It’s hard to believe that the team that owns three аttаcking stars like DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic ranked 24/30 in аttаck and 5/30 in defense in the 2022/23 season. A lot of criticism is directed at the Bulls’ trio of stars for this poor оffensive performance. However, all three had great оffensive seasons, pitched well and did exactly what was asked of them.

There are two problems that make the Bulls аttаck ineffective. First, their ability to change states is too poor, causing them to miss quick and easy scoring opportunities. From there, they have to face more difficult аttаck situations when the opponent has time to return to defense.

Second, the role players of the attacking team are not good. The Bulls’ best scorer outside of the big 3 is Patrick Williams, averaging only 10 points per game. The starting back three they tried in Ayo Dosunmu, Alex Caruso and Patrick Beverley barely made any mark on offense. Even worse, these players move inappropriately, thereby limiting the оffensive ability of the Bulls’ three stars.

If the Bulls can solve these two problems, they will take a big step forward on offense. In the 2021/22 season, when the Bulls had a defender with the ability to pass the ball and launch attacks as quickly as Lonzo Ball, how scary they were.

Ball brings good 3-point shooting ability and especially the ability to launch quick and accurate counter-аttаck situations. When pick 2 of the 2017 NBA Draft got injured, the Bulls couldn’t find anyone who could fill his role. The Bulls only brought in players like Goran Dragic and Patrick Beverley, players who clearly cannot compare to Ball in their ability to control the game. As a result, the Bulls ranked 4th in scoring percentage last season but ranked last in the 3-point shooting list. That is a problem that the United Arena team cannot solve.

Although difficult, the Bulls are starting over in this year’s preseason. The Bulls play a lot of pick and roll and аttаck in all 5 positions, we can see these changes in the match against Milwaukee Bucks. This is something that takes time as the Bulls have to experiment and learn about the habits and strengths of each player.

In particular, what becomes the focus of discussion every summer is DeRozan’s 3-point shots. He had a three-point shot at a 0-degree angle, something that didn’t happen often last season.

The Bulls had an excellent defense last year and they didn’t change too many systems that were working well. The home team at United Arena often rotates positions from number 1 to number 4, with striker Vucevic moving to support and trying to create chaos with his strength and body.

The Bulls’ changes are quite positive, and if they continue to change, they can look forward to a better season ahead.