Chapter 5 The Bull Roster
After the baptism of the great season of 2008-2009, the 2009-2010 Bulls performed even better, but the team suffered a massive injury frenzy, Hinrich missed 8 games, Ruel Deng missed 12 games, Noah missed 18 games, Salmons missed 31 games, and Terrence Tospurs missed as many as 53 games, but even so, the Bulls still entered the playoffs as the eighth seed in the East, and met the Cavaliers in the first round, and finally 1:4 were eliminated.
In the summer of this year, the Bulls signed Carlos Boozer with a five-year, $80 million total value of a new contract, Boozer averaged 19.5 points and 11.2 rebounds per game in the Jazz last season, shooting 56.2% from the field, is the representative of the league's short interior, Boozer's offensive means are diverse, accurate shots, strong interior junglers are very tough, although not tall, but physically strong, the perception of rebounding points is very good, good at card position, Playing six seasons in the Jazz for blocking and pick-and-roll, Boozer has a very high degree of integration with the team's tactics, understands the position and space between himself and the opponent, and on the defensive end, Boozer is limited in height and weight, unable to prevent the opponent's strong interior line, basically has no blocking ability, and the defensive enthusiasm is not very high. This season, Boozer's five-ball block for Rose made Rose's breakthrough to the fullest! He played in 48 games this season, averaging 21 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
Compared to Boozer's offense is stronger than defense, his interior partner is stronger defense than offense, Joakim Noah has been playing since he was drafted by the Bulls in 2007, Noah's biggest impression on fans is that he is like a women's basketball team shooting posture and always coiled his hair in a bun, showing a mouthful of uneven white teeth, on the offensive end, Noah's back body singles ability is limited, rarely using the hook shot often used by interior players, his scoring is mostly relying on other players' breakthrough points and grabbing rebounds of the secondary offense, Noah's greatest value is on the defensive end, he plays very passionately, is not afraid of confrontation, is keen to create physical contact, and has a lot of small movements, which annoys opponents - his idol when he was a child was Garnett, who knew that Garnett's trademark shoulder shake and turn back jumper did not learn, but learned Garnett's trash talk and small movements, Noah judged the defensive position very well, and at the same time Noah has a very good passing ability, which can be used as the central axis of tactics, in short, His contribution to the team's defense is not reflected in the statistics, and the young Noah has become the team's interior pillar, so the Bulls did not hesitate to give Noah a five-year, $60 million contract this summer, and this season Noah is averaging 10.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
As early as 2008, the Bulls successfully retained Ruel Deng early in a six-year, $71 million contract, Deng is a very practical player, he has All-Star level strength, but he has no star temperament, and he is relatively low-key, he is a jack-of-all-trades player, the perfect second-in-command, each of his skills is above the average level of the league's position, but there are no particularly outstanding skills, and the role of the Bulls is similar to that of Pippen back then, Deng is averaging 17.4 and a half points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game this season.
The Bulls made a lot of moves this summer, first signing Boozer with a big deal, and then signing Ronnie Brewer on a three-year, $12.5 million contract, Bruce was the 14th pick in the first round in 2006, and the team that selected him was the Jazz, Brewer's performance in the first year of the rookie was unsatisfactory, but in the second year, after Fisher needed to treat his daughter's eye disease and left the team, Brewer suddenly came to the feeling of a star player in college, and his value on the defensive end began to show, Although his shooting ability is not very consistent - he had a very serious car accident when he was young, which caused his right arm to not be fully straight, and his shooting action could not be corrected, so it affected the shooting percentage, but Brewer made up for it with his enthusiasm for the game, he was more suitable for playing off the bench than a starter, the pace of the game was suitable for chaos, and he had a good grasp of the rhythm of the fast break, averaging 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season.
In the 2009 draft, the Bulls selected James Johnson with the No. 16 pick in the first round, and the No. 26 pick selected Ty Gibson, Johnson is a very physical player, can complete a lot of fancy dunks, but the basketball IQ is not high, there are often unnecessary turnovers and fouls on the offensive end, and on the defensive end they tend to gamble steals, overall, from the current performance, I don't see Johnson has a lot of talent and potential, but Gibson is different, Gibson basically has no skills at all in offense and defense, but with his strong body and the spirit of fighting for every ball, he can get good opportunities under the basket, Gibson on the court is always running endlessly, blocking, covering, opening up space for teammates, competing for every rebound, he is like a machine that will never rest, defensive awareness is greater than offensive awareness, he is currently a very good interior bench, training for a few years has the possibility of becoming a first-class power forward in the league.
The team's starting No. 1 position is Rose, and the player who comes off Rose is called CJ Watson, like Chuck Hayes, this is another counterattack template player in the league, Watson participated in the 2006 NBA draft, but no team pronounced his name, and then Watson represented the San Antonio Spurs in the summer league that year, and after being cut, he went to Italy to play, and after a year of overseas career, Watson joined the training camp of the Charlotte Bobcats, But before the start of the regular season, Watson joined the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBDL in 2007, in this league, Watson shined, averaging 26 points per game, and then the Golden State Warriors signed Watson with a 10-day contract, it is worth mentioning that Watson is the 100th player in NBDL history to be recalled by an NBA team, Watson won the trust of Golden State management with his outstanding performance, and soon won a contract extension until the end of the season, Watson established himself in the NBA, signing him to a three-year, $10.2 million contract this summer, and this season Watson has averaged nine points and 2.9 assists per game as Rose's backup.
This summer, the team had a vacancy on the interior due to Brad Miller signing a three-year, $15 million contract with the Rockets, and the team signed the elder Kort Thomas for a $1.4 million base salary, and Thomas is a very good defensive player who will replace Noah and Boozer when they left the rest of the room.
Keith Bogans, there is nothing to say about this player, he has changed teams 9 times in his career, including two times into the Palace Bobcats and Spurs, a standard streamer, only 5 points and 2 rebounds in his career, not to mention the playing aspect, this person is very good at provoking trouble, often causing court conflicts, and then the main players of the opposing side are OUT with him, this kind of explosive attribute on his body is very liked and appreciated by the coach, Noah is a very well-behaved child in the NCAA, After entering the NBA, it became like this, and I believe that there is a lot of credit for Bogans.
The 2003 NBA draft was called the "03 Platinum Generation", which produced a large number of players such as James, Anthony, Boshwell, etc., who later became the league's top stars, and even in the second round, there were still many excellent players, and Korver, just the last one, was the 22nd pick in this round. (It is worth mentioning that the 28th pick in this round of Mavericks selected Xue Yuyang, who is still playing in the NBL Henan credit store.) )