The New Orleans Pelicans will be without Zion Williamson for the foreseeable future. The 25-year-old All-Star is once again dealing with injuries that will keep him sidelined for at least the next three weeks.
The New Orleans Pelicans, with a record of 2 wins and 15 losses, are hosting the Chicago Bulls, who have 9 wins and 7 losses, tonight, Monday, November 24, 2025, at the Smoothie King Center.
The Patrick Williams experiment for the Chicago Bulls has not gone according to plan. He’s been pretty awful, and his $90 million contract is one of the worst in the league.
How many of the NBA players to score at least 40 points in a game before turning 21 years old can you name in six minutes?
When Patrick Williams signed his five-year, $90 million contract with the Chicago Bulls in 2024, there were some pretty lofty expectations placed upon the forward.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The Bulls have waited years for Patrick Williams to take off, writes Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. They’ve cleared the runway, rebuilt the hangar, and even given him a five-year, $90 million contract.
The Bulls could finally be making big changes. According to rumblings out of Chicago, the team is expected to explore trades for both Nikola Vucevic and Patrick Williams this season as they look to shake up a roster that’s struggled to make any real noise in the East.
Chicago Bulls fans held their breath this week when their starting forward, Patrick Williams, left practice after tweaking his ankle during a 5-on-5 scrimmage.
A key piece of the Chicago Bulls' bench has suffered an injury in practice that will leave fans holding their breath with less than a month until the season begins.
The Chicago Bulls made a huge mistake when they drafted Patrick Williams in the 2020 draft, and then they compounded it with a bad extension. That extension is hampering them now and appears poised to hamper them well into the future, despite it not being a massive salary.
Entering another season coming off a Play-In Tournament loss, the Chicago Bulls could move in two directions. Either they push forward with their young core that showed promise in the second half of the 2024-2025 season, or they tear down the roster and start from scratch with a completely fresh depth chart.
The Chicago Bulls have a few hefty contracts on the books: Nikola Vucevic ($20 million AAV), Patrick Williams ($20 million), Zach Collins ($17.4 million), and Kevin Huerter ($16.25 million).
Between Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, and Cam Thomas, restricted free agency this summer has been a dramatic affair. In Chicago, while the Bulls may have increased their offer for Giddey, ESPN front office insider Bobby Marks noted that it still falls short of matching their deal for Patrick Williams.
The Chicago Bulls appear to be mired in mediocrity. The Bulls have a lot of young, talented players. However, they lack All-Star-quality players, and Joe Crowley of the Chicago Sun-Times has not been particularly impressed with the Bulls’ front office.
The Chicago Bulls signed Patrick Williams to a five-year, $90 million contract with a player option before the 2024-25 season. It has aged incredibly poorly.
Patrick Williams' tenure with the Chicago Bulls could be nearing an end.
It’s been a tough season on an individual level for him, as he is averaging career-worst percentages.
The Chicago Bulls are exploring trade opportunities involving 23-year-old power forward Patrick Williams, according to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas has decided to explore trade opportunities involving Patrick Williams.
NBA insider Jake Fischer recently appeared on a Bleacher Report video stream to answer questions and cover trade rumblings. A topic of note was how the Golden State Warriors will respond to De'Anthony Melton's season-ending injury.
Bulls forward Patrick Williams is out for Wednesday's road game against the Milwaukee Bucks and has returned to Chicago for imaging on his sore foot. The team said the tests and his absence are precautionary, a step the Bulls felt was necessary to protect Williams, 23, during the front-loaded early season schedule.
Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams recently signed a five-year, $90 million contract, but there’s a chance that he might not be available in the first few weeks of his new deal.
The Chicago Bulls have been one of the more curious teams this offseason. For better and for worse.
Free agent forward Patrick Williams will re-sign with the Bulls for $90M over five years.
The Bulls have extended a qualifying offer to forward Patrick Williams, making him a restricted free agent.
Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams had high hopes for the season, seeking to build on his third year in the league, wherein he played in all 82 regular season games.
According to NBA insider K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago, Patrick Williams turned down a $64 million contract offer from the Chicago Bulls before the 2023-24 season.
Patrick Williams told NBA reporters today (2/24) that he “would love” to re-sign with the Chicago Bulls this summer. Williams, who will undergo season-ending surgery on his left foot, becomes a restricted free agent this offseason. “I don’t think anybody knows what their future is, to be honest,” Williams said, via K.C.
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