long time guy wrote:
BD wrote:
long time guy wrote:
Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
After reading about Satoransky I'm starting to get interested in the upcoming Bulls season. Seems like they made a couple of solid signings for a young team ready to take the next step (make the play-offs as a low seed). They're certainly not ready to compete for a championship but they should be competitive and fun to watch (finally).
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/bulls-player-preview-tomas-satoransky-could-finally-provide-point-guard-stabilityStill think he is better suited for a backup role from 1-3. Even if he is he is still a much better option than what they trotted out last season. The Bulls bench should be much improved this year. Their starting 5 when healthy wasn't all that bad last year but once they brought in the D-League caliber guys off the bench it was a wrap.
I'm not sure how much better the bench will be, but they are trying to have more flexibility with the roster.
I don't expect much from White this season and especially early on. T.Young is the only bench player they have who has a track record...Archie will get backup PG time so maybe 7 players they trust.
Players like Hutchinson and Valentin are huge question marks being both unproven and injured, and the rest are lower end players.
Arch isn't going to play much as a 3rd string PG. If its Dunn or Satoransky its still a huge upgrade at the backup PG slot. Young is a huge upgrade too. I doubt if we see a lot of the Blakeneys, Harrisons, and Arch's this season and thats fine by me.
They go about 8-9 deep now which isn't all that bad.
Is Arch going to be the 3rd string PG? I think he can beat out Dunn for the backup PG spot. It's at least a training camp, early season battle.
I do think Young will provide steady minutes off the bench. He will help up-front off the bench. They need Hutchinson and/or Valentin to become good players off the bench else they will be very limited.
Right now, this is probably a 6 man rotation (even though they are going to play 9 guys probably most nights) of players who have some reliability. Of course, the backup PG spot will be a 7th player, but this looks pretty alarming too me given the lack of health from the starting unit.
Not only health, but consistency. They are going to have to show me both things before I can take the Bulls seriously.