Remember back when John Paxson bravely looked out towards the NBA and said they were taking a stand for player development, and that their ‘big’ ‘three’ needed time together with, uh, Cristiano Felicio?
Well, not only did the league call it out as bullshit, the trio acquired for Butler hasn’t actually played much together this season, and may not again. And even in garbage time (i.e. the last 25 games of the season) haven’t performed well: an offensive rating of 97.5 a defensive rating of 119.2.
But Fred Hoiberg says you can throw that out:
“I don’t take too much into it just because of the fact Zach really joined the team full time with not many reps with that group,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said.