Sad news out of Hoffman Estates last night.
During the Chicago Bulls 103-95 loss against the Orlando Magic, the Bulls official Twitter account tweeted out that two-way player Max Strus tore his ACL in his left knee and suffered a bone bruise in that same knee on Dec. 21. It will sideline him somewhere between 8-12 months.
Quietly, Strus had been performing well in the G League. The 6-foot-5-inch forward from nearby Hickory Hill, Ill. was averaging 18.2 points per game. He wasn’t doing it in the most efficient manner ever (41.