Bulls Sign Andrew Funk to 2-Way

Post #1 » by **HomoSapien** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:47 pm

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Yay?

Evil_Headband · Post #2 » by **Evil_Headband** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:23 pm

Upside of Matt Thomas?

TheJordanRule · Post #3 » by **TheJordanRule** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:31 pm

I thought we'd maxed out the 2-Ways. How many of them do we have right now? Bitcoin aka Onuralp Bitim, Commander Adama aka Adama Sanogo, Bowser aka Justin Lewis, Henri Drell aka The Fish... I thought 4 two ways was the max.

GoBlue72391 · Post #4 » by **GoBlue72391** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:33 pm

Based on reviewing his college and G League stats and a cursory look at his highlights, he appears to be a pure shooter who does little, if anything, else. I did see a couple of basic examples of shot creation, but it was very limited from the small sample size that I watched.

It's interesting if you look at his college stats, he was actually a below-average to poor 3-point shooter his first three years at Bucknell, shooting .308 on 4.3 attempts per game over those first three years.

His final two years in college, one at Bucknell and one at Penn State, he suddenly became a high-volume, efficient shooter with a percentage of .389 on 7.4 attempts over those final two years, including .412 on 7.4 attempts his lone year at Penn State.

In the G League this year he's shooting .394 on 9.5 attempts from three.

Surprisingly he's shooting only .760 from the FT line on 0.6 attempts. Very small sample size mind you with only 25 FT attempts on the season, but usually these pure shooter types shoot in the mid-to-high 80s from the FT line, sometimes touching the low 90s. His almost non-existent ability to draw fouls gives more evidence that this guy is a pure one-dimensional shooter.

It seems like this guy really developed his shot during the latter half of his college career and that has single-handedly got him to this point of making the NBA.

I do wonder if he's related to Neil Funk and if that played a part in his signing, as it would follow Jerry's trend of nepotism/loyalty signings. A bit of an underwhelming pickup, but hey, if it turns out that he can shoot at the same level in the NBA then it's a win.

Out of our three two-way players (Funk, Sanogo, and Drell), Drell is the one I'm most intrigued by despite him having the worst stats of the three.

Bullflip · Post #5 » by **Bullflip** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:34 pm

TheJordanRule wrote:I thought we'd maxed out the 2-Ways. How many of them do we have right now? Bitcoin aka Onuralp Bitim, Commander Adama aka Adama Sanogo, Bowser aka Justin Lewis, Henri Drell aka The Fish... I thought 4 two ways was the max.

Bitim is no longer 2-way since he got that new contract. Justin Lewis is no longer on a 2-way. So the 2-ways we now have are Funk, Drell, and Sanogo

GoBlue72391 · Post #6 » by **GoBlue72391** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:34 pm

TheJordanRule wrote:I thought we'd maxed out the 2-Ways. How many of them do we have right now? Bitcoin aka Onuralp Bitim, Commander Adama aka Adama Sanogo, Bowser aka Justin Lewis, Henri Drell aka The Fish... I thought 4 two ways was the max.

We waived Lewis months ago and a few days ago we upgraded Bitim's contract to a standard one, so now our three two-way guys are Funk, Sanogo, and Drell. Three is the max.

Axl Rose · Post #7 » by **Axl Rose** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:22 pm

I know is Stacey is licking his chops to be able to revive some of his Neil Funk lines.

kristov · Post #8 » by **kristov** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:51 pm

Who the funk is this guy??

Pax for Prez · Post #9 » by **Pax for Prez** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:58 pm

Another Guard ??? What does this FO have against forwards ??

Pax

sco · Post #10 » by **sco** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:36 pm

kristov wrote:Who the funk is this guy??

Neil's grandson?

prolific passer · Post #11 » by **prolific passer** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:46 pm

Can't say the bulls aren't going to bring the funk for the rest of the season.

kodo · Post #12 » by **kodo** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:16 am

6' 4" guy who can't do anything but shoot, I assume he's another PF option with the Patrick news.

Axl Rose · Post #13 » by **Axl Rose** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:52 am

kodo wrote:6' 4" guy who can't do anything but shoot, I assume he's another PF option with the Patrick news.

No sir Billy likes 6'4 guys at PF who cannot shot.

Post #14 » by **HomoSapien** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:13 am

Just watched some tape on him. He has a beautiful stroke, but hard to get super excited about him with the pedestrian stats and hard to ignore that we need size.

ChettheJet · Post #15 » by **ChettheJet** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:59 pm

This is why it's so hard to defend AKME. They'e got a team that started the season healthy with too few PFs and too many guards and never considered playing the 2 Bigs together. The roster moves after the stand pat deadline with both PFs injured are to make another guard a full time contract and the guy they pick off the scrap heap over any of their G League guys is, another guard. Billy isn't going to play either of them any more than he is Taylor or Phillips

Post #16 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:09 pm

Evil_Headband wrote:Upside of Matt Thomas?

It sure smells that way...

GoBlue72391 · Post #17 » by **GoBlue72391** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:40 pm

I believe Adam Amin said on the broadcast last night that he's not related to Neil Funk, so that settles that.