Is This Anything?

Maybe if the Bulls had traded Zach LaVine last summer, they’d be playing like this from the start. All I know is the Zach-less Bulls are doing a mean imitation of a decent basketball team. Right now, they’re two-thirds of the way through a six-game trip against Western Conference teams. So far, it’s been losses to the Rockets and Suns and wins against the Jazz and Kings, with the Lakers and Nuggets to finish things off. Talk about a trip from hell going OK, so far. Because the front office has assembled a guard-centric roster, it only makes sense to go with a de facto three-guard offense, with newly acquired Kevin Huerter switching over to small forward. This makes for a younger, more athletic team, quite unlike anything Arturas Karnisovas has assembled since he took over in 2020. Last night, Huerter scored 25 points in a 128-116 win over the Kings while Tre Jones, another piece of the three-way trade in February that sent LaVine to Sacramento, scored fifteen points with seven assists. With Jones at point, Coby White can operate as shooting guard, which he did last night to the tune of 35 points. Billy Donovan and company would have to win their last twelve games of the season to finish over .500. Still, it makes me wonder what could have been and what it all means, if anything.