Last night the Hawks played the Bulls on a back to back with travel in Chicago, historically we haven't had it easy against the bulls, last year especially, but even this year we were 1-2 in the series and had to have a 50 point quarter to take the win at the end of 2024.
Although I will always back my hawks to win against any team, a back to back with travel is one of the worst spots to be in, coming off a win or not. What made me really doubt us was the potential of Jalen Johnson and Dre Hunter, not playing having missed last game, and in Johnsons case, multiple games beforehand on a very difficult part of the schedule where you want to have your best guys available.
The Injury report we actually got, was way worse.
Trae Young and our rookie Risacher, both ruled out due to injury. While, as I suspected, Dre and Jalen were both still ruled out. this left us with a projected starting 5 of Bogdan Bogdanovic, Dyson Daniels, Vit Krejci, David Roddy and Clint Capela. up against a pre…