Some rebuilds
work, others don’t. At 13-25 and three
years removed from the last time they saw .500, the Bulls fall into that second
category.
I want to like
head coach Jim Boylen, I really do, but he’s a moose caught in the
headlights. Boylen keeps saying his
young team is going to learn from its mistakes, in which case they should all
be basketball geniuses. Boylen owns a
.313 (!) winning percentage in a season and a half. If he’s not careful, if his players keep
needing to learn, Boylen will be challenging Tim Floyd’s career .280 mark
before long.
White Sox fans
should count their lucky stars. Of the
two Jerry Reinsdorf-owned teams, theirs looks to be headed in the right
direction. As much as it pains me to say
this, at least Sox general manager Rick Hahn has a clue. And Gar Forman over at the Bulls?
Why, he’s the
exec who back in 2011 acquired Niko Mirotic, aka The Next Sure Thing. Mirotic lasted five seasons (and one punch
from Bobby Portis in practice) before deciding he liked European hardcourts
better. But, hey, Forman packaged
Mirotic and a second-round draft pick for three bodies and a first-round draft
choice. Anybody seen Chandler Hutchison
lately?
Monday, the
Bulls played the suddenly-rebuilt Mavericks, losing 118-110 in another one of
those learning experiences. Dallas is
now winning thanks in large part to 6’7” guard Luca Doncic, who scored 38
points against those ever-learning students on his way to a triple-double. Then, last night, the Bulls played the Nets,
a team that actually had a worse record.
No more. Even without injured
rookie Zion Williamson, New Orleans prevailed, 123-108.
The mind reels. So do the Bulls.
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