Turning the page, The Next Chapter: The Official Chicago Bulls 2019-20 Season Thread

[The G.O.D II]

Wendell and Sato are just so timid on offense.

 

[god shamgod]

another bad loss , this what Zach Lowe wrote about the bulls

2.Lauri Markkanen is lost

Chicago's putrid offense -- 27th in points per possession -- is confounding. The Bulls sport a tidy shot chart: the most attempts at the rim, an average number of 3s, the second-fewest midrangers. Their free throw, turnover, and offensive rebounding rates are in acceptable ranges. They are taking the fewest pull-up jumpers in the league.

And yet: Their half-court offense has been abominable. (They have been fantastic in transition, per Cleaning The Glass.) They have struggled shooting from almost every area. No team has underperformed its expected effective field goal percentage -- based on the location of each shot, the nearest defender, and the identity of the shooter -- by a larger margin, per Second Spectrum.

The Bulls' shooting isn't this bad. Some of their nominally good shooters -- including Markkanen -- are off to slow starts. Others -- Tomas Satoransky -- don't shoot enough.

I suspect this stems from luck, inexperience, and a dearth of plus playmaking at the perimeter positions. Satoransky hasn't been able to leverage his canny passing as effectively against opposing starters. Chicago's offense has little flow or continuity. The ball can stick after the first scripted action, leaving someone to create one-on-one. (No Bull gets more excited by this than Coby White, an inveterate chucker.)

Markkanen has been the chief victim. He hasn't been quite as involved in Chicago's pick-and-roll attack -- as screener or ball handler -- as last season. He badly needs an ace playmaker to get him the ball on pick-and-pops with space to shoot or drive. Even when the Bulls engineer those situations, Markkanen has looked sluggish and hesitant. His handle hasn't held up in traffic.

Jim Boylen told reporters Tuesday that Markkanen is suffering from a sore oblique. I felt some relief reading that. It would explain a lot.

this why I wanted Lonzo ball the bulls need a better playmaker, bet LaVine and markannen would eat with one

 

[Nero Christ]

Wendell and Sato are just so timid on offense.

no offensive system or philosophies in place to make their roles known and it has them out there confused on what to do. Guys like Zach & Coby are natural gunners, there just gonna go and get it, everybody else, not so much

 

[The G.O.D II]

And how long is this FO going to watch Boylan just run this garbage on both ends? Offense has no cohesion. Just a pnr or Zach heaving shyt as the shot clock winds down because no one has confidence. We still blitz pnr and have everyone scrambling, resulting in open corner threes that would bring a tear to Jason Kidd’s eyes. I mean we already have historically bad defenders like Lauri and Zach why make shyt even more complicated with this overly aggressive stupid scheme? This team is not that bad and a good portion of this is on poor coaching

 

[KingB137]

Not sure how the Bulls lost tonight. Losing games they aint got no business losing.smh

 

[god shamgod]

We still blitz pnr and have everyone scrambling, resulting in open corner threes that would bring a tear to Jason Kidd’s eyes. I mean we already have historically bad defenders like Lauri and Zach why make shyt even more complicated with this overly aggressive stupid scheme? This team is not that bad and a good portion of this is on poor coaching

bulls 14th in the nba in defense rating,#1 in turnovers forced and 9th in opponents 3 points %

the offense and rebounding the issue

 

[Brozay]

We’re just shooting like shyt and they aren’t terrible looks. We could really use Otto back right now. Season isn’t looking good though

I thought we would really be fighting for a playoff spot this year

 

[The G.O.D II]

bulls 14th in the nba in defense rating,#1 in turnovers forced and 9th in opponents 3 points %

the offense and rebounding the issue

I think that's skewed due to the fact that we start really well on both ends and we are playing some bad offensive teams like the Knicks, Cavs, etc. After halftime when teams adjust and recognize our schemes we fall apart which is why we blow so many leads

 

[BBG]

Just got home from the UC i was 6 rows from the floor, bad bytches galore

Seeing Zach play hero ball in person is a lot less annoying and way more entertaining in person, I have to admit (probably cuz he was actually knocking them bytches down tonight though).

Watching Lauri fukk off every damn 3 until the last 30 seconds playing catch up with hella hands in his face had me like the Jason Terry gif though. nikka where was you at the entire time before that

To make matters worse the tear started when Dinwiddie realized he can keep going up with his right and nobody will do shyt about it

DeAndre Jordan wetting free throws in the 4th quarter, bytch I wanted my free hot dogs from Portillos

I had the cup though so I got the free coffee from Dunkin, fukk it.

 

[jerniebert]

 

[Nero Christ]

bout damn time Gafford get some burn

 

[Brozay]

Gafford

 

[god shamgod]

Gafford killin

 

[jwinfield]

So giving minutes to the young athletic big with a defensive presence that wants to dunk everything has its positives

 

[Conscious Pilot]

Bout damn time That Bald ass Fakkit plays Gafford