New Bulls head coach Billy Donovan will greatly help the Chicago’s young roster, Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times opines. In Donovan, the Bulls finally have a coach who will work to factor in the strengths of his players as he game-plans, as opposed to striving to make players conform to his system. Former Bulls head coaches Fred Hoiberg and Jim Boylen both struggled to fit their players into their preferred offensive systems.
“[O]ne of the things I’ve always felt is important when you’re building out different things offensively is I think you’ve got to spend time with players to hear how they want to be used,” Donovan said recently of the coaching philosophy he brings to the Bulls. “And then you build out how you want to play from there.’’
There’s more out of the Central Division:
- Eric Nehm of The Athletic brainstorms potential routes through which the Bucks can upgrade their point guard position. Currently, 30-year-old starting point guard Eric Bledsoe, a two-time All-Defensive Team inclusion with Milwaukee, is earning $16.9MM and is with the team through the 2022/23 season. His contract for the final year is only partially guaranteed. Bledsoe’s limitations as an offensive creator hamper his fit with the Bucks. Backup point guard George Hill is earning $9.6MM through 2021/22, though the 2021/22 season is only partially guaranteed. Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday is weighed as a trade option were the Bucks to flip Bledsoe and other pieces, while D.J. Augustin and Jeff Teague are considered as viable biannual exception signings.
- The Pacers front office has recently spoken a couple times with star guard Victor Oladipo, J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star tweets. Last week, there were rumblings that Oladipo, a free agent in 2021 and a two-time All-Star with Indiana, would be amenable to a trade.
- As we previously relayed, Khyri Thomas impressed Pistons coach Dwane Casey during Detroit’s recent mini-camp team practices. After undergoing a foot surgery last fall, Thomas was limited to just playing in eight games of the 2019/20 season.
Knicks want Victor Oladipo (28)
R.J. Barrett (20), Mitchell Robinson (22) and New York’s No. 8 pick. But that is a substantial age gap.
Bucks should have kept Brogdon.
They should have not offered so much to extend Bledsoe.
The TA writer really goes after him, more than you usually see on that site.
Bledsoe is still good so it should not be hard to deal him. Especially after this draft, there’s a lot of PGs with more creativity.
Too injury prone to rely upon.
Still better than Bledsoe even if he’s injury prone. Hill is even a better fit than Bledsoe
Jrue H is a solid get. If they can swing it. He’s never been to Finals. So they another hungry good player. He’s a better gm manager and scorer than anyone they got. I think he fits well with Bucks. NO needs to go with the young blood. This is Zion and Ingrams team now. Ball should their PG of the future.
Aren’t all of the Bucks players hungry? Sure they got to the ECF two seasons ago, but we’re talking about a team that has won just 3 postseason series in the last 19 years. Milwaukee has been good for the last two years, that’s it. And they have underperformed in the playoffs both times.
What does 19 yrs have to do with this team. Go hug your Harden doll. We are discussing ball. Holiday is an all star talent. Much better to have that hunger. You shoukd know underachieving underperforming real well. Reaching East Finals going six with champions us underperforming.
Everyone here who has knowledge. Sees you come here and constantly talk down players, teams. To somehow give the Rockets an excuse. So you think you can get it with me. Bucks have just become a good team. Giannis is 25. They got beat by the East champion. A team they didn’t see coming. I’d fire coach, been saying it. Please dude go play with yourmvp dolls. You don’t want none of this.
Knick – agree with it all, but think I would rather have CP3 than Holiday, even with the age and the contract if the Bucks can hang on to DiVencenzo while making that trade. CP3 running their offense with Giannis off-ball is just what they need.
If Brogdon remains healthy through next season, letting him go will have been a retrospective mistake, but offering a guy like him a ton of money and then watching him ride the bench with injury would’ve been worse.
What would it take for the bucks to get CP3 in trade value without yet considering money to match contracts? Bledsoe and two firsts?