There are a lot of interesting phenomena in the league, that is, the presence of a player will always affect the performance of some players in the team. Haliburton, as everyone knows, started out playing for the Kings. However, Haliburton at that time really didn't have much room to play, because of the existence of Fox, Haliburton naturally couldn't find a suitable growth point. After Haliburton came to the Pacers, everyone also saw his state, which can be said to be a star-level existence. On the other hand, Haliburton led the team to the championship final, and if it weren't for the super data obtained by thick eyebrows, Haliburton would have entered the ranks of supergiants in one fell swoop. Of course, the current Haliburton is a combination of Paul and Curry.
In addition, Alexander, like Haliburton, would have been a qualified rotation at best if he had stayed with the Clippers, and he would not have achieved what he is today, nor would he have fully unleashed his potential. Of course, among the high-ranking rookies in recent years, there is another player who cannot be ignored, and now he has finally ushered in his spring. Kobe White Everyone knows that when he entered the league in 19, he was the player who was selected with the 7th pick in the first round, but unfortunately he has been in a tepid state for so many years. To say the reason, on the one hand, the Bulls did not have targeted training, and on the other hand, there were many players in the same position in the team, which made White's growth much slower.
The Bulls have been doing well in recent times, with a 4-2 record in six games. If you want to say the root cause of this, it is Laven's injury. After LaVine was injured, the Bulls' record became better, which shows that LaVine really affects the team's combat strength, and the team is more united without him. In addition to DeRozan, the player who has performed well in this time period is Kobe White. We can look at these six games, with 23 points against the Bucks, 31 points against the Pelicans, 19 points against the Hornets, 24 points against the Spurs, 33 points against the Bucks, and 27 points against the Nuggets. And in those six games, White hit 31 three-pointers, averaging at least five per game.
As far as these numbers are concerned, it is enough to prove that without LaVine, White will play better. Combined with the overall statistics of this season, White averaged 16.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, shooting 44.8% from the field and 43.2% from three-point range, all of which are career highs. Of course, the better White plays, the more confident the Bulls are to trade LaVine. To put it bluntly, LaVine did delay White's growth, especially in the 21-22 and 22-23 seasons, and this time it was White's turn to rise super. It should be noted that when White renewed his contract with the Bulls, he signed a three-year, $36 million contract. Now it seems that this contract is not an ordinary good deal.
The Bulls' rebuilding this season is a sure thing, and a new core is now in place, and that's White. When White entered the league, he was pinned on high hopes, but unfortunately the Bulls were in a hurry to build the team, so that White, who had good talent, was delayed year after year. Let's see when the Bulls will dismantle the team, and it is expected to wait until a month later, because after a month, the players signed in the offseason will be able to trade. Of course, we also have to pay attention to the trading deadline, when there will be a lot of action.