What could the New Orleans Pelicans have been thinking?
They'll be in the United Center Friday for the Bulls second preseason game, so perhaps someone can ask: How the heck could you let go of Lonzo Ball?
Ball had what seems like a modest statistics line of eight points, five assists, three steals and two blocks in the Bulls impressive 131-95 exhibition opening night victory Tuesday. But it was much more than that, an effect on the game from the point guard position that probably hasn't been seen here since Norm Van Lier or Guy Rodgers.
Derrick Rose was brilliant and irreplaceable, but he was most needed for scoring with his early 2010s teams.