looking to resume their season with practices potentially starting as early as June 21. While that’s great news for fans of the NBA and those who crave live sports again, it is most certainly not good news for the Chicago Bulls.

Obviously we all want to see our favorite teams playing games again, but as much as we want to see that, we must also consider the bigger picture.

As of this moment, the Bulls have a grand total of five regular-season games remaining. Five. That’s it. And they haven’t played a game in 11 weeks since they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-103 on March 10th, in Chicago.

While there are some teams who would welcome the opportunity to play the final five regulars season games, especially those fighting for a playoff spot, homecourt advantage, or playoff positioning, the Bulls are not one of those teams.

For the umpteenth consecutive year, they are staring down the 7th overall pick in the NBA Draft and will miss the playoffs. So what would they gain by playing the final five games? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

They’d be playing those last few games for a coach who is unlikely to be here next year so let’s not pretend like they could use these games to enter the offseason on a positive note. There isn’t going to be any “momentum heading into next season” nor will five games do anything to improve team chemistry.

Perhaps they could improve their chances of getting a higher draft pick by a few percentage points, but the risk is not worth the potential reward, especially when you factor in the significant risk of a catastrophic injury.

While the league is contemplating a two-to-three week “training camp” period where the players can get ready for the final stretch, you have to wonder if that is enough to offset what will likely be more than three months of inactivity. Sure, the players have been working out (probably) and staying in shape the best they can, but they most certainly are not in anything that would resemble “game shape.”

So think about putting the Bulls on the court when they likely won’t be in game shape, playing for nothing, and for a coach they loathe who won’t be here next year. I don’t know about you but that sounds like a recipe for disaster.