Our Chicago Bulls have been quiet for a while in the free agent frenzy, but there are a handful of available young pieces worth considering.
Whether or not new Chicago EVP of basketball operations Bryson Graham makes a play for some fresh blood, with the summer winding down, remains to be seen.
Surprisingly, our Chicago Sky remain (technically) in the playoff hunt, even as the WNBA regular season winds down.
Here’s the latest NBA and WNBA intel, including some Chicago notes.
Bulls Bullets — August 20, 2026
Atlanta Hawks forward Jonathan Kuminga. © Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Bulls forward and Chicago native Matas Buzelis showed off his baseball bona fides with B/R Walk-Off in a new interview before the second game of the Cubs-Sox series. The most fascinating tidbit for fans? Buzelis’ pick for the modern-ish Bulls player that he thinks would thrive in MLB.Matas Buzelis: HUGE Chicago baseball guy ⚾️ @chicagobulls#Baseball #MLB #Bulls pic.twitter.com/OYv13t77xU
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) August 19, 2026 Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud enjoyed a special vengeance game against the New York Liberty for letting her walk in free agency this past offseason. The three-time All-Defensive Teamer dropped a career-best 35 points on 13-of-21 shooting from the field (4-of-8 from deep) and 5-of-6 shooting from the foul line to help power Chicago over New York, 93-86, on Tuesday. She also chipped in nine rebounds and six assists. Cloud has been serving as Chicago’s starting two-guard for most of the season, averaging 11.2 points on .474/.328/.862 shooting splits, 5.0 dimes, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.1 swipes a night. The 34-year-old agreed to a one-season, $555K with the Sky after going unsigned by the Libery this past offseason. At 14-22, the No. 10-seeded Sky are ostensibly still in the playoff hunt, though they currently trail the 20-16 Dallas Wings by 6.5 games with just eight left to play. Forward Jonathan Kuminga remains one of the more fascinating young free agents still out there. But with most teams’ cap space now gone, did he wait too long to earn a big-money deal? Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints writes that the Atlanta Hawks, who acquired Kuminga from the Golden State Warriors midseason, were amenable to re-signing Kuminga on a veteran’s minimum. The trade additions of Oklahoma City Thunder wings Lu Dort and Aaron Wiggins have effectively killed that option. Siegel submits that the Los Angeles Lakers, who made a bid to Kuminga early in free agency, remain a viable option. Siegel also notes that the Milwaukee Bucks could get into the fray, too, assuming they can’t add restricted free agent Bennedict Mathurin. HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported last month that the Minnesota Timberwolves are also eyeballing Kuminga. Siegel cautions that the maximal amount Minnesota could tender to Kuminga is the club’s $6 million taxpayer midlevel exception. Could the Bulls, who possess a $9.4 million room exception, be interested in taking a flyer on the 2022 champ? He’d likely start off a Chicago tenure as a reserve behind Buzelis and rookie power forward Caleb Wilson. Despite a flurry of outrageous private equity ownership situations, the Sacramento Kings somehow continue to be the model of NBA roster-building incompetence. After tumbling to a 22-60 record behind a roster of aging former All-Stars and disappointing youth in 2026-27, Sacramento drafted Darius Acuff in the lottery, flipped former lottery pick Devin Carter to Atlanta, waived DeMar DeRozan and Isaiah Stevens, saw Russell Westbrook retire, and re-signed Precious Achiuwa. That’s the sum total of their transactions thus far this offseason. The bloated contracts of Zach LaVine and Domantas Sabonis remain on their books for some reason. 26-year-old non-All-Star forward Keegan Murray’s five-year, $140 million contract extension kicks in this year. So what will Sacramento do for an encore? According to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, the Kings intend to work out Bulls alum Cameron Payne and two guards who haven’t been in the NBA for at least a year: former two-time All-Star Victor Oladipo and Elfrid Payton. Not exactly a murderer’s row in 2026. The Wings have announced that 2026 No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd’s season has officially ended. Next week, the rookie shooting guard will have surgery to treat a lingering sore right knee in Connecticut. Along with All-Stars Paige Bueckers and Jessica Shepard, Fudd has helped the Wings double their entire 2025 win total already, notching a 20-16 record and the WNBA’s No. 8 seed (for now). Dallas has gone just 1-4 across its last five contests, all without Fudd. She’ll wrap up her season having played 30 bouts, with averages of 13.1 points on .456/.397/.826 shooting splits. One of the best players in WNBA history is calling it a career after this season. 11-time All-Star Los Angeles Sparks power forward Nneka Ogwumike relayed to Boardroom‘s Taylor Rooks that her 15th year in the league will be her last. The 36-year-old has spent 13 of her 15 pro seasons in L.A., where she’s wrapping things up now after a two-year stint with the Seattle Storm from 2024-25.“I’ve learned there’s power in knowing when to walk away. For so long, that strength meant finding a way to keep pushing,” Ogwumike told Rooks. “Now, it means recognizing when you feel complete. I find myself grateful, fulfilled, and at peace with everything this game has given me and everything I’ve poured into it.”
Ogwumike was named the league MVP during the Sparks’ charmed 2016 season, which also saw her earn her first — and likely only — WNBA title. She’s been named to eight All-WNBA Teams and seven All-Defensive Teams. A member of the WNBA 25th Anniversary Team, Ogwumike will almost certainly be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. This year with the lowly 12-23 Sparks, Ogwumike has been averaging 16.9 points on .509/.387/.848 shooting splits, 8.7 rebounds, and 3.0 dimes a night — good enough for an All-Star berth, but the team itself is on the cusp of being officially eliminated from the playoffs. Ogwumike isn’t done playing basketball just yet, however. Alexa Philippou of ESPN observes that she plans to suit up in the inaugural season of the controversial Project B league next January. Basketball trainer Chris Johnson offered fans a sneak peek at the Philadelphia 76ers’ new Big Three of Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, and LeBron James getting in an offseason workout together. If V.J. Edgecombe takes the expected leap and Joel Embiid’s knees hold up (that latter item is a big “if”), the rest of the Eastern Conference could be in trouble.BULLS ON BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter
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