The Chicago Bulls held a team meeting on Sunday, the day after suffering an absolutely disastrous loss.
The Bulls were hammered by the Boston Celtics at home on Saturday 133-77. The 56-point margin of defeat was the largest in franchise history. Things were so bad that new head coach Jim Boylen benched his starters in the third quarter, figuring they were better off saving energy for a practice than wasting it in a blowout loss.
Boylen said that he benched the starters for final 21 min b/c they’d be better served having a hard practice than exerting effort in a losing battle. Carter said today “we came to them as men and talked to them about how we felt” and pushed to hold meeting instead of practice.
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) December 9, 2018
Bulls players held a players-only meeting to start practice.
Wendell Carter Jr. said they held a players only meeting this morning to discuss last night’s game before the coaching staff joined them.
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) December 9, 2018
How screwed up are the Bulls? They are having a dispute over who called for the players-only meeting. The players said they did it, while Boylen said he decided to have meetings instead of practice.
Jim Boylen disputes that players called for meetings today and said it was his decision to have meetings instead of on the court practice. Players conveyed that they called the meetings.
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) December 9, 2018
Chicago is now 6-21 on the season in what is clearly a rebuilding year. They are destined for a high pick in next year’s draft.
