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The Chicago Bulls have a bench...but will they use it?
This is Tom Thibodeau’s fifth season as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls after coming over from the Boston Celtics. Over the previous four seasons, the Bulls have had a tremendous amount of success, in general. They’ve had either the number 1 or 2 team in defensive rating each of those seasons except 2012-13 when they were a lowly 6th.
Over that time period though, they have struggled with injuries (Rose obviously, but Noah, Deng, Butler have all struggled with injuries over that time). One of the biggest criticism’s many have had of coach Thibs, who has obviously done an amazing job otherwise, is that he rides his players a bit much. That was highlighted last season with the success the Spurs had by limiting minutes (and games played) for players throughout their roster.
