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Chicago has won four of five after Monday
night's 114-110 victory over San Antonio, leaving the Bulls with
a 17-19 record. Chicago owes its first-round selection in the
2025 draft to San Antonio as part of the 2021 DeMar DeRozan
trade, but the pick is top-10 protected.
“No one's saying to me, hey, listen, wait a second with this
draft pick right now, we need to make sure, it's been always the
integrity of competition and playing,” Donovan said, “and I
appreciate that.”
While Donovan said the pick hasn't been part of his
conversations with the team, he also acknowledged the location
of the organization in the NBA hierarchy. The Bulls went 40-42
during the 2022-23 season and 39-43 last year.
“We don't want to be just stuck in the middle. ... Absolutely. I
don't think there's any question about that,” Donovan said.
“I think the building out part that we got to look at is the
totality of our entire team where you're identifying guys that
are going to help us maybe get out of the middle and move
forward. And I do think that we do have guys on our team that,
to me, emulate or model a competitiveness that I like and
appreciate.”
The Bulls were without Ayo Dosunmu for the sixth straight game
on Monday night because of a strained right calf. Dosunmu, who
turns 25 on Jan. 17, is averaging 12.6 points and 4.8 assists in
his fourth NBA season.
Dosunmu is doing some rehab work, Donovan said, but he has
experienced some soreness when he tries run hard straight ahead.
“I think with where it is, in the lower part of his calf,
they're just going to be careful,” Donovan said.
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