We’ll see if the upcoming road trip takes some pressure off these young Bulls. With no home crowd "Kobe" Chants to worry about, the Bulls may just be able to play a little more freely, and return to the United Center with at least a .500 record, and bring the UC back to a feared place. Field Goal % continues to haunt the Bulls. Especially 3-pt% where the Bulls were second in the league last year.
K.C. Johnson’s anatomy of a mess breaks down the Bulls’ problems and offers 1 reason for hope.
I think a player by committee or performance would backfire, but Sam Smith offers his take here. I do like some of his points (getting Nocioni in more) but I believe a system where players are constantly worried about their roles may fail. This type of system isn’t going to give us the Thomas Jones effect.
From the Daily Herald: Shooters keep slumping: Through Saturday’s games, the Bulls rank 29th in the league in points per game (86.5), field-goal percentage (.381) and 3-point percentage (.264).
All four guards in the rotation are shooting well below 40 percent — Chris Duhon (.371), Ben Gordon (.354), Kirk Hinrich (.318) and Thabo Sefolosha (.214).
"Defense wins games, but you’ve got to put the ball in the basket to have a chance out there," Gordon said. "I don’t feel I’m pressing on every shot. It’s contagious almost."
I’m starting to feel sick too.