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Blog a Bull — math says so There’s ample anecdotal evidence that Chicago Bulls point guard Kris Dunn is an elite defender. In a season marked by inconsistencies on the offensive end of the floor, his defense was what earned him the starting job at his position. Thanks to the mathematical wizardry of Stephen Shea over at BasketballAnalyticsBook.com, we have a new, shiny stat to visualize just how good Dunn is on that side of the ball. Shea developed a statistic called Perimeter Defense Rating which is an approximation of a player’s production as a perimeter defender. Here is how he calculated the...

Blog a Bull — first in our Bulls-centric draft previews We’re not long removed from a time when owning a high lottery pick and drafting a dominant big man prospect was the ultimate privilege. Now, the value placed on traditional centers has never been lower. The modern NBA demands a new breed of big, one who possesses the rare combination of rim-protection, an ability to guard in space, and even a competent 3-point stroke. With the evolution of the center position still being in its infancy, very few players in the league are capable of this, but one player who potentially could do it all is Texas...

Blog a Bull — another example of The Chicago Way? There was buzz at the NBA draft combine surrounding the Bulls #22 selection and Boise State Senior Chandler Hutchison, who shut down his draft workouts and thus is assumed to have been made a promise to be selected. Hutchison looks like a perfectly cromulent wing prospect, and checks the Bullsian box of being experienced and proven at the amateur level. But the Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor put out in print another connection that’s been whispered for years: It’s unclear who made the promise, if one was made at all, but it’s no secret that...