Bulls Fans Are WAY Too Low On Dailyn Swain?! History Says DON’T Panic Yet

Are Chicago Bulls fans giving up on Dailyn Swain way too early after one brutal Summer League?On today’s Chicago Bulls Central, Haize takes a deeper look at Swain’s actual college profile and the historical NBA wings who entered the league with similar combinations of size, rebounding, secondary creation, defense and uncertain three-point shooting.Swain’s final Texas season was anything but unproductive. At 6-foot-7 and roughly 211 pounds, he averaged 17.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals while shooting 54.2% from the field, 34.4% from three and 81.5% from the free-throw line. He also shot 60.3% on twos and posted a .636 true-shooting percentage.Yes, his Summer League was ugly: 4.2 points per game on 12.9% shooting and 0% from three across four games. But four bad July games shouldn’t erase nearly 100 college games of development.Haize compares Swain’s profile with players such as Jaime Jaquez Jr., Josh Hart, Jae Crowder, Kyle Kuzma, Otto Porter Jr., Jimmy Butler, Gordon Hayward, Jarrett Culver and former Bull Chandler Hutchison to show why the range of outcomes remains enormous.The point isn’t that Swain will become Jimmy Butler.The point is that large, versatile wings often take time — and Swain’s 81.5% free-throw shooting, efficiency inside the arc, passing and defensive production give Chicago a much healthier developmental foundation than his Summer League performance suggests.Then Haize shifts to Josh Giddey’s comments about Norman Powell, after Giddey said Powell’s gravity will take attention away from him.Could Powell become more valuable to Chicago because of what he creates for everybody else?With Powell flying around screens and forcing defenders to chase, Giddey could attack vacated space, Matas Buzelis and Caleb Wilson could become dangerous cutters, Nic Claxton could thrive in dribble-handoff actions and Dailyn Swain could eventually benefit as a second-unit cutter.Finally, Haize explores the most overlooked part of Nic Claxton’s game: his passing.Claxton averaged a career-high 3.7 assists against just 1.4 turnovers, opening the possibility that Tiago Splitter could use him as an elbow facilitator, short-roll playmaker and dribble-handoff hub — borrowing concepts from the role Joakim Noah once played in Chicago without expecting Claxton to become Noah himself.🔥 Topics include: Dailyn Swain NBA comparisons, Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Jarrett Culver as Swain’s developmental fork, why Chandler Hutchison is a warning, what Jimmy Butler and Jae Crowder teach us about wing development, Norman Powell’s shooting gravity, Josh Giddey’s offensive evolution, Matas and Caleb as cutters, Nic Claxton’s passing leap, Claxton as a short-roll creator, and whether Chicago can manufacture offense through movement instead of superstar isolation.🎧 Tap in with Haize on Chicago Bulls Central for the full breakdown!Podcast Links: https://linktr.ee/BullsCentralPodGet at us:Email: [email protected]:@BullsCentralPodPhone: ‪(773) 270-2799‬Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy