Since becoming a starter on Jan. 15, Dosunmu’s minutes have nearly doubled. He’s logging 36.4 minutes per night while averaging 11.4 points on 53% shooting (38% on 3-pointers) to go along with 6.0 assists, the second most among rookies during that span, behind Oklahoma City’s Josh Giddey. Like with Garland, he is regularly tasked with the team’s toughest defensive assignment. Since he joined the starting lineup, he has defended a 2022 All-Star 613 times in the half court, per Second Spectrum, as the only player in basketball to eclipse 500 possessions. In those matchups, Dosunmu has allowed 23.7 points per 100 possessions, seventh among the 31 players who have recorded at least 200 such plays, about the same as Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges, the prototype 3-and-D player teams around the league dream about replicating. “We’ve asked him to do a lot in the absence of [Ball and Caruso],” says Bulls coach Billy Donovan. “I don’t want to, as a coach, take it for granted. Here’s a guy that’s a second-round pick — usually it’s like is he going to be a G League guy? How’s he going to be?