Five victories for 11 defeats. This is the Bulls’ balance sheet after 20% of the season, and Billy Donovan’s troop is set to experience an even more difficult season than the previous ones.
Largely dominated last night in OKC, Chicago doesn’t look like much, and rumors surrounding a transfer from Zach LaVine liven up the franchise’s daily life. Is this the right time to do a “reshuffle” and change direction? The answer with Alex Caruso.
“I don’t know… A “shakeup” is also very general” he believes about an upheaval in the workforce. “If we had won those few close games at the start of the year, who knows what state of mind we would be in and what questions we would be asking ourselves right now. I don’t know if there will be a change. You have to have a positive spirit in professional sport, especially in basketball. There are so many matches to play. And we’re not even 20% of the way through the season. I don’t know if we can call it upheaval. But it is certain that we need to change our daily routine and habits. We talked about consistency and we need to change that from within. »
A start to the match which weighs down the whole
Listening to the back of the Bulls, the problem would therefore not be linked to the squad, but indeed to the structure and the method. And then, he recognizes that the Bulls are simply not at the level of the best, especially at the start of the match.
“Honestly, I think there were maybe two or three games that we wasted. But for the rest, we weren’t good enough at the end of the match. And this is largely due to our start to the match.” he continues. “We fell behind and had to make heroic comebacks. Then we lacked success at the end of four matches this season. If we win these four matches, we find ourselves above 50% in a few matches… This changes the dynamic and the outlook for the start of the season. But for me, what matters is finding solutions. Because we are very close to it. We watch the videos. We are doing a good job. It’s just about limiting the times when we don’t do things well. »
| Alex Caruso | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | LAL | 37 | 15 | 43.1 | 30.2 | 70.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| 2018-19 | LAL | 25 | 21 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 79.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| 2019-20 | LAL | 64 | 18 | 41.2 | 33.3 | 73.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| 2020-21 | LAL | 58 | 21 | 43.6 | 40.1 | 64.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 41 | 28 | 39.8 | 33.3 | 79.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 67 | 24 | 45.5 | 36.4 | 80.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| 2023-24 | CHI | 13 | 24 | 58.7 | 50.0 | 76.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 9.9 |
| Total | 305 | 21 | 43.7 | 37.4 | 74.9 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 6.2 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
