Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu had some legit questions, so before having season-ending surgery Wednesday, he went on a fact-finding mission.

It made sense, considering he’d never had a major injury nor surgery, and Kevin Huerter and Coby White, who recently underwent shoulder surgeries, were in the locker room.

Huerter had season-ending surgery in March 2024, missing the rest of the season, but was back in time for this season. He hasn’t shot the ball like he has wanted to but didn’t blame the injury.

White, who didn’t have surgery until June 2021 in the offseason, missed 18 of the first 27 games of the 2021-22 season trying to get it right and admittedly struggled most of the season.

Dosunmu’s return window is four to six months, so he has a better runway to land compared to White, but the following question — one of several — is a fair one to ask with 20 games left in the regular season for the Bulls:

Does the surgery affect Dosunmu’s future?

Maybe not his necessarily, but there is a butterfly effect in play.

There was a real scenario in which the Bulls would look to trade White or Dosunmu, hoping to lighten the load in a crowded backcourt and making an extension for Josh Giddey a higher priority.

White’s and Dosunmu’s deals expire after the 2025-26 season.

With Dosunmu sidelined, White likely would be easier to move and also could get the Bulls more in return.

Do the Bulls make the play-in game in the Eastern Conference?

Yes, and go ahead and write it down in pencil for now. The pen could come rather shortly.

The concern surrounding the Bulls at the start of the season was that executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas was too stubborn to play the tanking game even though most of the teams in the conference in the same talent zip code were more than willing to.

Now here we are.

The Bulls had a chance to improve their draft odds two weeks ago but blew the 76ers out in Philadelphia, then came back to beat the Raptors in overtime last week. Those teams happen to be trailing the Bulls in the standings.

Winning games is a learned skill, and if both victories had been attributable to rookie forward Matas Buzelis being the hero and coming up clutch down the stretch, they certainly would’ve been embraced as great wins.

But that’s not what happened.

The Bulls have the sixth-toughest schedule in the East, but it has become apparent that the 76ers and Nets aren’t interested in moving up.

If there’s a team to watch, it’s the Raptors, who have the easiest remaining schedule in the NBA but still trail the Bulls by four games.

Is there a Plan B beyond Nikola Vucevic?

Zach Collins is sure starting to look like one.

With Vucevic sidelined with a calf injury, Collins has started five games and proved to be a capable replacement if the Bulls trade Vucevic this summer.

He’s not Vucevic, but he’s solid.

The 6-11 Collins, who’s 27, has averaged 18.2 points and 10.4 rebounds in those starts, and the Bulls were a plus-33 with him on the floor.

Acquired in the three-team Zach LaVine trade, Collins has $18 million coming next season and has 20 games left to secure his place.