The Bulls may be trading some of their best players during the season. But for now Chicago has a healthy lineup with point guard Lonzo Ball, who missed last season, joining Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic, Josh Giddey, Coby White, Torrey Craig and Patrick Williams among others.

That's a deep rotation and one worth backing against New Orleans, which closed last season failing to cover eight of the past nine times it was favored.

The Pelicans weren't a great home team either going 21-19. They won't have perhaps their most dangerous 3-point shooter as Trey Murphy III is out with a hamstring injury.