WASHINGTON – It wasn’t the kind of shot that Wizards rookie Carlton Carrington had been practicing. At least he better not be. Midway through the first half, the No.
14 overall pick from Pittsburgh split the Bulls defense and had a clear path for an easy basket. One problem: The basketball had other ideas. The ball slipped as Carrington was going up and he actually flung the ball into the shot clock propped on top of the backboard.
Nothing but LED lights. Carrington leaned his head on the padding of the support in embarrassment. This is what a rebuild looks like.
A proper lack of real talent, pain-filled rebuild. Take notes, Arturas. Thanks to 21 points from Coby White, the Bulls handed Washington its 12 th straight loss 127-108, dropping the Wizards to 2-14 on the season.
Small picture? The Bulls kept themselves alive to advance in the NBA Cup, improving to 2-1 in Group C pool play. Big picture, however? It was a showcase game for Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas to watch just how bad other NBA front offices are willing to get in hopes of buying a lottery ticket for the Cooper Flagg draft sweepstakes in June. Not exactly the concern for Billy Donovan, however.
All the coach cared about was there continued being progress made on the product. Offense, defense, pacing, rebounding, all of it. “You look at a couple things in terms of what (the Wizards) are strong at,” Donovan said.
“They’ve been up there with us in pace, they .