When the summer began, the Chicago Bulls were aiming to push forward in hopes of bouncing back from their elimination in the Play-In Tournament. Arturas Karnisovas stated that they had no desire to rebuild the roster, and in turn, they would spend the offseason working toward putting a playoff-caliber roster around their current core of Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Nikola Vucevic, who they re-signed.
