Dalen Terry’s Summer League Struggles ‘disappointing’

After this past season, the Chicago Bulls had a few different directions they could go with their roster. But Arturas Karnisovas made it clear that he didn’t want to rebuild. Instead, he wanted to run it back with the same core in an attempt to make it back to the postseason. And so far, all of Chicago’s offseason moves have fallen in line with that idea.

But while the signings of Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig are solid, Chicago should still be looking to add young talent to help the future of the team, and Summer League has been the perfect chance for them to get a look at their youngsters. Unfortunately, one of their top prospects, Dalen Terry, has struggled.

Keith Smith of Spotrac spoke with some Bulls staffers at Summer League, and one called Terry’s Summer League struggles “disappointing.”

“It’s been disappointing to see Dalen really struggle to shoot the ball,” the staffer told Smith. “He can do just about everything else. But if he can’t figure out the shot, it’ll be hard to get regular rotation minutes. We have a very competitive wing and guard group.”

In five Summer League games, Terry averaged 12.6 points but shot just 33.8% from the field and 34.8% from behind the three-point line, but those stats were inflated by a strong finish, as Terry shot 7-of-10 from the field and 4-of-5 from deep in Chicago’s Summer League finale.

Terry was Chicago’s first-round pick last summer, but barring a drastic improvement in his shot, he might not be ready to be a regular rotation guy.