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Bulls quietly developing strength they haven't had since Tom Thibodeau days

Billy Donovan doesn't need to worry when his starters are having a difficult night. When Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis or Nikola Vucevic don't have it going, he can lean on a luxury no Chicago Bulls coach has had since Tom Thibodeau: One of the NBA's best and deepest bench units.

The Bench Mob 2.0, if you will.

The 2010-11 Bulls finished 62-20 and earned the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, powered by Derrick Rose during his age-22 MVP season. Rose scored 25.0 points per game to go along with 4.1 rebounds per game and 7.