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Chicago Bulls: Ranking the 5 best players so far in 2018-19

By Luke Askew

CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 12: Chicago Bulls huddle up during the game against the LA Clippers on November 12, 2018 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 12: Chicago Bulls huddle up during the game against the LA Clippers on November 12, 2018 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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5. Ryan Arcidiacono

Ryan Arcidiacono is having as big of a breakout season as anyone in the NBA. Coming into this season, nobody really knew if Arcidiacono could even be a solid rotation player in the league, let alone a starting point guard, but he keeps proving people wrong as he seemingly gets better every game.

So far in the 2018-19 season, Arcidiacono is averaging a solid 8.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting an efficient 47.2 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from 3-point range.

After starting point guard Kris Dunn went down with a knee injury, it didn’t take long for Arcidiacono to leapfrog Cameron Payne and become the interim starting point guard. After doing that, Arch never looked back.

For players that average 28 or more minutes per game, Ryan Arcidiacono leads the league in assist to turnover ratio at 4.89. That’s phenomenal for anyone, but it’s especially crazy for Arcidiacono considering he was on a two-way contract just one season ago.

It’ll be interesting to see how Fred Hoiberg manages the point guard rotation when Kris Dunn returns from his knee injury. I would assume that Dunn will take over the starting role and Arcidiacono will come off the bench, but nothing’s guaranteed on a team that’s 5-17.

Arch has definitely given Hoiberg something to think about.

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