3. Chandler Hutchison, Small Forward
We’ll start off this list with the player that might be the least significant of the three here to the future of the Bulls rebuild. The former Boise State Broncos small forward, now entering his third year in the NBA, Chandler Hutchison was a bit improved during his sophomore run with the Bulls in the league. But he didn’t do enough to prove that he is worth keeping a pivotal spot in the rotation over the long haul.
Hutch also still struggled with various injury problems, namely with his shoulder again, during the 2019-20 season. He only played in 28 games in the season that was for the Bulls (starting in 10 of them). Hutch averaged 7.8 points per game, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.3 blocks. He shot 45.7 percent from the field, 31.7 percent from beyond the arc, and 59.0 percent from the free-throw line.
That amounted to a 52.1 true shooting percentage and 49.1 effective field goal percentage.
A player like Hutch that doesn’t necessarily have a bad shooting stroke or rough mechanics has to be hitting his shots at a more efficient clip than sub-32 percent from downtown and below 60 percent from the charity stripe. He ranked in the bottom four on the Bulls in the season that was in most of those significant shooting categories.
Hutch also ranked pretty well below the league average in all but one of every major shooting category. It is hard to figure out why Hutch was only able to hit on 30.0 percent of his looks from between three and 10 feet from the rim. He can improve his shooting percentages, though, by reducing his looks from the mid-range (shot 28.6 percent from between 10-16 feet from the rim).