Cristiano Felicio
Felicio won’t be traded because he is a low salary player with a game worth more what the Bulls pay him next year. Being a former Brazilian football player who grew too big to play and didn’t want to be relegated as goalie because of his size back home, Felicio can be deadly the off the ball attacking the rim and flushing off a screen while diving to the rim. His mid-range touch isn’t bad either.
His biggest and most invaluable contribution to the Bulls in the era of Hoiball is backstopping the defense in the paint as a defensive one-man wall that you must shoot over. He whips the ball quickly like a veteran Euro-league player to the best open three-point shooter and syncs handsomely with Doug McDermott and Nikola Mirotic.
At 260 pounds, he can’t be moved around by opposing heavyweight bigs at the post, but “Big Cris” can move like a gazelle amidst trees when he dives to the rim or receives a drop-off pass in the low post and stuff the ball. You don’t trade players with a nice upside like him.
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