The bench makeover continues.
From ESPNChicago:
The Chicago Bulls are working on a deal to sign guard Nate Robinson, but nothing was official as of early Monday evening, according to sources familiar with the situation.
A report by SI.com reporter Sam Amick cited Robinson’s agent Aaron Goodwin as saying Robinson will sign with the Bulls “barring unforeseen problems.”
Robinson also tweeted a picture of himself wearing a Bulls No. 2 jersey.
(I’m not going to get into how that was Norm Van Lier’s number and should be retired in his honor…)
If the Bulls spent this offseason finding ciphers for the bench players they let walk or traded away — C.J. Watson became Kirk Hinrich, Jimmy Butler replaces Ronnie Brewer, Marco Belinelli takes over for Kyle Korver, and Nazr Mohammed is your older-and-creakier Omer Asik — then little Nate will take over the John Lucas III memorial “bench scorer without a conscious” role.
I suppose you could argue that Robinson is actually an upgrade from Lucas. Last season with the Golden State Warriors, Nate appeared in 51 games, averaging 11.2 points, 4.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 23.4 minutes a night.
And although his shooting wasn’t great — 42.4 percent from the field and 36.5 percent on threes — he was reasonably efficient at what he did, compiling a PER of 18.0. For comparison’s sake, that would have ranked fourth on the Bulls behind Derrick Rose (23.0), Carlos Boozer (19.7) and Joakim Noah (19.6)…and ahead of valued guys like Taj Gibson (16.9) and Luol Deng (14.1).
Of course, it remains to be seen whether Robinson — an athletic and aggressive scorer who likes to pound the ball and launch shots whenever possible (and sometimes when not possible) — can function within Tom Thibodeau’s methodical offense. Remember: Nate played 55 games for the Celtics between the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons, and Thibs was an assistant for C’s in 2009-10. During his time Boston, Nate canned only 32.8 percent of his triples and 36.0 percent of his long two-pointers.
It’s no coincidence that Robinson’s best scoring seasons were with the Knicks and Warriors…free flowing offensive systems that gave him the freedom and opportunity to shoot at will. I’m not sure that will be the case for him in Chicago.
Then again, Lucas had that 28-shot game against the Wizards last season, so who knows.
This move does have me scratching my head a bit. According to the ESPNChicago story, Robinson would back up Hinrich at point guard while Rose is rehabbing his knee.
What about Marquis Teague?
With Rose out a large chunk (if not all) of the season, there probably won’t be a better time to get the Teague significant minutes. If the season is going to be something of a wash, why not develop the rookie as much as possible? Most coaches tend to go with vets over rookies, and that was certainly the case with Butler last season. I’m guessing Thibodeau will be more likely to bring Nate in off the bench over Marquis.
But hey, it’s all guesswork at this point.
I like the signing.
this team is in desperate need of players that can create their own shot or are capable of putting up pts in bunches.
Comment by Inception — July 31, 2012 @ 8:02 pm
Marquis Teague distinguished himself in summer league as a major project not ready for NBA minutes. Unless one wishes to tank the season, M. Teague will stay mostly on the bench. The Nate Robinson signing improves the bench. It seems a good signing to me.
Comment by David — July 31, 2012 @ 9:24 pm
I don’t think the Bulls are planning to mail it in this season. I will be surprized if Teague gets more playing time than Butler got last season, unless of course he makes some huge strides since the summer league.
Comment by BoppinBob — August 1, 2012 @ 12:14 am
Nate is a better Lucas III. so it’ll be an improvement from that standpoint.
Comment by BullsRule!!! — August 1, 2012 @ 8:56 am
#2 is bad luck. That jersey should be retired before they make a summer horror movie about it.
W’s fan by geographic necessity. Nate played well for the Jackson/Malone Warriors last year. The team pushed defense and still does. They tanked to keep their pick out of Utah’s hands after it became apparent Curry was lame and they traded too-small Ellis to the Bucks for Blo-gut.
W’s still have 2nd year Jenkins and added a PG Vet by way of a trade. Robinson became expendable.
Comment by joe — August 2, 2012 @ 12:23 am
@David
Teague will not help at all this year – it shows you just how good Rose was as a Rookie or Jay Williams.
Bulls should have gone big at 29 with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_Ezeli
and tried to sign/trade for a FA PG which is where they are now exactly except they have to carry a non-contributing rookie PG on the roster.
Teague will see minutes in losses and garbage minutes. peace.
Comment by joe — August 2, 2012 @ 12:30 am
welcome nate!
he ´s definitely an upgrade and i like him as an energizer!
good sign
Comment by tifosi ultra — August 4, 2012 @ 3:50 pm
Nate Robinson is so overated. The man is too short to be an SG, but that’s what he essentially is. He certainly is not a PG, his desicion making is terrible and he can only facilitate himself on the offensive end.
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