21 wins and 10 losses ranked second in the East, you can hardly believe that this is the Bulls in this season to play the results, although the offseason Bulls after a series of reinforcements to strengthen the lineup, but at this time the Bulls are still not optimistic, even in the eyes of many people the Bulls are still a playoff marginal team, after all, last season the Bulls have been to strengthen their own lineup, the arrival of Vucevic let the fans see hope, but in the end the Bulls because of the run-in and injury reasons led to the team still did not enter the playoffs, So DeRozan, Ball Brother and Caruso are all good players, but in the eyes of many people, they are still difficult to make the Bulls qualitatively change.
But with such doubts the Bulls began the new season, more importantly, there was a chemical reaction between DeRozan, The Ball Brother and LaVine, the arrival of the Ball Brother is to increase the Bulls' organizational ability and defensive ability, at this time, LaVine can complete the team's scoring offensive hand, rather than taking on the team's organizational task, so that it can further release Lavine's offensive ability, and the arrival of DeRozan also reduces the scoring pressure of Lavin, and the Bulls do not have to count on Lavin at the key moment of the team. At the same time, Caruso has also become a reliable player on the bench, and these are the dilemmas faced by the Bulls last season, last season LaVine averaged 27.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, this season's LaVine's data has declined, averaging 26.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, but the difference is that the Bulls came to the second place in the East, and finally the Bulls last season's record was only 31 wins and 41 losses.
So the arrival of Brother Ball, DeRozan and Caruso is a huge help to the Bulls, especially DeRozan brought a lot of help to the Bulls, to know that last season's Bulls were very dependent on Lavine to score, after all, other Bulls players were unstable in scoring, Vucevic came to the Bulls and did not play chemistry with Lavin, as for White and others are not a reliable scoring point around Lavin, but DeRozan's arrival has changed all this, and what makes the Bulls happier is that DeRozan has become more efficient this season. This season's DeRozan has a shooting percentage of 50.6%, which is also a new high in DeRozan's career, and more importantly, DeRozan's shooting number has become higher, this season's DeRozan averaged 19.2 shots per game, which is the highest value except for the 16-17 season, but DeRozan's shooting rate was only 46.7% that season, and this season's DeRozan also played a better shooting rate when maintaining high shots.
Of course, this is not enough, DeRozan brought more growth to the Bulls than this, the most important thing is that DeRozan performed well in the last quarter of this season, first of all, at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, when DeRozan led the team alone, DeRozan was able to help the team stabilize the situation, not to say, at the critical moment DeRozan can also help the team score, and this is the difference between DeRozan and the past, after all, the previous DeRozan is not good at key moments, but the current DeRozan is very different from the past. This season's DeRozan averaged 8.2 points per game in the final quarter, ranking first in the league, so DeRozan also became the king of the final quarter, so the Bulls have been fully promoted this season.
And the Lakers chose to give up DeRozan for the sake of Westbrook, but from deRozan's current performance, the Lakers are afraid to regret it, after all, this season's DeRozan performance is too good, so far this season DeRozan can average 27 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, and this season's DeRozan has also begun to do more three-pointers, compared to last season's average of 1.2 shots per game, this season's DeRozan averaged 2.3 three-pointers per game, and finally DeRozan also got 36.5% The three-point shooting percentage, so after coming to the Bulls, DeRozan is fully improving his form.
So this season's Bulls can play such a state this season, and looking at the current situation, DeRozan also really wants to thank the Lakers and James, after all, they chose Westbrook instead of him, but after coming to the Bulls, DeRozan obviously played more comfortably, compared to the high pressure that the Lakers have to face, whether DeRozan can finally play is really difficult to say, so DeRozan needs to thank the Lakers and James, and now he can also follow the Bulls to launch an impact on the championship. After all, the strength of the Bulls this season they are expected to do such a thing.