NBC Sports ushered in the new NBA season Tuesday with plenty of Chicago Bulls highlights and a halftime interview with the franchise’s biggest star.

Unfortunately for the current team, the highlights were mainly old clips of Michael Jordan in the 1990s, and the halftime interview with Jordan, titled “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” made no mention at all of the franchise he made into an international brand.

As it turns out, Jordan’s fireside chats with Mike Tirico will have to suffice for Bulls’ content on the network, which has not included any Bulls games on its 2025-26 schedule. The Bulls currently have only three games carried nationally, at Orlando on Dec. 1 on Peacock, at Brooklyn on Jan. 16 on ESPN, and at Toronto on Feb. 5 on Amazon Prime.

It makes sense.

As the Bulls began thei

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