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Why are the Bulls force-feeding Markkanen minutes at small forward

It’s established that Billy Donovan can do no wrong as he is decidedly not Jim Boylen. I, for one, thank the heavens for that every day. But with several new, veteran, high-minute pieces coming in at the trade deadline, Donovan being merely better than a flailing goofus isn’t good enough. He has to make things work, quickly, as the Bulls are in the thick of it (it being a morass of bad, but still).

And playing rotations are the easiest thing to criticize about a coach, so...let’s do that very thing. ‘Easy’ works!