The start to the Bulls season is rough. I mean the first two games are against the Cavaiers and the Knicks. Bulls guard/forward Jimmy Butler would have the main assignment defensively on the star players for both the teams in LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony respectively.
Butler has sustained a sprained thumb though that will keep him out of the remainder of the preseason and quite possibly the start of the Bulls season as well.
Here are the tweets from the Bulls official twitter account.
Bulls guard Jimmy Butler sustained an injury to his left thumb against Charlotte on Monday night. Subsequent examinations and an MRI…
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) October 21, 2014
…confirmed a sprain of thumb ligaments. Butler will not practice this week and will not play in Chicago’s final preseason game against…
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) October 21, 2014
…the Minnesota Timberwolves. He will be re-evaluated after that.
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) October 21, 2014
Well this might not be a great start to the Bulls season at all. This may actually be the worst possible scenario ever for the Bulls. Defensively, the Bulls will still play a great collective team defense. With the one-on-one game though, guarding LeBron and Melo, the Bulls may turn to Tony Snell in some tight situations as i do not see Doug McDermott or Mike Dunleavy even holding a candle against these two.
