The Chicago Bulls have waived Houston Mallette effective September 25. The departure is official and complete: the guard is off Chicago's NBA roster with no confirmed destination.
An official and effective departure
NBA.com's player movement log lists the waiver, while RotoWire confirms that Mallette was released on Friday. The latter identifies the Windy City Bulls as the expected next setting for the player, but no move to another team has been made official; the only confirmed transaction is his departure from Chicago's NBA roster.
The Bulls have not announced a reason for the waiver or any financial terms connected to the transaction. The move should therefore be treated as an effective release, not a trade or a completed signing by another club.
The profile leaving Chicago's roster
Mallette is a 23-year-old, 6-foot-5 guard who played at Alabama and went undrafted in 2026. He featured for the Bulls in the Las Vegas Summer League before joining on an Exhibit 10 deal, a route commonly used to fill out a preseason group while preserving a possible pathway within the franchise's wider structure.
What changes for the Bulls and Mallette
The waiver opens a place on Chicago's working roster before the 2026/27 season. It does not remove an established NBA rotation piece, as Mallette had yet to secure a competitive role with the first team.
Mallette's next step remains open. A possible continuation in the organization through the G League is not the same as a confirmed new signing, so his current status is that of a player waived by the Bulls without an official destination.
