Antonio Blakeney is like that gold nugget embedded in a boulder. So close to being a great discovery, but you're still hacking away attempting to extract the treasure. He could be another Lou Williams, Jamal Crawford or Ricky Pierce, the rare instant offense player who energizes a team and enhances its starters.
"He's a guy when you are struggling to put the ball in the basket, he can go by his man and he can create," agrees Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg. "We didn't have a lot of those guys last year who can get by their man like that.