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With Curry and Billups starting as two guards, the Bulls are now extremely poor at defending speed-breaking guards on the outside. They are very similar to the Lakers during the two consecutive championships. They had almost no chance against those fast guards in the playoffs. No resistance.

Regardless of Fisher, even if Kobe Bryant can still be selected to the All-Defensive Team in the 10-11 season, he still has nothing to do against extremely fast guards such as Rose, Westbrook, and Paul. At this time, he He is already 32 years old, and his speed and explosive power are far from what they were when he was young. Not to mention the defensive end, even on the offensive end, the number of breakthroughs with the ball is very few. He mostly relies on mid-range shots to the basket and behind-the-back scoring. host.

The biggest difference between the Bulls and Lakers is the defensive ability at the forward position.

Whether it is Artest or Gasol, the Lakers' front line is not weak in individual defense, but due to mobility, it is not strong in assisting defense.

But the Bulls are different. Both Wang Chong and Garnett are among the best in mobility among forward players, and they are also experts in assisting defense. Players who cannot be guarded by the back line can help wipe their butts, and the situation is different. As for being particularly serious.

Even so, Wang Chong also knows that after the end of this season, the Bulls' lineup structure will probably need to be optimized.

In the 11-12 season, Billups is basically no longer able to play as the starting lineup. Although it is possible that his career trajectory has changed due to joining the Bulls, he may not necessarily suffer serious injuries during the 11-12 season. The season is over, but even if Billups is healthy, when he reaches the age of 35, his athletic ability is still unable to support his continued high-intensity confrontation in the main position.

Billups' contract will expire in the summer of 2012, and Wang Chong has no intention of trading Billups away from the team to free up salary space. Even though he knows that the NBA is essentially a business league, he has no intention of trading him away from the team. This does not mean that there is no camaraderie in this alliance.

At least in Wang Chong's view, as long as Billups is willing to accept the status of substitute sixth man, let him stay in the team. After the expiration of the contract, he will continue to stay with the team as a veteran's basic salary until retirement, giving him a decent career. At the end of the game, there was not much loss for the Bulls.

With Billups relegated to the second line, the Bulls can directly move Danny Green to the starting position.

Although he is still very good now, after a full season of training, Green will definitely be able to reach the level of the league's top 3D player. After all, he was originally with the Spurs. Green also started to emerge in the 11-12 season and became the team's starting shooting guard. Position averaged 9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

The Bulls do not need a strong offensive point. With the configuration of Wang Chong + Curry, they have no shortage of firepower output on the offensive end. What they need is to be more perfect on the defensive end.

As long as Green's starting lineup can make up for the current lack of defensive ability on the back line, and as a powerful fixed-point shooter, he can help Wang Chong and Curry create space on the offensive end, this is enough.

To sum up, although the Bulls cannot prevent the breakthrough of fast guards, it is not a fatal flaw for the team, and among the teams in the league currently with fast guards, they are an absolute threat to the Bulls. There are only Parker of the Spurs and Wade of the Heat.

The regular season continues.

On December 12, the Bulls defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 8:117 in an away game.

The showdown between the Bulls and the Cavaliers has been the focus of the league in the past few years. The main attraction is Wang Chong vs. James.

With James leaving the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers were quickly brought back to their original shape. Currently, they have the worst record in the league, and they are heading straight for the No. 1 pick.

Although James is full of black spots, it is undeniable that without James, the Cavaliers are nothing. Even if they selected Irving with the No. 4 pick this season and won the No. pick three times in the following four years, The team was still struggling to win the No. pick every year. It wasn't until James decided to return to Cleveland that the Cavaliers once again had the strength to compete for the championship.

When the Bulls and Cavaliers played, they didn't need to contribute at all. The main players left the field after playing less than 30 minutes, because the game on the court had already lost suspense, so it was better to let the substitute players play.

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Seeing Thornton perform so efficiently against a weak team, Wang Chong couldn't help but feel moved.

Although the current Bulls have little demand for players like Thornton who have good offensive ability but poor defensive performance, it does not mean that other teams in the league are not interested in Thornton.

If Wang Chong increases Thornton's playing time in the next game and allows him to produce good enough data, I believe Thornton will definitely have good trade value.

Of course, Wang Chong also hopes that Thornton can exchange for some outstanding players. As long as he can exchange for a first-round pick, or even a relatively high second-round pick, it will be a bloody profit.

You must know that the 2011 draft was a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. The fifteenth pick in the first round was Kawhi Leonard, the thirty pick in the first round was Jimmy Butler, and the second round pick was Bojan Bogdano. Veach, Chandler Parsons, and the strongest 175 Isaiah Thomas on the planet, who was selected at the last buzzer, are all very good players.

Again, the Bulls currently have a well-organized lineup and do not need too many main players. However, this does not mean that Wang Chong cannot miss out at low picks. Even if the Mavericks select some potentials and do not cultivate them, as long as they are not given to others, The opportunity for the team to develop and become an opponent is not a loss for the Bulls.

Besides, if you really choose some good players, you won't be harming others. Just like Jimmy Butler, he is definitely the best candidate for the second or third boss in Wang Chong's mind. He has a tough personality, plays without taking possession of the ball, and is also very good at defense. .

The most important thing is that compared to Klay Thompson, the 11th pick in the first round, and Kawhi Leonard, the 15th pick, Butler's biggest advantage is that he is cheap, and he can get it with the 30th pick in the first round. Next, considering that the Bulls selected Butler with the last pick in the first round, it is theoretically not impossible for Butler to fall to the second round in this draft.

In Wang Chong's future development plan, the Bulls select Butler and train him for one or two seasons before Garnett retires. By then, Wang Chong's comprehensive evaluation of his own abilities will definitely be more complete. With the advent of the small ball era, It's totally okay to switch to power forward.

At that time, the Bulls' starting lineup will become Curry, Danny Green, Jimmy Butler, Wang Chong and Gasol. The Bulls' perimeter defensive shortcomings will be completely made up. At the same time, Wang Chong and Gasol will Sol's combined inside line is enough to deal with any opponent in the league in terms of height and defensive ability.

The topic is a bit far gone. These are issues that need to be considered next summer. At the moment, the Bulls only need to win game after game while keeping the current lineup healthy, and then when conditions permit It would be enough to give Marcus Thornton more opportunities to improve his statistics and increase his trading value.

On December 12, the Bulls faced the challenge of their archrival Los Angeles Lakers at home.

Although the Lakers did not make any changes or optimizations to the lineup in the summer due to salary space, the current lineup alone is still the favorite to win the championship and ranks second in the league's strength list.