Nikola Mirotic had a very good Rookie season. In my mind nowhere near enough to merit a Rookie of the Year but he had a good season considering that he got 6th Man minutes. The only thing you can ask is ‘Why didn’t he come to the NBA quicker?’.
The sharpshooter will most likely get more freedom next season. I mean why wouldn’t you give this guy more minutes? He can only get better, I mean, he expects himself to be better.
“So I felt the need to change. It was three years since Chicago drafted me and I waited for the right time to make the move. You can tell the timing was right by the kind of season I had. Some people may have been surprised with my performance, but those who know me know the best Mirotic is yet to come….
“Next year I guess I’m going to have more of a featured role with the team and that’s just another motivation to work extra hard so when the team needs me I’m ready to deliver.”
The Bulls are a crap shoot at this point. We don’t know how good they’ll be. We don’t know whether Jimmy Butler will take lead, we don’t know what Fred Hoiberg will do in terms of strategy and minutes. There are a lot of questions and I can’t wait to see what the answers will be.
