I think they're gonna be garbage. They don't make the playoffs IMO. That would definitely surprise me.
Thibs' teams shot a lot of 3s. Whenever asked what his Bulls team needed, his answer was "more shooting." That said, if his team isn't quite good enough, they'll make up for it with defense. If he can convince the young guys to play balls out. The Cavs won it the year before with 2 guys taking about ~6 a game. I think LeBron and his .309 3pt shooting won that championship, not having to do with taking/making 3s.
As I said, last year - his team was the last in the league in 3PA. Not having great 3P shooters is a problem - and their best and most prolific 3P shooter from last year (Levine) is no longer on the roster. FWIW - Thibs team from 2010 made 6.2 3P per game while his team from last year made 7.3 . The problem is that the NBA game has moved on - and while Chicago in 2010 was 13th in the NBA, the Pups were dead last in the past season. I have no doubts about him trying that - but last year's team was 27th in defensive efficiency. The Blazers who had crap defense finished 24th. The T-Pups gained Butler (excellent upgrade at the #2 or #3 position) but lost their best defensive player (Rubio) at the #1 position. Are they going to be better? Maybe, but it is impossible to declare it as a sure thing. In the year CLE won the 'ship - they made more 3 points per game (11) than any team not called GSW. The point is that the T-Pups defense was awful last year - and I am not certain it will be a lot better this year (better at the #2 or #3 position, worse at the #1 position) - while their offense did not address the biggest problem they had for a modern offense in today's NBA - spacing. KAT needs space on the block - he needs shooters around him, instead they brought a couple of slashers that also want to get to the block. I still say that there is as big a chance that they continue to suck as there is for them to be very good.
