Featured Columnist IVSeptember 4, 2024
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The Chicago Bulls are reportedly including some expertise to their backcourt.
Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Wednesday that the Jap Convention workforce agreed to {a partially} assured cope with guard Talen Horton-Tucker. Horton-Tucker is from Chicago and can now have the chance to make his hometown workforce.
The 23-year-old spent the primary three seasons of his profession as a secondary participant on the Los Angeles Lakers. He even received a title throughout his rookie season, though he appeared in simply two postseason video games throughout Los Angeles’ run to the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
His greatest season from a person manufacturing standpoint was his first with the Utah Jazz in 2022-23 when he averaged 10.7 factors, 3.8 assists and three.2 rebounds per sport whereas taking pictures 41.9 p.c from the sector and 28.6 p.c from deep.
Horton-Tucker put up comparable numbers final season in Utah at 10.1 factors, 3.5 assists and a pair of.4 rebounds an evening whereas taking pictures 39.6 p.c from the sector and 33 p.c from deep.
Whereas taking pictures 33 p.c from three-point vary nonetheless leaves a lot to be desired, the improved taking pictures stands out as he heads to Chicago. He might want to reap the benefits of his alternatives by connecting on these exterior photographs, particularly when opposing defenses collapse on Zach LaVine and Nikola Vučević.
The Bulls will not be realistically anticipated to contend this season, so including younger expertise like Horton-Tucker is well worth the threat.
Maybe he’ll take one other step now that he has 5 years of NBA expertise underneath his belt. If he does, he could be a part of a youth motion within the backcourt that additionally contains Coby White, Josh Giddey and Ayo Dosunmu.
