Kendall Gill: Bulls' trade of Zach LaVine was 'addition by subtraction'

Watch Kendall Gill: Bulls' trade of Zach LaVine was 'addition by subtraction' - WSCR-AM / 670 The Score on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00And what they are doing, and to use a boxing analogy,

00:04they are going to the body instead of throwing jabs.

00:07Jabs being three-point shots all the time, okay?

00:10They're getting downhill.

00:12You look at the way that Giddey has 17 assists.

00:18The reason why he has 17 assists is because he's getting paint touches,

00:21getting in the paint, and kicking out to his teammates for open threes.

00:26And the reason why they have open threes now

00:28is because they are attacking the paint so much,

00:31and instead of turning down those layups

00:32that they were turning down earlier in the season,

00:35they're trying to finish those layups and get to the free-throw line.

00:38So that's the difference in this Bulls team

00:41and the one that we saw earlier.

00:44And, you know, you guys know I'm the biggest Zach Levine fan ever.

00:48But, you know, I think that the trade has made the team.

00:53It's addition by subtraction.

00:55As great as Zach was, Kobe White now has the freedom that he needs.

01:02He's adjusted to playing with Giddey off of the ball.

01:07Kevin Herter provides that outside shooting that the Bulls –

01:11that consistent outside shooting that the Bulls have needed

01:14for a couple of years now simply because –

01:17and he stated this himself – that he's not stationary anymore

01:20like he was in Sacramento.

01:22You know, and I was wondering why he was having trouble

01:24shooting the ball in Sacramento.

01:25Because when he was with the Atlanta Hawks,

01:27he always killed the Bulls.

01:28But now they have – Billy has them on the move.

01:30He's knocking down the threes.

01:32And, you know, I know Trey Jones is a free agent.

01:35But, you know, you got to find a way to keep that guy.