The Bulls’ season appears much like pieces to a puzzle one can’t put together until after time has expired, therefore limiting the value of the pieces that would otherwise be magnified.
Players have been shuffled in and out all season long, but the one player Fred Hoiberg has bemoaned not having from the start of this year is Mike Dunleavy, whose injury-induced absence was written off as an opportunity for Doug McDermott to fulfill his potential as a lottery pick from 2014.
Dunleavy seems to settle things on the perimeter, even in the absence of Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose.