Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 29, 2020
Player breakdowns: The ‘Bench Mob’ it’s not - the Bulls’ backup guards
It isn’t exactly the “Bench Mob.’’
As a matter of fact, the Bulls haven’t had anything that’s resembled the “Bench Mob’’ in quite some time.
Yes, there were financial reasons the reserves from those 2010-12 teams had to eventually be dismantled, but the departure of former coach Tom Thibodeau has also played a big part in why the front office hasn’t been able to build a second unit that grabbed that “Bench Mob’’ persona and ran with it.
Thibodeau had the likes of C.J. Watson, Ronnie Brewer, Kyle Korver and Omer Asik believing that not only were they better than the opposing second unit, but they were also interchangeable enough to give the opposition’s starting unit some headaches.
