The Bulls’ 2023-24 season isn’t off to an encouraging start. Chicago was blown out by the Thunder at home, 124–104, in its season opener Wednesday night. After the loss, the team held a players-only meeting—one game into the regular season!
The meeting, held without coach Billy Donovan, was preceded by an argument between Donovan and center Nikola Vucevic in the third quarter. Leading up to the friction, Vucevic hadn’t been involved in the offense, and he was having difficulty on the defensive end.
Following a looping layup by Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Vucevic threw the ball against the basket stanchion and drew a technical foul. Soon after that, he and Donovan got into an argument on the Bulls bench.
