With just one month left to go in the NBA regular season, the future of the Chicago Bulls could be in how they finish here in 2026. The Bulls made the decision to trade some key pieces of the roster, moving towards a rebuild without exactly admitting it.
The problem for the Bulls is that they waited to long to do this and in terms of trade packages, they didn’t really receive any valuable assets. One player the Bulls got back in a trade was guard Jaden Ivey from the Detroit Pistons. The former lottery pick struggled at times with the Pistons as he was bothered with injuries throughout his career. But being traded, he got a new shot with the Bulls.
However, the injury bug is back.
Ivey hasn’t played lately as he’s dealing with left soreness and has appeared in just four games with the Bulls. But there is a positive update on his status.
Jaden Ivey likely to return soon for Chicago Bulls
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With just the month left, the Bulls are hoping to get a good look at Ivey in terms of his future. He’s a restricted free agent and there’s signs that point to the Bulls taking a chance on him and retaining him.
On Wednesday, Billy Donovan put out an update on Ivey saying that the soreness in is knee is gone.
Billy says the plan is to have Jaden Ivey with the team on their upcoming road trip and the hope is that he can play at some point
He says the pain in his knee is gone
— Will Gottlieb (@Will_Gottlieb) March 18, 2026
The Bulls begin their road trip on Wednesday, March 25 as they will be on the road for four games. Getting Ivey back will help the Bulls in terms of that evaluation. As Joe Cowley reports, all signs point to the Bulls trying to retain him.
“The unfortunate part was that when he got here, you’re dealing with him coming into a completely new situation after the trade deadline and then trying to get acclimated,” Donovan said. “I mean, the intention when [made the trade] is this could be somebody that would be here for a while. How all this plays out with the contract in July and the free agency part of it, understanding he’s restricted, I don’t know. But our intention organizationally was, this is a guy we feel could be a very, very good player, and this guy’s got a pretty long runway of being somewhat youthful and young.”
Maybe Ivey can be a diamond in the rough for the Bulls. But at this point, it might be hard to count on that moving forward.
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