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Too much metal Bulls try to improve on miserable shooting percentage
Updated: Thursday October 11, 2001 1:45 AM
By Marty Burns, CNNSI.com Among the hot topics for Bulls players at training camp last week was forward Eddie Robinson's brand-new silver Bentley. It was his gift to himself after signing a five-year $31 million free-agent contract with Chicago. "I got it a couple days after I signed," says Robinson, the 25-year-old former Hornet. "A lot of people think it's platinum, but it's silver. You can't have a platinum car. Too much metal." John DeLorean might disagree, but Robinson's point is nonetheless sound. Too much metal, whether on a car or on a basketball court, is a bad thing. Last year the Bulls drew so much metal on their shots, they ranked No. 27 in the league with a 42.4 percent field-goal percentage. Only the Warriors and Pistons were worse. That's where Robinson comes in. One of the main reasons Chicago GM Jerry Krause signed the sleek 6-foot-9 greyhound was to goose his team's pathetic transition game. "We're going to try to get up and down quickly, and not let opponents set up in a zone," says Robinson, who averaged 7.4 points on 53.1 percent shooting a year ago. "Coach [Tim] Floyd has really been stressing that in practice." The Bulls are still far from a Bentley. But with Robinson, at least they might no longer be a Yugo.
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