A Patrick Williams News Today

 Hello, darkness my old friend …  With the Washington Wizards beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-105, the Chicago Bulls have officially been eliminated from the playoffs. It will be the 4th-straight season the franchise has missed the playoffs, their longest such streak since the 1998-99 season to the 2003-04 season. Considering we knew the Wizards had to lose out for the Bulls to have a chance, this outcome always felt on the horizon. While Washington has hit some speed bumps recently, th...

Despite appearing in more games than all but two of the players in front of him, Patrick Williams is 13th in total rookie points scored since the All-Star break. Likewise, his 6.7 field goal attempts per game since March 13th ranks 23rd among members of his draft class. Ugh. The presence of scorers like Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic, and Coby White is naturally going to take away opportunities. No arguments there. Throw in the fact that Williams is the second-youngest player in the NBA, and it’...

With five of the Chicago Bulls remaining seven games against Top-8 Eastern Conference opponents, and the Washington Wizards sitting comfortably with a three-game lead, the writing is on the wall for the end of this season. Playoff basketball is bound to be missed in Chicago for the 4th-straight year, which means all we can do is try to enjoy whatever time we have left with this team before another extended offseason. With that in mind, I wrote out a couple of things that would make the conclusi...