Not for DeMar DeRozan at least.
“Oh no, there were some days that they were kicking our ass,’’ the veteran recalled recently when discussing the reserve squad and the intrasquad scrimmages from fall training camp. “That was their mentality.’’
A mentality that hasn’t relinquished.
While the Bulls have muddled through the first 13 games of the regular season as a whole, the players that have made up the bench came into camp looking to do some damage, have backed that up, and then some.
Goran Dragic was leading the team with a plus-minus of plus-74.