Handing Out the Chicago Bulls Awards (Because the NBA Won’t) ...Middle East

Here we are!

At the end of the regular season, the Chicago Bulls will be watching the postseason from home.

The NBA will announce its regular season award winners soon, and I have a sneaking suspicion that no Chicago Bulls will make the cut. Despite a year of cribbing and moaning, though, there were still some things worth celebrating, and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing today.

We won’t be handing out Coach of the Year or Executive of the Year, and I feel like I don’t need to explain why. Also, unlike the NBA, once a player wins an award here, they’re ineligible to win another one. Otherwise, we’d just have Matas Buzelis or Josh Giddey sweeping everything.

Clutch Player of the Year: Nikola Vucevic

Our first award goes to Clutch Player of the Year, and this one goes to a guy who isn’t even on the team anymore. Nikola Vucevic takes it.

Despite playing just 48 of the 82 games for the Bulls this season, and getting traded to the Boston Celtics, Vucevic still leads the team in fourth-quarter scoring average and ranks third in total fourth-quarter points. That’s wild considering he didn’t even finish the season in Chicago.

He also gave us plenty of memorable moments: game-winners over the Blazers, the 76ers, the Jazz, need I go on?

NIKOLA VUCEVIC CALLS GAME ?? pic.twitter.com/RdLJRZp0xs

It was the final year of his six-season run in the Windy City. While it wasn’t part of any dynasty, he definitely left Chicago with some adrenaline-filled memories.

Rookie of the Year: Lachlan Olbrich

With just two players to choose from, Rookie of the Year was basically a participation trophy. Between Noa Essengue and Lachlan Olbrich, only one of them played more than two minutes.

Lachlan’s rookie season wasn’t anything spectacular, he spent most of it as a two-way player bouncing between the NBA and the G-League, but he did get some real run toward the end. He even picked up his first career start this season and picked up a triple-double in the last game of the season, which already puts him ahead of anything Noa managed.

Lachlan Olbrich secures his first NBA triple-double for his career ? pic.twitter.com/nNj2mdHCho

Most Improved Player: Leonard Miller

If Leonard Miller had spent the full season in Chicago, maybe he’d have had a shot at the real Most Improved Player award.

In two and a half seasons with Minnesota, he averaged less than 2 points and under 4 minutes per game. With the Bulls, though? In 26 games, he’s put up 12 points and 6 rebounds a night, playing 23 minutes and even starting 11 games.

He’s already scored over three times as many total points for the Bulls as he did during his entire time with the Timberwolves. The former second-round pick came in as a rotation afterthought, a throw-in in the Ayo Dosunmu trade, but turned into the Bulls best acquisition this season. And he’s still just 22 years old.

Like it or not, he was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy year.

Leonard Miller over the last 6 games:17.0 PPG7.8 RPG58.6% FG40.7% 3P28.6 MPGUnderrated. ? t.co/43m79G600t pic.twitter.com/ICaSv9hI99

Sixth Man of the Year: Tre Jones

I might need a ruling on this one, can you really be a sixth man if you’ve started the fifth-most games on the team?

We all know why Tre Jones ended up starting so much, with injuries hitting every guard on the roster. Still, if you didn’t know the context, you’d probably assume he was a full-time starter based on how well he played this season.

Tre Jones put up a career-high 14 points per game, while also shooting the best field goal percentage of his career. He’s shown the ability to swipe away possessions, control the tempo of the offense, and elevate just about any lineup into something competitive.

Honestly, I think he’s the best asset the Bulls have right now. And if they ever decided to dangle him on the trade market, there would be no shortage of teams foaming at the mouth to bring him in.

Tre Jones has 4-straight 20-point games.The longest streak of his NBA career. pic.twitter.com/y1wz3CgkXY

Defensive Player of the Year: Matas Buzelis

You can’t hand out awards and not give one to Matas Buzelis, especially when it comes to defense.

In the second season of his young career, Matas Buzelis didn’t hit the sophomore slump like so many of his peers. If anything, he took a massive leap, one that’ll have all 11 teams that passed on him feeling some level of regret.

He averaged 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists per game this season. But the real jump came on the defensive end, doubling his steals per game and getting up to nearly 2 blocks a night.

He was one of just four players in the NBA with at least 100 threes and 100 blocks this season, and the only player with 150+ threes and 100+ blocks.

Leaped OVER his own teammate for the BL?CK.That was impressive, Matas Buzelis!Bulls/Nets is LIVE on NBA League Pass… watch here: t.co/ZmZQjALF0T pic.twitter.com/8mAgYwbH2c

By February, he had the lowest points per possession allowed when guarding isolations in the 2025–26 regular season, and he only kept building on what he showed as a rookie. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he racks up multiple All-Defensive Team appearances when it’s all said and done.

Most Valuable Player: Josh Giddey

And finally, the MVP for the Chicago Bulls this season: Josh Giddey.

In his second season with the Bulls, and fifth in the league, Giddey put together an All-Star caliber campaign. He averaged career highs across the board, flirting with a triple-double at 17 points, 9 assists, and 8 rebounds per game.

His assist average ranked third in the NBA this season and second in franchise history. He also recorded the second-most triple-doubles in the league, trailing only Nikola Jokic.

Josh Giddey is averaging the most assists per game by a Bulls player since 1967. pic.twitter.com/fbCwmZRjFM

He showed a real command of the offense and a clear ability to impact the game on multiple levels. Luckily for him, these awards don’t come with a games-played threshold, because a hamstring injury kept him sidelined longer than he would’ve liked.

There are still areas to improve, defensively, he can be a liability at times despite his size, but he’s young and still developing. All things considered, this was a strong season for him.

Hopefully next year, he’s surrounded by the kind of talent that helps him turn those near triple-doubles into actual ones, and maybe even land an All-Star spot.

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