On the court, it’ll probably be a different story entirely.

October:

29th – vs San Antonio Spurs – L
30th – @ Boston Celtics – L

November:

1st – @ Miami Heat – L
3rd – vs Milwaukee Bucks – W
5th – @ Cleveland Cavaliers – L
7th – vs Charlotte Bobcats – W
10th – vs. Denver Nuggets – L
11 th – @ Toronto Raptors – L
14th – vs Philadelphia 76’ers – W
17th – @ Sacramento Kings – W
19th – @ Los Angeles Lakers – L
21st – @ Denver Nuggets – L
23rd – @ Portland Trail Blazers – L
26th – @ Utah Jazz – W
30th – @ Milwaukee Bucks – W

December:

2nd – vs Detroit Pistons – L
4th – @ Cleveland Cavaliers – L
5th – vs Toronto Raptors – W
8th – vs New Jersey Nets – W
9th – @ Atlanta Hawks – L
11th – vs Golden State Warriors – W
12th – vs Boston Celtics – W
15th – vs Los Angeles Lakers – L
17th – vs New York Knicks – W
19th – vs Atlanta Hawks – W
21st – vs Sacramento Kings – W
22nd – @ New York Knicks – W
26th – vs New Orleans Hornets – L
29th – vs Indiana Pacers – W
31st – @ Detroit Pistons – W

January:

2nd – vs Orlando Magic – L
4th – vs Oklahoma City Thunder – W
5th – @ Charlotte Bobcats – W
8th – @ Milwaukee Bucks – W
9th – vs Minnesota Timberwolves – W
11th – vs Detroit Pistons – W
14th – @ Boston Celtics – W
15th – vs Washington Wizards – W
18th – @ Golden State Warriors – L
20th – @ Los Angeles Clippers – W
22nd – @ Phoenix Suns – W
23rd – @ Houston Rockets – W
25th – @ San Antonio Spurs – L
27th – @ Oklahoma City Thunder – L
29th – @ New Orleans Hornets – L

February:

2nd – vs Los Angeles Clippers – W
3rd – @ Philadelphia 76’ers – L
5th – @ Atlanta Hawks – L
6th – vs Miami Heat – W
9th – @ Indiana Pacers – W
10th – vs Orlando Magic – L
- ALL-STAR BREAK -
16th – vs New York Knicks – W
17th – @ New York Knicks – W
19th – @ Minnesota Timberwolves – W
20th – vs Philadelphia 76’ers – W
22nd – @ Washington Wizards – L
24th – vs Indiana Pacers – W
26th – vs Portland Trail Blazers – L
27th – @ Indiana Pacers – W

March:

1st – vs Atlanta Hawks – W
4th – vs Memphis Grizzlies – W
6th – vs Dallas Mavericks – W
9th – vs Utah Jazz – L
11th – @ Orlando Magic – L
12th – @ Miami Heat – L
16th – @ Memphis Grizzlies – W
17th – @ Dallas Mavericks – W
19th – vs Cleveland Cavaliers – L
20th – @ Philadelphia 76’ers – W
22nd – vs Houston Rockets – W
25th – vs Miami Heat – L
27th – vs New Jersey Nets – W
28th – @ Detroit Pistons – L
30th – vs Phoenix Suns – W

April:

2nd – @ Washington Wizards – W
3rd – vs Charlotte Bobcats – W
6th – vs Milwaukee Bucks – W
8th – vs Cleveland Cavaliers – W
9th – @ New Jersey Nets – L
11th – @ Toronto Raptors – W
13th – vs Boston Celtics – W
14th – @ Charlotte Bobcats – L

Vinny gets fired after we play at the Knicks!

Is there some history or fun connection there that I’m forgetting about?

But I am glad we play opening night – I hate the wait. And I’m really glad we’re not playing on Halloween this season, because it kind of ruins the fun of handing out candy when I’m cursing out (mentally, of course) the kids for ringing the bell right at the most exciting game moments.

this Bulls team won’t be truly bad, I think it’s impossible. They also won’t be truly good.

So should I just root for them to be farther on the bad scale, since hate fuels me and I want to mock the front office? I mean they’ll likely win enough games either way, I’m trying to aim for entertainment value here.

i always get 4 of them everyyear. just in case

i just want to see Nocioni before he gets traded midseason

But, as usual, the Bulls will have an eas(ier) schedule post All-Star break to atone for getting owned by the elite teams in the West, thought the last month isn’t a creampuff like it was last season.

Personally, I’m eager to see whether the Bulls can save Vinny’s job through December by staying no more than 2-3 games under .500. I’m gonna go ahead and predict Vinny is fired before the New Years Eve game.

I predict 5-10 in the first 15 games and another season spent fighting to get back to .500 before making a late push to just eek over it.

Make no mistake about it, this is a team whose absolute ceiling is 50-52 wins (healthy and good Kirk, 06-07 Deng returning to form, and the Sacramento vets playing as well as they finished last year). Throw in an injury or two (even short term ones) and they become a fringe playoff team / lotto team in a heart beat.

They’re playing 13 games on national TV. For some godforsaken reason we have to watch the Bulls open the season with back-to-back nationally televised games against the Spurs and Celtics.

Other national games are against LA, Utah, Phoenix, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, 3 times against Cleveland, and twice more against Boston.

Chicago’s first action of the preseason will start on Oct. 2 at Indiana, when they face the Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse.

The Bulls will then travel to London, where they will play the Utah Jazz on Oct. 6 at The O2, as part of NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS.

The game marks Chicago’s first trip to Europe since the Bulls participated in the McDonald’s Championship in Paris in 1997.

Other preseason home dates include contests with Milwaukee on Oct. 13, Minnesota on Oct. 16, Orlando on Oct. 19 and Washington on Oct. 23. Chicago’s preseason road schedule rounds out with a game in Green Bay, Wis., against Milwaukee on Oct. 10, and a tilt at Minnesota on Oct. 14.

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It looks like they have 20 of those this season…that seems rough to have nearly 25% of your schedule to be back to backs…the schedule makers were not kind this season.

Bulls open season with b/b home Spurs @Bst- 22 back to backs and 4-4 in 5 nights. Thank you NBA!

Ha

lame. especially if it was still bulls pistons. that would be an awesome new years eve game…

getting some of the good teams early; but seriously what fucking brutal schedule.

this is all bull it doesn’t matter what their schedule is Bulls will play hard only in March and April in order to make the playoffs as usual in John Paxson era