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Is Nikola Mirotic bad? Examining cognitive biases that shape our opinions in basketball

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The quickest way to start a civil war among Bulls fans is to ask what they think of Nikola Mirotic.

Everyone agrees Mirotic is an incredibly inconsistent player, which makes him difficult to judge. His streaky distance shooting has flustered fans, teammates and coaches.

Mirotic has been at his streakiest this season. Of his 37 games played, there have been 20 times where he’s shot higher than his 32 percent season average on 3-pointers. But of those 20 games, he only followed with an above-average shooting performance 10 times.

But Mirotic isn’t streakier or more inconsistent than any of the other 32 percent 3-point shooters this.