It’s a veritable Ron-a-thon in the FA pool. Derrick Rose returned after a couple games off and tagged out Deng for what looms to be at least a week. The first thing you need to know is Luol Deng came into Monday night leading the league in minutes played through the first quarter of the season. The second thing you need to know is that Deng and his 38.3 mpg are having wrist-issues (wristues?) and there ain’t no telling how long he’ll miss. In his place? Ronnie Brewer. Brew (no one calls him “Brew”) had 9 pts/3 rbd, with a three after one quarter (he played all 12 minutes). Had he ended the game with that, you deep leaguers would consider picking him up. The fact that he played 27 minutes, scored 11 points, blocked a shot, and ended with five rebounds on an off night against a team the Bulls were never excited about playing bodes well for Brewer’s worth. This is why the Bulls are so damn good. Their reserves just come in, fill up the stat sheet for...
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PLAYERS:
Derrick Rose,
Luol Deng,
Ronnie Brewer,
Richard Hamilton,
Kyle Korver,
Ronnie Price,
Marshon Brooks,
Anthony Morrow,
Rodney Stuckey,
Ben Gordon,
Kirk Hinrich,
Brandon Bass,
Marco Belinelli,
Andre Iguodala,
Elton Brand,
Tony Battie,
Ricky Rubio,
Trevor Ariza,
Luke Ridnour,
Tiffani Thiessen,
Serge Ibaka,
Ian Mahinmi,
Marcus Camby
TEAMS: Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, New Orleans Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers
TEAMS: Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, New Orleans Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers
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