The Nikola Mirotic experiment is still early in its process, but the results have been encouraging so far. He has added extra spacing to an offense that at times looked like a clogged toilet last year. Joe Johnson didn’t remember Mirotic’s name after the Chicago Bulls thumped JJ’s Brooklyn Nets, but something tells me he’ll pay better attention to the scouting report next time Nikola plays them.
“I can’t remember No. 44’s name, but he got it going a little bit,” Johnson said to the Chicago Tribune afterward.