Chicago Bulls Weekly Grade Report: April 3 Edition

Nov 25, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) dunks the ball against Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor (8) and forward Dario Saric (9) during the first quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 25, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) dunks the ball against Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor (8) and forward Dario Saric (9) during the first quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
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Mar 17, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez (8) shoots the ball over Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat (13) in the fourth quarter at Verizon Center. The Wizards won 112-107. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 17, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez (8) shoots the ball over Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat (13) in the fourth quarter at Verizon Center. The Wizards won 112-107. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Center Grades

This one is hard to fill an entire slide talking about. There just isn’t all that much to say about the centers for the Bulls. Lopez is just the same guy every night, which is really, really nice and a little boring. Felicio didn’t play, and hasn’t been playing his best basketball of late, anyway.

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Robin Lopez – Grade: B-

Lopez just does what Lopez does. He played almost 33 minutes per game and had 8.7 points, grabbing 6.3 rebounds with less than a block per game. He’s good at basketball and that is evident.

Cristiano Felicio – Grade: O

Felicio gets an ‘O’ for ouchie. He’s been banged up and not playing basketball over the past week. It’s probably going to work out really well for Chicago, assuming they want to bring him back. His play was starting to trail off a bit before he slammed, tailbone first, into the floor. If you combine his diminished numbers and missed time, it might prove to be enough to swing recency bias against him in the eyes of opposing GMs and whoever else might have interest in him. Cooling his heels means that he might cost less and we all know that Jerry Reinsdorf and his son, Michael, are all about making money and not worried about the product this team puts on the floor.