With Oklahoma City down two All-Stars in MVP point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and All-NBA swingman Jalen Williams, it will fall to the third to pick up the scoring burden. Big man Chet Holmgren will likely be the fulcrum of the Thunder's offense, and should be able to go to town against a depleted Bulls front line that, even when healthy, isn't that great.
Naturally, within hours of this column on the offense disappearing being written the White Sox exploded for 13 runs, their most this season, with several of the players written about here having a huge night. Nice for them, and yeah, then the lineup scored another 10 runs on Tuesday. But the premise still stands. I think. Though if a draft of a piece about hitting collapse serves as inspiration, South Side Sox will do it on a regular basis, to help the team.