The Chicago Bulls have had more ups and downs than the Willis Tower elevator. Watching them get repeatedly demolished on defense feels weirder than calling the Sears Tower the Willis, but even with all the drama in the Windy City, the Bulls are still looking like they could be in for a postseason run.
Yes, you read that right.
In all sports, there’s a goal to peak right when the squad is heading into the playoffs. Often, it’s not the best team that does well in the postseason but the one that is playing best at the time.
It’s hard to sift through the weirdness of this season to find that, but when you peel back the surface and look at some of the underlying numbers, the Bulls are primed for a run.
They’re Getting Healthy (Maybe)
Health is a problem once again. That’s been going on since the 2010-11 season and has reached a preposterous level. To give you an idea of how bad it is, look at the last six years and their starts missed since then (gleaned from the starting lineups data at Basketball-Reference.com):
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Article written by Kelly Scaletta