Doug Collins Hired By Bulls – Fantasy Impact
May 29, 2008 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under NBA Teams
The Chicago Bulls ended their coaching search today by hiring Doug Collins. Collins, who is currently a color commentator for TNT, will take over the young Bulls team that underperformed last season. The Bulls looked poised to move up the Eastern Conference standings but they fell far short of expectations.
While Collins is a good coach, this is very bad fantasy news for all the players on the Bulls. Collins coaches teams to play a slow pace – which will eliminate a lot of fantasy value from the Bulls’ offense.
Collins also isn’t known to mesh well with young players. That mix of slow tempo and bad youth management is a horrible combination for young athletes like Tyrus Thomas and the recently arrested Joakim Noah.
If the Bulls take Derrick Rose with their first overall pick, don’t expect Rose to play a lot of minutes his rookie year. Collins will try to win, like he always does, and that means banking on players with experience and winning know-how.
Perhaps the only player that this could help is Luol Deng. Deng can thrive in the half court setting and Collins will likely lean on Deng to produce on both ends of the court.
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