Different, Yes, But Bettter?

Both of Jerry Reinsdorf’s teams lost yesterday. With the White Sox, you don’t expect that to happen much these days. With the Bulls, you do. The best the Bulls can do on the season will be to finish 31-41 in Arturas Karnisovas’ first year in charge of the front office There’s definitely a pulse on the bench, thanks to new head coach Billy Donovan, and a greater attention to in-game detail. The results, though, have been lacking. Just consider that Fred Hoiberg-led teams won as many as 42 games a season. If next year’s Bulls were to do that, Donovan would be in the running for Coach of the Year. But I don’t see that happening. Zach LaVine is a certified scoring machine for sure, but with a bad case of the turnovers. New center Nikola Vucevic is a plus-player. Now, if Karnisovas can just figure out to how to come up with three more quality starters, especially ones who can play defense and protect the ball. I’m not holding my breath. No, I’ll be watching to see if Dylan Cease can pitch the kind of game his team needs against a team that he should be able to dominate. Alas, that kind of game won’t be coming along for Bulls’ fans anytime soon.