The injuries to 4 rotation players really sucks the fun out of watching Bulls basketball lately. Not just because we want to see the guys play (not you, Denzel Valentine) but because we’re told that we can’t ‘judge’ anything that happens in the interim. And I love judging!
I suppose there was an established opinion that we could judge the team’s effort, especially after the total shellacking they suffered at the hands of the Warriors. In that time the Bulls defense’s only effectiveness was in the shareability of their shame-videos.
But in the three games since, all home contests against quality teams in the Nuggets, Pacers, and Rockets, the Bulls were ‘competitive’.