Bulls guard Coby White is expected to make his season debut on Monday night against the Lakers but rookie Ayo Dosunmu will still get some minutes, according to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times.
‘I think [Dosunmu has] played too well and has played some good basketball for us,’’ head coach Billy Donovan said. ‘‘We’ve got to find a way to utilize both of those guys.”
We have more on the Bulls:
- Nikola Vucevic will remain in the league’s health and safety protocols for at least a few more days but he’s experiencing only mild symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, Cowley adds in the same story. ‘‘I talked to him [Saturday] a little bit,’’ Donovan said. ‘‘The symptoms haven’t gotten worse. Kind of feels like more he’s got a cold. He’s doing fine.”
- Lonzo Ball says he has no hard feelings toward the Lakers and Pelicans organizations, K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago writes. He was traded by the Lakers in the Anthony Davis blockbuster, then came to Chicago prior to this season in a sign-and-trade transaction. “I wanted to come to a place where I felt like I fit, a place that wanted me for me and didn’t want me to change,” he said. “Chicago is the best place for me.” He looks at the trade that sent him to New Orleans as a positive. “I think it helped my career personally,” he said. “In the long run, it made me a better person and a better player.”
- The Bulls should be a factor in the Eastern Conference race all season, John Hollinger of The Athletic opines. Due to the team’s roster makeover, the individual pieces make the whole more than the sum of the parts, masking individual weaknesses, Hollinger adds. Chicago’s identity has changed from a soft team to one that plays pesky defense and can dominate opponents in transition.
Wasn’t Hollinger the guy who said this team would be bottom 4 in the east? DeRozan was the worst signing of the offseason. Blah blah blah.
In all seriousness, this team has been MUCH better than I envisioned for defense. They play physical and fight thru screens. Getting defensive IQ players like AC, Lonzo, DJJ have really made this team versatile and ability to switch on the perimeter. I’m curious how White handles this new role. Hopefully, he doesn’t disrupt the chemistry this team has quickly built in the first 13 games. I had them 6th in the east and at 44 wins. It’s good to be a Bulls fan once again.
No wonder he got fired by the Grizzlies. Analytics nerd doesn’t know basketball
Perimeter defense is so key today, they seem small in a traditional sense but it hardly matters in todays game
This style of play should net a top 4 seed regular season. I’m curious how it will hold up in the playoffs tho when coaches get to well…. start coaching /manipulating seams in the D
And lakers had the best offseasean movement…today we were destroyed them..lololol…
Ayo reminds me of last year IQ… Bulls should trade Coby and Vuc for Valanciunas or a pacers big, maybe even Kat…
This team looks a lot like a Thibs coached group. Players are buying into defense and hustle. Those teams usually overachieve in the regular season and come back down to earth in the playoffs. They still need a PF or shot blocker to be a playoff threat.
Should have kept Thadeus and didn’t trade for Vuc
They may get Thad back later in the season if Thad is bought out.
Don’t see a buy out coming even so Lakers GSW Nets Miami Suns Bucks will be ready to go at him
And the Bulls may be a top 3-4 team in the East. Why wouldn’t they be as attractive from a competitive standpoint? Thad seemingly had a good relationship here so not sure why the Bulls wouldn’t have a leg up on other teams.
Love to see a Bulls x Knicks in PO