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Are the Bulls banking on Dunn?

Kris Dunn was somewhat of a chip-in on the LaVine-for-Butler swap a year ago, but fans liked the potential he possessed coming out of Providence. So far, Dunn’s NBA career has been somewhat disappointing and he hasn’t quite lived up to being a top-10 pick.

Last season, Dunn missed stretches of 10 and 14 games last year due to two separate injuries. Is this a sign of things to come, or just an aberration?

Over his rookie year with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he was listed three times as having injuries, which included a dislocated finger, sore knee and right hand injury.

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Dunn is not as solid as he should be for a starting point guard in the NBA. Aside from injury history, Dunn is a liability on offense at times. Sure, he can score in bunches at times, but he can get far too confident and begin to waste possessions with horrendous shot selection and decision making.

Maybe it was for lack of help on the offensive side of the ball last year, or maybe it’s just who he is as a player. The truth is, Dunn is and always has been a score-first point guard. At the NBA level, his elite scoring tendencies in college haven’t exactly translated all too smoothly.

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If the Bulls view Young, Sexton or even a later first-round prospect like Jalen Brunson as having more upside than Dunn has shown thus far, why wouldn’t they take the chance? At this point, the Bulls are far from competing for a championship, so the front office can afford to take a few risks. If they pan out, Forman and Paxson will look like geniuses.