2.0 or Lite?

The score of the Heat-Bulls’ game last night when I tuned in was something along the lines of 24-5, Miami. So, a 102-97 win is nothing to sneeze at, especially for a 5-9 team. If I were to vote anyone off the island first, Zach LaVine or Nikola Vucevic, it would be Vucevic. The Bulls’ center makes a difference about as often as Duke Snider did, for the Mets. In other words, not often. The team MVP over the first fourteen games has been Alex Caruso coming off the bench. Caruso provides instant energy and defense, both of which are in short supply for this team. The problem is that Caruso can’t stay healthy, and that’s never a good thing. Some of us old timers see hints of Norm Van Lier and Jerry Sloan in Caruso’s hardnose play, with this one difference—Van Lier and Sloan were indestructible, until they weren’t. Van Lier went full-bore seven seasons at the old Stadium, Sloan nine seasons. They were both a dynamic duo and pair of iron men in the backcourt. The closer Caruso gets to playing a full schedule of eighty-two games, the better the chance the Bulls have of being…well, better than the Bears or White Sox.