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The Bulls’ Alex Caruso a starter? Not such an easy change to navigate

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Bulls coach Billy Donovan admitted on Monday that Alex Caruso was a candidate to go into the starting lineup last week, but there were still too many concerns over navigating his minutes.

Alex Caruso knows that at some point this season, talk of minutes played, protecting the Bulls guard from himself, concerns over how he flings his body around the floor, all of it will have to go away.

That time, however, wasn’t now.

Coach Billy Donovan admitted on Monday that he and the staff had kicked around the idea of inserting Caruso into the starting lineup last week, but couldn’t get over a few obstacles.