Team Breakdown - Chicago Bulls

At the suggestion of a friend and faithful reader, I will attempt to do team statistical breakdown and see how it goes.  Just a couple numbers, nothing too in depth.

Chicago Bulls

The Bulls are a team that showed a lot of promise in the last couple seasons.

In the last two seasons decent playoff showings.  In 2006 they pushed the Miami Heat in the first round, winning 2 games and giving the soon to be champs a scare early.

in 2007 they would meet the Heat again in the first round, sweeping the reigning champs and winning by an average of 11 points a game.  They were no match against the Pistons, even though they pushed the Pistons to a 6 game series, in games they lost they only averaged 79 points against Detroit's raging D.

Here are some big time numbers for this team this year

Bulls average 95 points of offense a game

They allow 97.6

Losing by an average of 2.6

Wallace averages 4.1 offensive rebounds in a win

and 3.1 when they lose.

Seeing on how offensive boards often leads to points, that is one big rebound for this club

Another huge stat for the team is Deng’s numbers

He averages 21.6 in a win

But only 15.5 in losses (That’s a BIG difference)

So when Deng gets into the 20 point range it is statistically going to equal a Bulls victory

The only Bulls player who's numbers don't drop when they go on the road is Joe Smith

He averages 9.8 points and 4.7 rebounds at home

On the road he gets 11.8 and 5.6

At home Gordon, Deng and Hinrich average 21.8, 18.4, and 15.2

On the road they get 18.4, 17.4, and 10.9

They average a 4 point loss on the road (93.7 for, 97.6 against) 

4 points is almost exactly the scoring drop that Hinrich sees when he hits the road

You also see his assists go down by 2 on the road from 7.0 to 5.1, which once again makes a difference of at least 4 points

Statistically speaking if Hinrich either scores 15 or dishes out 7 assists, the team wins.

An encouraging stat for the Bulls is Jo Noah.  

His game averages read 5.1 points and 4.8 rebounds a game, but he also only gets 15 min of playing time

Per 48 minuets he is averaging 15.7 points and 14.5 rebounds

There has been some wind of Wallace being traded out of Chicago, which would most likely open up more court time for Noah.  But at the same time Noah isn't quite ready to be starting every game and playing big minuets, he is a great energy guy off the bench and will see his court time increase slowly. 

No player on this team averages over 35 min a game.  The Bulls rely on a very even attack as they have 6 players who average between 4 and 6 points a game.  While 5 players average between 10 and 20.

In my opinion, what will need to happen for this team in the future is to have their big 3, Hinrich, Deng, and Gordon step it up and take complete charge of this team.  Then they will need to see their role players, Thomas, Noah and Duhon, find their place as important role players.  I see Nocioni fitting in as the type of player that Stojakovic is for the Hornets right now, can have huge games and lead the team, but isn't the teams top option for most nights.

I would like to hear your feedback on this article.  If you enjoyed it, if you have anything to add, or if there is anything that I should add during my dissection of teams.