Alex Speers

Is it still there?

Absolutely.

Yeah, good player.

First and foremost, shooting a career best, I think 46% from three, at least going into yesterday's game.

I don't know that that'll be sustainable.

Obviously, that's such a crazy number.

But I think he's developed into a real respectable shooter, which is noteworthy.

He does good things.

The shooting leap actually has not altered how much he gets downhill and how successful he is downhill, which is important.

You don't want that to be at the expense of that.

And he's one of like this Bulls team came into the season like, oh, yeah, we're going to build a defensive identity.

That's our next step.

And they don't even remotely resemble most nights, like a respectable NBA defense.

With that being said, Ayo is one of the few POA guys who's like, okay, he gives guys some troubles.

He holds his own.

So he's like on a team... I get why the trade rumors exist because...

He's like a ceiling raiser on a team that, like, you're not worried about their ceiling right now.

You're trying to raise their floor.

You're trying to make them something even watchable.

Kind of same with Kobe White, who's been even...