The Bulls also still have Zack LaVine and last year’s potential MVP, DeMar DeRozan. Whether Chicago planned this contingency or not, luckily most of the roster consists of guards who can momentarily take his place, including Ayo Dosunmu, Alex Caruso, Coby White, rookie Dalen Terry, and recently signed free agent Goran Dragic. Lonzo Ball’s lingering pain following knee surgery is not a good sign for the Bulls this upcoming season, especially since the starting point-guard is poised to miss both training camp and possibly the beginning of the season as well. DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic, Patrick Williams, Ayo Dosunmu, Alex Caruso, Goran Dragic, Coby White, Javonte Green, Andre Drummond, Marko Simonovic.Based on their roster moves this off-season (if you can say they made any at all), the consensus in Milwaukee seems to be the former–that with Khris back, they shouldn’t have the same problems. It took Giannis’ massive 42-point game with nine made-threes to get them even close to that 103-point total. In Game 3 against the Celtics, guard Grayson Allen shot 0-6 and Wesley Matthews added just three points. 2 is that the Bucks have had a starting lineup problem ever since they refused to pay P.J. Had he been healthy, the defending champs may have been able to get to the finals. 1 is that All-Star Khris Middleton wasn’t on the court due to a knee injury. There are two ways to look at what happened. They ended up losing 109-103, behind by only six points. It’s a stat I love to bring up because however the Bucks choose to move on from this loss will decide their success this season. In their Game 3 loss against the Celtics this past playoff series, the core trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez, and Jrue Holiday scored 80 points, while the entire rest of their team accounted for just 23 of their 103-point total. ![]() Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez, Bobby Portis, Pat Connaughton, Wesley Matthews, Grayson Allen, Jordan Nwora, Serge Ibaka, Sandro Mamukelashvili.Below is a rundown of what every team in the NBA has going for it heading into the 2022-2023 season–what fans should be excited about, and what fans should fear. Predicting this sport is silly, and yet, I’m going to do it anyway. ![]() The only people who predicted the Golden State Warriors to win yet again in 2022 were the Warriors themselves, and the only people who predicted them to face the Celtics in the finals were the Celtics. ![]() You can have the goddamn Greek freak Giannis Antetokounmpo on your team and still not make the Finals. It’s a shame–especially since there are 30 teams–but that’s the whole point, I guess.
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