The final stragglers have chosen their teams and the rosters for the upcoming 2010-2011 season are essentially complete. Let’s look at the final free agent signings and how they’ll affect the upcoming season.
Ronnie Brewer—Chicago Bulls
Brewer is a solid perimeter defender with terrific athleticism and long arms. He’s excellent at playing passing lanes, but is also a disciplined positional defender. He’ll add some defensive punch to the Bulls, who with Brewer and Luol Deng, will have two solid defensive presences at the wings.
On offense, Brewer is an explosive leaper who will excel in transition and along the baseline whenever Derrick Rose breaks down the defense.
However, Deng is another player who operates mostly along the baseline and Rose also does most of his work going to the basket. With that personnel, it’ll be difficult for the Bulls to play to their roster’s strengths, while maintaining good court-balance.
A major reason for Chicago’s downfall last season was a lack of spacing.
Brewer’s chicken-wing release renders him an unreliable jump shooter, while Deng and R ...
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