Ayo Dosunmu doesn’t have the minutes of the Raptors’ Scottie Barnes, the scoring of the Pistons’ Cade Cunningham or the interior defensive impact of the Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley, but try telling Bulls coach Billy Donovan that Dosunmu, the second-round pick from Illinois, isn’t one of the top rookies this season.
“I think he’s played as good as any rookie in this league,” Donovan said Friday. “I’m not going to get into the talent or who’s better, who is more talented, who is having a better year, but from what I’ve seen, I think we would all have to agree that if the draft took place today, he’s undoubtedly a first-round draft pick, minimum. We feel really fortunate that we could end up at that point and time, selecting where we did, to get a player like him. And I think he’s done an amazing job, really all year long, but certainly with some of the guys we’ve had out [and] what he’s had to do absorbing minutes.”
