Anytime you’re mentioned in the record books with Wilt Chamberlain, you are doing something right.
DeRozan scored 38 points against the Kings Wednesday on 16-of-27 shooting — his seventh straight game of 35+ points on at least 50% shooting. That set a new record, passing the Hall of Famer Chamberlain, who had done it in six-straight games twice (once during the 1960-61 season and once in the 1962-63 season).
DeRozan has injected himself in the bottom-of-the-ballot MVP conversation with his play of late, except he didn’t even think he shot it that well Wednesday.
The DeRozan signing last offseason was one a lot of pundits — *raises hand* — got wrong. We didn’t see how the fit of DeRozan, Zach LaVine, and Nikola Vucevic would work out smoothly, but the three of them have blended beautifully. I thought the bigger issue was this was going to be a disaster of a defensive roster, but when everyone is healthy the Bulls are not bad (with Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso out right now,…