Mark Grote

So we'll get his answer to that, but since we're talking about...

this year and what it might look like that's what you were interested in i don't want to mischaracterize it but you you wanted to know if the bulls could be good right away maybe like you're talking about with ben johnson i think it's more how good can the bulls be right away in the league where it's by design 20 teams make the postseason and over half the league makes the playoffs

So Tiago Splitter discussed his expectations for this year's Bulls team.

That is the Bulls' new head coach, Tiago Splitter.

Satisfactory answer from him?

Oh, absolutely.

That's the answer you have to give because, one, he shouldn't know.

How are you going to tell me what you're going to do?

You don't know what your roster looks like.

You don't know which of the highly touted prospects are going to end up on your roster.

And I think that will shape.

And notice he didn't say next week or next month.

He said a couple months because he's got to get them in.

He's got to see what he's got.

They've got to get through the free agency portion of this and see what their team actually looks like and maybe –

a whole bunch of new players on the team.

Maybe some guys come back from last year.

And remember, last year's team was bad, but it's not like they were that far away from making the play-in.

And a lot of it does depend, not just who the players are, but how fast they develop and blossom, so to speak.

So maybe the better comp, really, as you were using the Ben Johnson and the Bears comp, can they be good right away?