Bulls’ big problem has a name, but bosses unlikely to do much about it

Expect more of the same from coach Billy Donovan and the rest of the Bulls. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

So, the “noise” being heard and made seems to be everywhere but here. Again. The NBA noise every season that is their offseason. Where moves are made and organizations do their best fake impersonations of elevating. Woj bombs and Shams’ rocks. Rumors rumoring. NBA Insiders from inside Secaucus, New Jersey (NBA headquarters), to no-named YouTubers with no names claiming even their bear-minimalist knowledge is more accurate than anyone’s on where Portland should trade Damian Lillard, where James Harden’s eventually going to end up and what strategy the Lakers are going to use to convince D’Angelo Russell — after giving him a $37 million extension — that, “Yeah, son, you probably comin’ off the bench this season. Be happy.”

All the while, the news, stories, intel, leaks, realities and narratives about the Bulls during the lead-into and origins of Week 1’s free-agency escapades centered around the same silent noise that has been their offseason — and ours with them — for what has become now the third in a row.