Chicago Bulls: 5 takeaways from first 2 weeks of 2017-18 season

4. Is Jerian Grant the point guard of the future?

During the 2016-17 campaign, the point guard position resembled a revolving door, with five different players holding down the position at various stretches throughout the season. This season, the number was reduced to four players — Jerian Grant, Kris Dunn, Cameron Payne and the new arrival, Kay Felder.

As has been the case with this team over the last several seasons, injuries factored into the equation. For the second straight year, Payne will be out of action for awhile after undergoing foot surgery.

Additionally, Dunn sustained an open index finger injury that forced him to miss the last three preseason games and the first four regular season games as well. So almost by default, Grant was awarded the lead guard spot and he has made the most of the opportunity so far.

Although his 3-point shooting has been atrocious (1-for-16), Grant has scored in double figures in three of the five games played and he leads the team in assists, averaging 6.6 per outing. This includes a 12-point, 10-assist performance against the Cavaliers on Oct. 24.

"“This year I have the ball in my hands a lot more and that’s given me confidence about making plays,” Grant told the Daily Herald. “It’s not a huge adjustment, it’s just something I haven’t done in this league yet. I did it obviously all the way through high school, college, but now I get a chance to do it in this league."

In spite of Grant playing well for the most part, Dunn is expected to be the starting point guard at some point and he had a decent outing in his season debut against the Thunder. In that contest, he scored eight points on 4-for-9 shooting from the field to go along with four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Whether this is sign of things to come remains to be seen. If this is the case, however, it will be interesting to see which of these two guys will solidify their spot in the starting lineup.