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ATLANTA – It wasn’t that long ago that Coby White was a part of a top five NBA defense.
Ayo Dosunmu, Patrick Williams and Nikola Vucevic as well.
It just feels long ago lately.
Missed blockouts, lack of communication on switches, just flat-out letting blow-bys occur on a nightly basis … Yes, 2022-23 might as well have been a decade ago.
It was that season in which Bulls coach Billy Donovan – helped immensely by defensive savant Alex Caruso – had the fifth best defense in terms of efficiency.
The Bulls woke up Monday in Atlanta 26th in defensive efficiency this season, fresh off a Sunday game in which they won, but allowed 150 points in a regulation game.