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The NBA has finally returned. In honor of opening week, here are three observations from the first five days of action:
Fred Hoiberg’s Big Decision
In the NBA’s opening night TNT game,Fred Hoiberg made the long-awaited and maybe overdue decision to start Nikola Mirotic over Chicago’s emotional heart and soul, Joakim Noah. The insertion of Niko into the starting lineup gave the Bull’s opening unit an offensive source of firepower and sense of spacing it had been missing for quite some time.
In his first start of 2015-16, Mirotic scored nineteen points, while also pulling down nine boards.