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Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen believes the lack of national TV games the Bulls get should make his players angry and motivated.
The Bulls host the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. The game will be on ESPN.
Jim Boylen, off the top of his head, is reeling off the number of national television appearances of the league’s best teams. He believes #Bulls only being on national TV three times — tonight’s game marks the last — should anger and motivate his players.
— Cody Westerlund (@CodyWesterlund) March 6, 2019
Someone should remind Jim Boylen that the Bulls are one of the worst teams in the NBA and no one outside of Chicago is trying to watch them play.
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Now granted, Chicago has been fun to watch over the past few weeks with small forward Otto Porter Jr. in the lineup. However, ESPN, TNT and ABC are trying to make money with their national TV games and they won't get a lot of viewership when Chicago is playing.
It's a nice motivational tactic by Boylen, though. In a few years, maybe the Bulls will be back on national television more often. Shooting guard and high-flyer Zach LaVine, power forward Lauri Markkanen and Porter Jr. are exciting players to watch. The rest of the roster in Chicago isn't.
Chicago enters Wednesday with a record of just 18-47, which puts them at the 13th spot in the Eastern Conference standings.
Only the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers have a worse record in the East.
