Sam Smith: The Chicago Bulls WILL BE a Top Six team in 2025-26!

Bulls fans, buckle up! Host Philip Charles VanDerHeyden IV is here on Just Another Year Chicago: Bulls to break down Sam Smith’s super-positive article, “Six Reasons Why the Bulls Could Surprise People this Season.” That’s right — the legendary Bulls insider, the same man who wrote The Jordan Rules, is bringing optimism back to Chicago basketball, and PCV IV is here to tell you exactly why this city should pay attention.

Sam Smith has covered the Bulls since the Jordan era, and when he says there are reasons to believe, you know it’s not just fluff. From Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis breathing new life into the roster, to Billy Donovan’s revamped offensive system, to underrated depth pieces like Dalen Terry grinding for bigger roles, the pieces might finally be aligning.

Chicago deserves a winner, and Sam Smith just gave us six receipts on why that might finally happen. PCV IV is ALL IN on the conversation — and you should be too.

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Good morning, Bulls fans. I’m here with you this morning and I read an article from Sam Smith that I thought was really fun. It was six reasons why the Bulls will be a top six seed in the 202526 season and he used the number six a bunch of times. That’s the performative uh word here. Clever play on word aside. I thought that Sam made some really good points. First of all, he said that injuries to the rest of the East will keep the Bulls competitive and in the top of the standings for most of the year was the all the lack of a true all-star on this team will keep the Bulls, especially Kobe White and Josh Giddy hungry as they try and prove that they have all-star caliber players on this team. The third reason was their depth. the fact that they’ve got 12 players on this roster who have started or have starting experience in some way or another on this team. That should keep the rotations nice and rested. You should be able to use different combinations of people every night and keep the pressure on these teams. Four was the pace with which the Bulls play at. He said by the end of last season, teams were begging the Bulls to stop running. And I’d love to hear that as a Bulls fan with this roster that we have because that’s how we should be playing. And it was clear last season we were making teams give up and I want to see more of that this season. Five was free agency. Half of our regular rotation like at least five players are up for unrestricted free agency this uh offseason and then Don Terry’s a restricted free agent as well. So they all are going to want to get paid and usually that results in someone’s pretty good year. You know contract years are usually known as good years for players. And then six last but not least was the I’ll show you reason. Billy Donovan is now a Hall of Famer, but he hasn’t done much as Bulls head coach.