Fun to Watch

I’ll say this for the 2024-25 Bulls—they’re entertaining, a bunch of guys who can shoot the ball. Can they play defense? If the best defense means averaging 118.7 points a game, then, yes, they can. That way, the 121.9 points a game opponents average doesn’t count. Does a team with an 11-15 record have a shot at the postseason? Sure, why not? What I like is the change from last season. DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso have moved on, and it’s like they were never there. Gone, pretty much, are the mid-range jumpers and isolation, along with anyone who cared about defense. All of that is offset by the massively improved (offensive) play of a healthy Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball along with a miraculously rejuvenated Nikola Vucevic. I can see effort here, which no doubts reflects on coach Billy Donovan, the only head coach/manager in Chicago who speaks in everyday English and believes in player/coach accountability. If the Bears and White Sox had sought out those qualities in previous hires, maybe they would’ve had records good enough to seduce the General Assembly into funding both teams new stadiums. The better the Donovan Bulls do, the greater the pressure on the Bears and White Sox to get it right, for a whole bunch of reasons.