Chicago Bulls: 5 Biggest Offseason Questions

2. What Do Recent Additions Mean For Fred Hoiberg?

Like it or not, Hoiberg had his fair share of struggles during his first year with the Bulls. Not only did the team take several steps back from a defensive standpoint, there were multiple instances in which they lost games despite having a lead going into the fourth quarter.

What was even more troubling is that the players failed to implement Hoiberg’s uptempo offense, as the team finished 23rd in offensive efficiency and 21st in points per game, which led to this assessment by Paxson.

"“I’ve seen a lot of young guys in this league come in and have tough first years or second years but through hard work, they become better players,” Paxson said, via Cody Westerlund of CBSLocal.com. “The same can be said for coaches. Fred is going to have to work at it. He’s going to have to devote a lot of time and energy to determining what he wants to be as a head coach and how he wants his teams to play. And we have to give him the resources to do that. And we will. We’re confident spending with Fred and going forward, we’re going to turn that part around.”"

The organization promised that the team was going to get younger and more athletic. That did not happen.

The front office also stated that they were going to provide the necessary resources for Hoiberg to become a better coach. But with a trio of players who need the ball to be effective and don’t shoot well from distance, have Paxson and Gar Forman truly given Hoiberg the personnel needed to bring his pace-and-space system to fruition?

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