The Chicago Bulls envisioned this year would be a step forward for promising young players, most notably Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter. They brought in Otto Porter, Thad Young and Tomas Satoransky as veteran leadership, drafted scorer Coby White and rim defender Daniel Gafford. Unfortunately though, man plans and God laughs.
LaVine’s stats have dipped in practically every offensive category and he has not fixed his high turnover rate. Markkanen has disappeared completely at times having regressed in scoring and rebounds.