They call Isaiah Canaan “Sip” around the Bulls. Which perhaps is apropos since he occasionally gets a sip of the game while most of his teammates enjoy big gulps. The buoyant and playful Canaan is a big time team favorite, though not just because he’s never been much threat to get anyone’s playing time.
“Of course I would have loved to have been playing,” Canaan was saying late Sunday night after the Bulls 104-95 loss to the Boston Celtics to even the playoff series at 2-2. “But you can’t really worry about that. You have to worry about the next day, how you can get better and when your name is called be ready to go.