Arturas Karnisovas admits Chicago Bulls need to improve three-point shooting prowess next season

Plain and simple, the Bulls need to improve their shooting profile for next season.

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The Chicago Bulls’ three-point shooting woes were one of their biggest issues during the season. The team ranked dead-last in three-pointers made and attempted, which is odd considering the direction the league has been moving in recently. It is hopefully a positive sign that the team’s executive vice president of basketball operations, Arturas Karnisovas, recently admitted that this is an area the team will prioritize to improve for next season.

Three is more than two

In his season-ending talk with the media, Karnisovas admitted feeling like the Bulls had their backs against the wall in every game, given their habit of attempting long two-pointers and midrange shots—things that the team’s star DeMar DeRozan is very good at.

“It will be a priority for us to kind of change our shooting profile because it’s very difficult for us to go into every game with such a deficit. We’re last in rate, three-point rate, we’re last in three-point field goals made. It’s almost like we’re going into every game with 8 points deficit to make up for it,“ said Karnisovas.

How to address it

Aside from Coby White—who is a restricted free agent—the Bulls don’t have many three-point threats on their roster. And given a shortage of draft picks to make deals with, the question now is how will the team address their shooting woes?

Could a trade be possibly made to net a three-point specialist? Can the Bulls entice a free agent to come help spread the floor for the team’s midrange masters? Given the Bulls’ salary cap situation, it might be a tall order to make such moves. It looks like Karnisovas and his team have their work cut out for them this off-season.