The training wheels are about to come off.
The Chicago Bulls officially closed their preseason Thursday night with a 126-120 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the United Center, capping a 2-3 run in warmup games. They open the regular season Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons.
Preseason records rarely do little to predict regular-season results. But this Bulls roster entered training camp with plenty to figure out — from the starting lineup to the future of rookie first-round pick Noa Essengue — and the five exhibition games didn’t provide many answers.
Here are five more questions for the Bulls after the preseason.
1. Is Matas Buzelis on track to become an All-Star?
The bulk of the preseason highlights for the Bulls this preseason came from the second-year forward.
That sh