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Dec 13, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) reacts after making a basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves during the second half at the United Center. Minnesota defeats Chicago 99-94. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) reacts after making a basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves during the second half at the United Center. Minnesota defeats Chicago 99-94. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Bobby Portis

Stats: 12.2 minutes, 4.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.1 blocks, 47 FG%, 38.5 3PT%, 55 FT%

Grade: D+

It can’t be denied that Bobby Portis, the second-year player out of the University of Arkansas, has a lot of heart. Heart doesn’t always cut it though.

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    • Portis has had a very rough start to the season so far. He quickly lost his gig playing backup to Robin Lopez after Fred Hoiberg rightly chose to play Cristiano Felicio in his place. Since then, he’s racked up 14 DNP-CDs, and when he has gotten on the court (provided he’s not getting empty stats against other teams’ third units), he’s shown little progress in the issues he’s had from the start.

    Portis still looks to score as soon as the ball comes into his hands, and as frustrating as that can often be, he does show flashes of being a talented scorer. He’s shooting 45.5 percent on corner 3s, per basketball reference, and his true shooting percentage of 52.1 percent is just below league average, which isn’t bad for a big man.

    His defense continues to be abysmal, however. It was quickly made clear that Portis was unplayable at center due to his complete lack of rim protection. Portis currently has a block percentage (an estimate of the two-point field goal attempts blocked by a player while that player is on the floor) of 0.8 percent. Any NBA player that’s 6′ 11″ needs to do better than that. Celtics point guard Terry Rozier has a better block percentage and Portis has 10 inches on him. Portis deserves a D.

    He gets the plus though because that picture will make me laugh until the day I die.

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