Chicago Bulls: 3 least efficient point guards since 2010

3. Marquis Teague

In the early-to-mid 2010’s, the Bulls found mixed results in trying to find a backup point guard to D-Rose. They did try a number of different backup point guard options, and a lot of those were young floor generals they tried to use to man the second and third units. One that really didn’t work all that well was the former Kentucky Wildcats 6-foot-2 and 190 pound guard Marquis Teague.

The brother of veteran point guard Jeff Teague was picked up by the Bulls with the 29th overall selection in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft. He didn’t find much success out of the gates and was only around in the Windy City for two seasons before they traded him to the Brooklyn Nets during the 2014 offseason.

Most of the tenure of Teague in the Windy City was spent floating between the NBA and G-League. After his time with the Bulls was over, he would only play in 24 more games, between stints with the Nets and Memphis Grizzlies. He’s been out of the NBA since his run with the Grizzlies ended following the 2017-18 season.

However, what Teague did with the Bulls was pretty inefficient in terms of his individual production. He averaged just 2.1 points per game, 0.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.3 steals, and 0.1 blocks in 67 games played in a Bulls uniform. Teague shot 33.0 percent from the field, 18.2 percent from beyond the arc, and 62.5 percent from the free-throw line in that span of games.

That amounted to Teague registering a 77 offensive rating/105 defensive rating with the Bulls, -6.5 box plus/minus rating, -0.7 value over replacement player rating, -0.7 win shares, -.055 win shares per 48 minutes, and a 37.3 true shooting percentage. The advanced metrics tell the whole story of how Teague’s tenure with the Bulls wound up.