Will Isaac Okoro Make An impact For The Chicago Bulls

Will Isaac Okoro Make An impact For The Chicago Bulls

Will Isaac Akuru make an impact for the Chicago Bulls after being traded by Lonzo Ball or is this another Javon Carter situation waiting to happen? We’re going to talk about that plus more on today’s Locked on Bulls. [Music] You are Locked on Bulls, your daily Chicago Bulls podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network. Your team every day. Thank you for tuning in to Lockdown Bulls, member of the Lockdown Podcast Network, where it’s your team every single day. That’s Pat the Designer, host and creator of the Windy City Breeze and host of the Chicago Bears podcast over at ESPN 1000. I’m Hayes, host creator of Chicago Bull Central and Chicago Bears Central YouTube pages and podcast. And today’s episode, by the way, is brought to you guys by FanDuel. Uh football season is now here and at right here. You can bet just $5 and if your bet wins, you get $300 in bonus bets. Download the FanDuel app at fanuel.com to get started. Pat Isaac, we got to talk about him. Continue our overunder. We’re also going to talk about the Bulls bench rotation and ESPN has the Bulls ranked and predicted to be 11th in the Eastern Conference. So, we’ll talk about all those topics, but let’s jump off here right at the top. Isaac Akuru. We’ve been doing our overunder. Uh, pick one stat and if that that player is going to go over under, couple of key stats here for Isaac Akuru. Hey, he only played 19 minutes this last game. So, starting to go with the minutes, but we just did that for IO Dumu. I’m gonna do one one that we’re hoping he’s going to bring here with more value. He He’s a career 35% three-point shooter. He shot 37% last year, 39 the year before that. So, let’s look at last season. 37% uh he shot from three. We’re going to do two different numbers with him. Over under the 37% for him this season with the Bulls. Can I take the money line? You want to take the Yeah, you can take the like like I I think that’s probably right about where he’s going to end up being. Uh I think the volume of three-point shots maybe that was going to be the next number. Okay. Well, never mind then. Uh well, it kind of all goes together. Uh I mean, okay. Well, let’s talk about So, the last year 2.7 three-point attempts per game. I think it’s important to talk on this team with the rate that we take threes and the style that that’s probably going to go up. So, even if the percentage does stay the same, it’s pretty solid there. So, let me ask you that. 2.7 attempts over under for that for Isaac. I would I would take the over on that. Not to say he’s going to be at like seven or something crazy, but I think you probably round out at about four, four and a half a game somewhere in there. Uh, and the reason being just because we’ve seen in this Billy Donovan offense that wing uh uh um is always open like it it’s always we just don’t have anybody that can shoot that shot. Remember all of the sudden Kevin Herder showed up. We were like a three-point shooter. What a novel concept for this style of offense. Like nobody thought of this. Normally it’s Dalen Terry or at times it was Patrick Williams, right? Like that’s a position where you you truly can have a ton a ton of open looks and it’s one that I think you know if we’re if you’re talking about Isaac Auroro entering the starting lineup as that three andor you know somebody else being there that’s always going to be a spot that finds its way open in the corner and you just need somebody that could consistently knock those shots down. Now, if he stays right around that 37% mark for me, I think that’s going to give you a ton this season because now you truly do have that three and D wing. And we’ll see. I know that we we let Peter Patton go, so we don’t have our shooting coach anymore, but we’ll see if that truly is going to affect the team moving forward this season and if the Bulls still have a tendency to improve shooting percentages from people they bring in. We’ve seen a lot of shooting percentages go up over the last couple of years from guys like Josh Giddy who literally I was like I don’t want to see Josh Getty shoot a shoot a basketball when he got here and then by the end of it I was like Josh you got to take that shot because you are hitting that shot at a high percentage. Uh seeing what he did what what happened with Modis Bzelis over his time here. I want to see if if we still have that effect on guys coming in because if we do you could finally have Isaac Auro being that 3 and D wing that you were looking for when you didn’t draft him in the draft. Yeah. I mean, he wasn’t going to go fourth, though. But I I get what you’re saying in that. We didn’t think Patrick Williams was going fourth. Anybody could have No, if you go back and look at late late risers, Patrick Williams would I I don’t know if he would have he would have went top five or six, though. He definitely would have went top five. We got to go back and look at that. I don’t remember ever seeing pre-drafting. No, but if you go and look cuz keep in mind it was a we if you go and look at after his combine numbers where he was he had a 40inch vertical and his 40 and his run time was actually pretty good. No, he was starting to rise up draft boards pretty considerably towards the end of that draft process. Um but even then like it doesn’t matter like it didn’t work out right. So like it didn’t work out. I think yeah I you know and I and so I think that is like the three-point attempt numbers I think something that’s going to rise if he can keep the 36 37% three-point shooting with going up to four four and a half attempts that right there is great value like that that’s that’s an amazing value for what you for what you’re going to do and I would not be surprised if Isaacu you know like last season most of Lonzo Ball’s shots were three-point attempts that’s probably going to be Isaac’s shot profile here too it’s either going to be at the three-point line or at the rim cuz I can see in the transition offense him getting opportunities at the rim, but I would not be surprised if most of his shot attempts come at the three-point line. So, you got to hit that at a really decent clip. So, I I think that now this was spurned on. So, I got a I got a voicemail over on Central um that I wanted to bring this topic over here and it was from K who had mentioned that he was like, “Hey y’all remember when Javon Carter like Javon’s going to come, he’s going to bring this defense. He’s going to bring in this three-point shooting.” And then he ended up not bringing any of that. Could that be a little concern for Isaac Kakuru? My personal thought on it was we’re not I like Javon Carter was never a volume three-point shooter. We were looking at him to possibly run an offense that’s never what he’s done. He always played off a star like off Giannis. I think with Isaac Curl it’s a little bit more tangible because we’re just asking him do the things he’s already done somewhere else just at a little bit higher of a clip. How do you feel about that Pat? Isaac Curl is 6’5. That means that you can’t only guard one position. So I’m I’m not worried about the defense not being there at all. Um, Javon Carter was brought over and the excitement around him was he can be somebody who can shut down guards and that was it. Isaac Curl can play one through three at a minimum and you feel pretty good about his defensive ability in those situations. And so for me, I don’t have that concern. I don’t expect Isaac Crow to be a score. I’m not looking for Isaac Crow to come in. The thing with Javon Carter was when Javon Carter came in, if I’m not mistaken, wasn’t he shooting like 43 or 44%. Like something ridiculous like he was coming off an elite three-point shooting uh uh um spur in the most amount of games he had ever played in Milwaukee or something like that. And so you were kind of looking for him to come in and be this elite level three-point shooter that could also go out there and guard guard somebody you knew was coming off of the bench. I don’t I don’t have that expectation for Isaac Curl. The three-point shot will be nice if it does happen here. I would like to maintain that, but he wasn’t taking six threes a game over in uh um where was he at? Cleveland. It was like three threes a game and every now and then like those were his three shots for the day. Yeah. And and you’re you’re right, Javon Carter was coming off a year. He played 81 games for Milwaukee before we signed him and uh was shooting 42% from three, taking four attempts per game. That’s crazy. That’s crazy. That’s so sad. Yeah. Yeah. Guaranteed that man a contract. Whereas like with Isaac C, we’re just looking for him to do I do want him to guard people. I don’t care about nothing else. Just guard people. Yeah. I mean, even make Lonzo ball. Even with that, like Isaac Cer has been pretty consistent. He did have the one extremely hot year where he started most of the games where he shot 39% from three on three over three attempts per game, but when you look at his three-point shooting numbers, they’ve been basically around one to two% variation uh variance each year with about the same attempts. So, there’s there’s a lot more kind of proven of him doing exactly what we need him to do here. And we’re not looking to feature him or anything. And that’s why I said like most of his shots I would not be surprised if we’re talking about Isaac Karu maybe having the 80 85% of his shots being assisted because we’re not going to look for him to do much creation on the zone. It’s just hit the open shots that Kobe Giddy Trey Jones get for you. I’m I’m be honest with you. I’m not I’m really just looking for you to guard. I don’t expect him to be in the starting lineup. I think you’re going to have somebody more offensive in the starting lineup, but I I don’t He’s a body. He’s a defensive body. Like this is how teams used to be built. You had a dude that was good at one thing and you put him out there to do that. Like I have zero expectations outside of defense for Isaac Curr. I’m not expecting him to go out there and shoot the three. If you got an open look and you can knock it down, great. That’s a plus. Uh I’m not expecting him to have the ball in his hands trying to run anything. Go sit your butt down. I need you out here to guard people that are really good at shooting the three and bring those percentages down like you did in Cleveland the first couple of years. on the on the defensive end. He was one of the guys who on perimeter defense who was really good at forcing guys three-point percentages to go the wrong direction. That’s what I need to see. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about nothing else. They’re going to go more offense at the three. I do I think they’re going to go We don’t have any defender in the starting lineup. I think that’s going to be the spot that you look Now, I would not be surprised if Kevin Herder comes out winning that, but I think Kevin Herder even his defensive numbers are actually pretty good last year for the Chicago Bulls. I don’t know if that’s going to maintain for a full season, but I do think defense you’re going to need at least one of point of attack defender out there if you can have one. So, yeah. Well, well, maybe. And listen, it might be a curo. It more than likely they’re probably going to give Patrick Williams another chance. I don’t think that, bro. Everything that we’ve heard has been he’s going to have to earn it. I mean, I get what you’re getting at. Like, I I I get what you’re getting at. And I’ll say this, if he earns it by how he plays in training camp and preseason, I’m not going to be mad at him being like, “All right, he showed up. Let’s see.” That lease is going to be really really short for P Will though. I think I got to give you credit on this too. I don’t remember this but yeah Pee Will was mocked to the Detroit Pistons seven and every mock draft. I think Detroit was shocked we took him. I listen I like it he he late in that late in that supposed to get Denny AD. I remember that. I remember Obie topping. I really wanted Tyrese. I really wanted Tyrese. I really wanted Tyrese. That is hilarious. I was like we don’t have a point guard and everybody was like we got Kobe White. I was like, he’s clearly shooting. I mean, a lot of point guards shooting now. Tyrese Maxi shoots as a as a point guard. Like, so what you’re getting Maxi isn’t like a like a Tyrese Maxi. Yeah. Yeah. Tyrese Maxi. Yeah. But you know, talking about Tyrese Hallebertton. Oh, Hallebertton. My bad. Was to us in a couple mock drafts and I really wanted Hallebertton. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. My bad. My bad. My mind went there was too many Tyrese’s in that mug. Yeah. But all right. Next up, we’re going to be discussing the Bulls bench rotation, which Isaac Akuru could be a part of if you if if Pat uh is is right there. We’re going to get into that, but first, we got to get into a message from FanDuel. The NFL season is now here and FanDuel is making sure that you’re ready for each game uh with a can’t miss offer. Right now, new customers can bet just $5 and if your bet wins, you get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. I love using FanDuel because it fits however you like to bet. player props, building a same game parlay, or even jumping in live as the action unfolds. It makes every game more exciting. Whether you’re watching your team or just keeping an eye on your fantasy lineup, it’s quick, easy, and the best way to add a little more energy to Sundays. So, you ready to play? Download the FanDuel app now by visiting fanduel.com to get started. That’s fuel.com to place your first $5 bet. More Locked on Bulls coming up next. All right, Pat. So, you mentioned that you see offense in the starting five. So, I wanted to ask about that bench rotation and and how confident you are in that bench rotation. So, um just to to lay it out, you have still you think Kevin Herd is still going to be the starter there at the three. So, the same starting five we finished last season. Yeah. Yeah. I I feel like Kevin Herder gets that opportunity even if it’s just like you want to move him. I think the the um relationship that he had with Josh Giddy by the kind of the end of the year like you were starting to see him hit that stride that’s something you want in your starting lineup in my opinion and that’s and that’s completely fair. So assuming we have the same starting five that leaves IO who we think is going to have a pretty large role. He always has a pretty large role under Billy Donovan. uh Zack Collins, Trey Jones. I think that’s safe to say that those three are definitely in in your in your bench rotation. So that gets you to your eight there. Nine or 10 man rotation is typically what you like what what Billy Don likes to have. So that leaves a mix of Isaac Kuru, Patrick Williams, Dalen Terry, um uh Julian Phillips, uh Jaylen Smith, five guys fighting over basically two spots into that rotation. How do you feel? What’s your confidence level right now on that projected Chicago Bulls bench rotation? I mean, listen, I think you got a lot of different bodies that you can go with. And what I like is, you know, you’ve got Trey Jones, you’ve got Iodumo. Those are your two um two really good defenders that you can insert into the lineup and mix into the rotation. Um you’ve also you also add Isaac Auroro in there. I feel like you’ve got all of the pieces that you need defensively, one, two, and three to swap in and swap out, especially and I think they all fit in well, right? If I swap a Trey Jones in for Josh Giddy and he’s out there with Kobe White because I need a little bit better defender in that spot right there, right? Like you’ve got some really good still point guard play turnover to assist ratio is dominant and somebody who sees the floor really well and can knock down shots. You’re not losing the offense that you have out there with Josh Giddy either. I think same thing could be said about a guy like uh uh bringing in Okoro or Kevin Herder. different kind of system, but I feel like it fits in very well depending on how you utilize the rotation there with the pieces that you have in the starting lineup. I actually think, and I’ve said this a bunch of times, H, like I really like the Bulls makeup. You just got to find a star. Like I really like the bench that this Bulls team has because I think even with that, right, if you want to go Zack Collins playing more minutes, if you want to go Javon Carter, if you want to go, you know, whoever it is that that gets those Javon Carter would be surprised. even Patrick Williams, right, who gets those last couple of spots there. It it really is a team that is built well around each other. The biggest problem is you don’t have a star that’s shown his uh uh uh prowess as of yet on this team that can put you over the top. But how this team was connected last season, I’m really excited to see, you know, how some of the small additions you’ve made to this bench are going to play and of course what the rookie is going to I mean, you got to you got to include no SN in that rotation at some point. Maybe not right away, but at some point you would assume that he’s going to get some opportunity there. I mean, and that that’s that’s a a really big thing into all of this cuz like I didn’t mention him in those five guys fighting over the two spots just because you never know with Billy Donovan. But I think the thing is is that, you know, we know that this team was was really solid offensively last year. if you cut the turnovers and get the three-point percentage better cuz we shot we’re really good on on attempts and and and makes I think but we you know if we can get better on percentage there the offense has the potential to be near elite right a potential or or damn good right it’s the defense and much like I sumu who Billy Donovan himself said like I expect I to get some minutes in the G-League but then he realized quickly early on no I need this dude’s defense and he ended up not spending any time now I think Noah’s going to spend some time in the G-League regardless but if Noah Gay’s defense is good enough to where Billy Donovan between the start of the season in October before the end of December realizes I need I need his rim protection. I need his shot block. I need whatever it is, then that does change quite a bit in this rotation. If if if you can get that and if his defense is legitimate and listen, I know it’s a long shot and we’re all past it, but if Patrick Williams finally settles into that bench roll, not a bad piece to have coming off your bench. Now, no doubt nine points and solid solid three-point shooting and and solid defense coming off your bench is perfectly fine. But and and that’s that’s all I care about. Like I ain’t going to lie to you, bring Isaac Curl in just so Isaac Curl can talk to him and be like, “Just go out there and play defense.” Like if you go out there and you stop the best player on the floor every night, they’re going to utilize you more. Yeah. You’re going to get more shots. You’re going to get Is it worth 19 million? No. We got to get We’re past the 19 million now. Yeah, we’re not going to be worth if anybody’s still hoping that we’re going to get the value out of that 19 million a year. No, it’s probably not. No, that value is gone. Yeah. But I think what what it could bring you is again like you’ve got four guys possibly in your bench rotation and maybe what Noah Assen could turn into uh you could have five guys in your bench rotation that are really good defensive players like have are really good point of attack defenders. When you talk about Trey, when you talk about IO, when you talk about P will what he was, if he can get back to that defensively, when you talk about the possibility of Noah Asen playing the right position and knowing to get out of the way on those dunks, that’s still crazy. Still one of the wildest dunks I’ve ever seen. Like those are the things that you kind of look at and you and then of course Isaac Auroro, right? Those are the things that you look at. Hold on, hold on. We got to stop. The dunk wasn’t wild at all. It was the his reaction and face that made the dunk. The dunk wasn’t that it wasn’t like it was an amazing dunk. No, bro. The dunk was insane, bro. Bro, the arm was back here. The dunk was the chest, bro. Friend, the dunk was insane, bro. It’s the dunk was insane. I know he’s a bull. I know he’s No, it’s not. Like, literally, if No, if Musellis did that dunk, I’ll be like, “No, you could. I’ve seen you do better.” Like, it was a It’s the reaction. It’s It’s If the reaction makes it worse. Yeah. The reaction is what makes it like Jesus, he got killed. Cuz like, nah, bro. Cuz it’s a it’s a lean to it, too. He like leaning the chest into him basically like, you know, you didn’t jump high enough. Like I’m sitting here I’m re Oh no you you tweak it bro. It was cool. I’m sitting here rewatching. It’s not it’s not amazing. You said it’s amazing dog. Hey bro. He killed that man bro. If Sean Kip had done that dunk in the ‘ 90s we’d have died. I mean that’s the ‘9s. Absolutely. In the 90s you you were saying it was crazy just because somebody went up straight and and on one foot, right? Like in the ‘9s. Was that his left hand? Yeah exactly. Left-handed dunk. Oh my god. He killed him. He has a women and children. Um, anyway, uh, he has a women and children, not a wife and kids. A wife and kids. Do you want your kids involved? Okay. All right. He’s back. Leave him alone. But, yeah. So, what Okay. Where where do you feel like cuz I do think like you have a lot of pieces coming off this bench that can play multiple positions and we’ve seen that’s good when you have players that can play multiple uh, and give different looks out there. That’s good. Where do you think the biggest weak spot is in this bench rotation? Center. I mean, I don’t You don’t like Zack Collins as a backup center? I I do, but I don’t know if if Billy Donovan does Zack Collins got to the He got to the point last year where it was like you sit there and and enjoy the game like here’s your I mean I think that was more Jaylen Smith like he just he forgot who Jaylen Smith was icing his knees every day. I don’t know what he’s doing in practice. Well, he had ice on his knees before he even checked into a game. It’s like that’s what I’m saying. You ain’t done nothing yet. Like Jaylen Smith was on the side with ice on his knees like Larry Bird stretched out when his back was messed up. Like sir, you you haven’t had the career yet for the ice on these knees. No, but I I just I don’t know what the center rotation is going to be. I like Zack Collins as a backup center. We didn’t see a ton of Zack Collins to finish out last season. Probably because of some of the offensive, you know, inefficiencies even on things like the the putbacks and stuff like that. like you can’t count on him to go out there and be a scorer, but as a defender, I like Zack Collins. I thought he brought a toughness to this team that no one else had. And so, I would love to see Zack Collins be that consistent backup center, but I just we didn’t see it enough from Billy Donovan that he went to a true backup center. He was more willing to go to those uh I don’t even want to say small line. 16 and 17 minutes a game the last the last two months of the season. That’s pretty good for Billy Donovan on the backup center. You talking about Andrew Drummond was like 12 minutes. I I feel like he was finishing out the season like that, too. Like the averages might be there, but I don’t know. I got I got to look through his numbers. But let’s see. 15. Yeah. Okay. All right. Yeah. I mean, he finished the season play playing him for Billy D minutes a game. He played him pretty well. Yeah. About 15. Yeah. 18 there. Okay. Then three minutes. I don’t know. Where you see one with three minutes? It was the month before. Oh well, yeah. 3 minutes 36 seconds. Billy wasn’t feeling them that day. But in that time too, he was a minus 29. So I get it. Yeah, he was he was getting cooked at – 20 – 29 in 3 minutes is crazy. What happened? We got to go back and watch that game. That’s crazy. That’s wild. Negative. That’s in three minutes. Negative 20 something is wild, my boy. That’s crazy. But with that said, we’re gonna move into the last topic where we’re gonna talk about ESPN ranking or predicting the Bulls finished 11th in the East, bro. That’s crazy. That was Hey, bro. His plus minuses are terrible, bro. Like, I’m sitting here looking through these like in the games where he play a lot of minutes, he ain’t good. Minus 12, – 19, – 22. What happened in these games during Zack College 3 minutes, bro? That’s going to take me out, bro. I now I’m going to go back and watch the I’m going to go back. You know, we have that app where you can watch just the players minutes. I just got to watch his minutes. It’s only three of them. I got to watch all all three and a half minutes of that game. How did they score plus 22 and then Bur Philly plus 41? Like, what the heck happened there? That’s crazy. Anyway, that’s wild. Uh ESPN has predicted the Bulls to finish 11th in the Eastern Conference. Pat, that puts them outside of the playin. Um, I know we we got a little bit of time left here. How you feeling about that prediction by ESPN. Do you think that the Bulls are going to finish that? That’s that’s pretty low for the Bulls finish 11. Um, that that is a belief that I mean, listen, you you also have to question the Josh Giddy portion of this now. So maybe they’re taking that into account as well. But that’s a belief that um nobody takes a step essentially that Modis does not get better, that um Kobe does not fit in with Giddy as well as he did the year before. That like that that’s that’s fully believing that and and I’ll be honest with you, I I’m not going to say I can’t see a world that it happens. It’s a tough world for me to see. But we have seen seasons where we’ve come on here and we’ve predicted, hey, we’re going to take a step and we didn’t. We were the exact same team that we were the year before and everybody else got better and we were sitting there looking around going, “This ain’t very good.” Now, the reason for me that I struggle to see it, it’s not because the Bulls I think the Bulls are going to be this dominant team and we did this exercise. I don’t think the East is that good. Like I I don’t think that the Eastern Conference is I I we what do we say? We got our top five teams that are probably locked in. I mean, you’re talking Cleveland, you’re talking New York, you’re talking Milwaukee. Well, even Milwaukee. I got question one. Orlando, Detroit. Detroit. Those Yeah, those are the ones I’m willing to say are probably locked for the top four, top five seeds with maybe maybe Atlanta with the changes that they’ve made. But I I need to see how that goes. But like after that, you giving Indiana credit that they don’t deserve. Like Well, no. I I mean that you didn’t even mention Boston. I do think Boston’s going to flirt between five and seven. I think they’re going to be somewhere around there. He’s still got too much talent on that team. Got a lot of talent on that team. But yeah, after that it’s going to be like it was last year. Like when you look at it from from the from the six seed to the to the last seed, there were seven games that separated them. Y you’re going to see something similar like that this this season in the Eastern Conference, I think. And it wasn’t this elite thing, right? Like if the Bulls find a way to be a 44 win team this season and a six seed and they make the playoffs outright with the young guys like you made massive strides in the right direction. Exactly. That’s true. That’s true. Like because you are going to war with everybody pretty much on the team outside of VooC being under 26. How old is Kobe now? Is Kobe 26? Kobe 27. I think he’s 26. I think he’s 26. Kobe White aging like cheese. It’s taking forever. Uh I mean cheese is already mold. So Kobe is 25. He turns 26 in February. So he’s going to be 25 the majority of this year. No. So you’re doing that with mostly young pieces. Like that’s a real step in the right direction. That’s one that I that I feel really uh uh is going to be one of those people who he’s going to reach year 10 11 in the league and just be turning 30. We’re going to be like what? He’s gonna he’s gonna be Andre Drama and he got a baby too. Like if he ever cuts the beard, like we not gonna recognize Kobe. We gonna be like, “Oh god, there’s a child.” Kobe White ever shows up with cut hair and cuts the beard, bro. I’m be like, “What happened? Is everything okay at home? What’s that little?” He did it one time. I think he did it like year. He cut his hair, but he still had the beard, but he cut it like real tight to the face. Yeah. Yeah, it was close. He had it was like clo and it was just like You look 11. Even with that, he is in one, two, three, four, five, six. He is a vested veteran. Yeah, this man get a pension. Anyway, that’s hilarious, bro. No, like for real. Like that’s crazy to say. He is 25. He get a pension. He can leave right now and be paid for the rest of his day. Yeah, that’s what Tony Snell was never able to get. Dang it, Tony. I just need to play one game. He just had to He I love that he made a plea like somebody just signed me. It just has to be one game and I and I and I get my pension. And every NBA team looked around was like, “Did y’all hear something?” That is crazy. How many years did Tony Snail play? I feel like he played more than six years. I think it’s also games played M. Oh, that’s right. He didn’t had a games played. Yeah. Yeah. Tony Snail played nine years. Wait, is the NBA pension 10? Maybe I’m thinking of the NFL pension. I don’t know what but you know it’s been a wild week of Chicago journalism. Pat, did you know that I could say that you have dyslexia and nobody will check me? [Laughter] I had to mess with Pat, y’all. Pat gave the most the the the best reaction to that that you can give without burning any bridges. The bro the the the tight rope that you walked in that video where there were several times like he brought it back like master class master class in that video. Nobody under the bus. You want to know why? Because you never know when it’s going to be me. Exactly that see these people practice two three times a week too. So like I don’t mind. I don’t care about that. Like what they gonna do? Be mad at me? Who gives a day? But I maybe I’ll have somebody on an interview one day and buddy snapping. I’m just like uh I don’t really know what to do here. Like although never mind. Let’s get You couldn’t do that. Especially not live cuz I’d be on the phone. Pat, answer the damn phone. What are you doing, bro? Hey, Hayes is the one giving the answer. Like, uh we got Hayes calling in on the show. Haze, what’s going on? Why’ you say it? Oh, okay. All right. I’m concerned. Anything left, man, before we get up out of here, bro? No, man. Appreciate y’all for tuning in to showing love. Hit that like button, subscribe to the page, lead a fivestar view. Y’all know what to do. Follow us on everything at Locked on Bulls. You can follow me on everything at Pat theDesigner. And you guys can follow me at CEO Haze. Locked on Bulls is free and available on every podcasting app and platform of your choice, as well as YouTube, the Odyssey app, Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV, Fubo TV. Basically, anywhere you want us, you can get it. We’ll see you guys bright and early tomorrow. We’re back on fulltime schedule now, so no more days. uh locked on. Got us back locked down for the for the year. So we’ll see you guys tomorrow, man. Peace show. Peace. [Music] Bear down game day. I’m so excited. And the Lions look trash, bro.

Bulls shake up roster with Isaac Okoro trade. Can the defensive specialist ignite Chicago’s playoff push?

Haize and Pat analyze Okoro’s potential impact, debating his three-point shooting and defensive prowess. The duo breaks down Chicago’s evolving bench rotation, featuring Ayo Dosunmu and Zach Collins. ESPN’s surprising 11th-place Eastern Conference prediction for the Bulls sparks heated discussion, with Pat arguing for a 44-win, 6th-seed finish. Coby White’s age and NBA experience become a focal point, revealing unexpected insights about the 25-year-old guard.

Tune in for expert analysis on how improved three-point shooting and reduced turnovers could transform the Bulls’ offense into a near-elite unit. Will Chicago exceed expectations and secure a coveted playoff spot?

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