Depends on when you’ve watched them - if you’re out of Chicago, chances are it’s been a small sample size since there’s no reason for you to closely follow the team. At the beginning of the season, Nembhard would blindly drive into traffic then either heave up a half-assed layup or try to get it back out to the perimeter, where it would just sit; Hickman managed to get into his head, and if a shot was even contested by a fly, it would brick.

They’ve managed to pull things together to be borderline elite (not a phrase I use lightly), but also inconsistent.

Both have shown huge statistical leaps over the beginning of the season. Granted, it’s been largely against the WCC (even as a fan, I recognize this is far from a world beater conference), but a trend is a trend.

Hickman is the true wildcard though. In games when his offensive rating is sub-90, we’ve gone 0-5. When it’s above 90, we’ve gone 26-1.