First off what you’re about to read does not excuse any of the poor play we’ve seen from most of the team thus far. I have given this some thought and after reading some other members posts I’ve come to some conclusions.

The Bulls don't have enough ballhandler/creators like they have had in the past years and it really shows. This is not to say I feel resigning both Ayo or Coby was the right thing to do, as much as I liked and appreciated what they brought the cost may have been too high. IDK

Lets look at what each brought to the table. Coby IMO often brought a very dangerous scoring threat but maybe his defense wasn’t always great , while Ayo brought more consistent if not very good defense while his offense was at times inconsistent. What they BOTH brought however was ball handling and shot creating for others which this current team lacks beside Giddey and Tre atm.

Having two reasonable ball handlers on the court at all times does so many things. Teams can’t take the ball out of the primaries hands and get away with it like they seem to be doing to Josh atm. Maybe some will recall the Cavs doing this to Rose in an important playoff game. AYo also had his Ayo runs where Josh could pass to him or he‘d take the rebound and use his speed to finish or create an easy bucket for teammate. Coby was a threat to pull up or take it to the basket and score or dish as well.

The starters, as it stands, lack a 2nd true ballhandler /creator . I do think Caleb can and will become this in time but his handles aren’t there yet. Matas may have better handles but hasn’t shown much on the creator side aside from doing it himself. Powell , from what I’ve seen isn’t the guy either, maybe it’s too early to say this but while he can score and thats certainly a nice threat to have , I havent been impressed with his dishes to others when defense comes to him. Stix is a shoot first big and not the distributor either (damn I think Vuc has a couple things I miss 😳)

This shows a bit less in the 2nd unit as I think Miller and even Buddy have shown better flashes of these skills than the starters.

I’m glad Ayo is having a chance to show his stuff on a higher level stage with MINN but we certainly should be looking for some 2 way guards who can fill this need , maybe Swain can get there someday.

Why are they so insistent on playing him through this injury? I get the team would look terrible without a facilitator besides Jones but Giddey on 25% looks terrible. The team is rebuilding, might as well let him rest

Holy cow. Just flipping through it, we've got maybe 2 games with non playoff teams in nearly a month? Expect maybe 4 wins. It's insane.

Will be my first time taking public transportation to a game. Wondering if it is better to take a bus, an Uber, or the pink/green line and then walk the 15 minutes. Anyone done this and have suggestions for before and after the game? It will be Ogilvy.