Chicago Bulls: 5 biggest questions from 2016-17 season

Jan 27, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Rajon Rondo and forward Jimmy Butler and guard Michael Carter-Williams and guard Dwyane Wade (left to right) on the bench to start the first quarter against the Miami Heat at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 27, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Rajon Rondo and forward Jimmy Butler and guard Michael Carter-Williams and guard Dwyane Wade (left to right) on the bench to start the first quarter against the Miami Heat at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
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Jan 27, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Rajon Rondo and forward Jimmy Butler and guard Michael Carter-Williams and guard Dwyane Wade (left to right) on the bench to start the first quarter against the Miami Heat at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 27, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Rajon Rondo and forward Jimmy Butler and guard Michael Carter-Williams and guard Dwyane Wade (left to right) on the bench to start the first quarter against the Miami Heat at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports

On the heels of a mediocre 2016-17 campaign, the Chicago Bulls have a few questions that need to be addressed going into next season. Here is a look a few of them.

The 2016-17 version of the Chicago Bulls can be described as a mixed bag at best. With a group of veteran and young players, the Bulls finished the season with a 41-41 record.

Yes, they qualified for the playoffs, but that was only because they had a soft schedule down the stretch. Once the playoffs began, things would not go as planned.

After taking the first two games against the top-seeded Boston Celtics, Bulls fans had faint hope that their team was better than the mediocre record it produced during the regular season.

Unfortunately, reality set in, as the Celtics stormed back to take the next four games of the series. This would be the second time in four years in which the Bulls would suffer a first round exit.

Now that the season has mercifully come to an end, the Bulls have a lot of issues to face heading into another offseason filled with uncertainty.

Here is a look at the biggest questions they will have to address from the 2016-17 season.