A preseason would raise questions about the fitness of a team for name contention — particularly when that team spent the exhibition schedule taxing its turning players heavily than most.
But the Chicago Bulls got what they wanted from this month of October: Derrick Rose appeared like himself. Sam Smith of Bulls.com said Rose”generally bordered between fabulous and spectacular in his preseason development,” along with the prior MVP closed things out with a flourish. He scored 57 points. Over the whole preseason, he connected on 43 percent of his triples.
And don’t worry: He seemed as quickly and reckless as he did three decades ago.
It’s probably fair to be worried about the recklessness.
At any rate, Chicago struggled to adjust in the rotation, which explains its record that was underwhelming. Tom Thibodeau is still experimenting with Gasol’s role alongside Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah. Additionally, some defense was to be expected with rookies Nikola Mirotic and Doug McDermott getting familiar with Thibs’ system.
Jimmy Butler’s thumb injury marred an otherwise healthy preseason, but when the most important setback merely renders a role player”day to day,” based on K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, the Bulls will take it.
With Rose healthy, the Bulls are very, very frightening.
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