Bulls’ Dalen Terry requested top defensive assignment in summer league
The Chicago Bulls’ summer league schedule is underway with two games under their belt. They won their first contest against the Toronto Raptors on Friday night, but they fell to Kennth Lofton Jr. and the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. But the summer league isn’t about winning and losing. It’s about growth.
That’s exactly what Dalen Terry has been showing this summer. He hasn’t shot the ball particularly well, but he’s playing with a great mindset and energy. In fact, in Chicago’s win over Toronto, he requested to guard the Raptors’ top player, even when head coach John Bryant tried to keep him on his original assignment.
Terry went up to Bryant and said that he wanted to guard Markquis Nowell, who was cooking the Bulls all night. (H/t Will Gottlieb of CHGO)
“He came up to our staff. He said, ‘I want Nowell,’” Bryant said. “And I was like, no, stay on Gradey Dick. And in the huddle, he said, ‘coach, I got him.’ So you’ve got to trust the player when he requests the player. I said it’s on you if he scores. He said, ‘I got you.’ I love that type of energy and effort and accountability to want to be great defensively.”
Again, Terry hasn’t shot the ball well in summer league, but he’s taking it seriously, and if he maintains the right mindset and continues to be a leader, that will be a big win for the Bulls and their developmental system.
