The Chicago Bulls’ 2014-15 season relies on one factor above all: the health of Derrick Rose. He’s played just 10 games over the past two years, and no one truly knows if he can put in significant time on mended knees going forward.
But provided that Rose can last a full season at a level nearing his 2010-11 MVP swagger, this Bulls squad looks to be the most fearsome one for which he's played. Not least of all because of the addition of Pau Gasol.
Gasol left the Los Angeles Lakers because "instinct told me to pick Chicago,” in his words. A likely part of Gasol’s impulse was the promise of playing with Rose: a lane-penetrator more dynamic than any with which he's shared the floor.
Rose’s proclivity for sucking defenses into sudden rim-bound vortices should match well with Gasol’s more stationary comfort in the paint. Gasol is 34, but he's still enough of a threat in the post to draw some double-teams. Defenses looking to protect the basket from both players are sure to lose track of many jump-shooters, a boon for Chicago’s offense.
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