Image via WikipediaThrough two (and in many cases three) games,
Derrick Rose is leading the league in the league in scoring at 33.5ppg, but that's not surprising when one considers the fact that he's also leading the league in
field goal attempts, blowing even
Kevin Durant (24 FGA per game) out of the water in that particular category.
In fact, only four other players in the entire league—Durant included—are shooting the ball 20+ times a night, and nobody is even close to Derrick's attempts.
So what gives? Why is Rose, who averaged 17.6 attempts per game last season, hoisting up 29 per game so far this year?
"I think he recognizes where we are and what we need, and right now we need more scoring from him," Bulls head coach
Tom Thibodeau said after
Chicago's come-from-behind win at home against the
Pistons on Saturday.
"If I'm open, I'm going to shoot," Rose said about his shooting barrage early in the season, which even he admits has a little something to do with
Carlos Boozer being out. "I'm not passing up any shots because we are missing a key factor to our team that would help us score the ball."
On the one hand, it's viable to expect
Rose's attempts to decrease when Boozer gets back, but on the other hand, the recent offensive outburst seems like more a change in aggressiveness than compensation for a missing player.
"I'm just attacking," Rose admitted, adding, "I'm going to try and attack it every time."
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