Wendell Carter Jr. was officially listed as questionable on the Bulls' injury report ahead of Tuesday night's matchup with the Thunder, but Jim Boylen says he'll remain inactive. The Bulls are 7-14 with the 21st rated defense in the NBA in 21 games since Carter went down.
"We have no additions to our lineup tonight. We will go with the same nine players," Boylen said. "[Carter]'s still moving in the right direction but he's out tonight."
No additions to the lineup means the Bulls will roll with the same nine-man rotation they've deployed for the past two games: Tomas Satoransky, Zach LaVine, Ryan Arcidiacono, Thad Young, Daniel Gafford, Coby White, Cristiano Felicio, Shaq Harrison and Adam Mokoka. Everyone else is out. In those two games, the Bulls are 1-1 against the Suns (loss) and Wizards (win). The team has lost eight of their last nine, overall.
Boylen said all the Bulls' injured players — presumably, Chandler Hutchison (shoulder), Otto Porter Jr. (foot), Luke Kornet (ankle), Denzel Valentine (hamstring) and Carter — had light shootarounds with the hope they can continue practicing throughout the week.
"We'll practice tomorrow, we'll evaluate it again on Thursday, we'll practice on Thursday and we'll travel Friday, and we'll figure it out," Boylen said. "Our injured players will have a lighter day today, so we can hopefully have more bodies for practice tomorrow and Thursday. We'll see how that shakes out. Sometimes it's day-to-day."
The Bulls travel to New York for a matchup with the Knicks on Saturday before jetting back home for the Mavericks to close the month of February. The timelines for all those sidelined are unclear.
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