In the athleticism and explosion around the rim department, there’s few big men on the Bulls roster that are in the same class as Daniel Gafford.
The second-year center fully showed off that skillset in the win over Washington Thursday night, scoring 15 points in just 22 minutes of work, as well as being a constant irritant with his rim protection on the defensive end.
If only that was all that Billy Donovan was asking for from that position.
While the Bulls coach remained thrilled with the progress Gafford has been making since the new offense has been put in place, there are admitted deficiencies in Gafford’s game that will keep him behind Wendell Carter Jr.