It is fair to say that Ayo Dosunmu has arguably been the best player on the Chicago Bulls through roughly half the season. It is not a sentence I expected to type, but something that must be acknowledged as Dosunmu continues to put together the most efficient offensive season of his career, and one of the better shooting seasons in the entire league this year. 

You can't talk about Dosunmu's great half-season to this point without starting with his offense. Dosunmu has always been a handful for opponents once he gets downhill, with his blazing speed and length making him a devastating finisher at the rim. This season Dosunmu's finishing has actually taken a large step back in terms of accuracy but it has had a barely noticeable impact on his overall efficiency due to his red-hot 3-point shooting. More importantly, Dosunmu has not let a decrease in his FG% at the rim stop him from attacking.

Per Cleaning The Glass, 48% of Dosunmu's FGAs come at the rim, and 38% of his FGA come from 3-point range, making him a player who is still focused on wreaking havoc in the paint first and foremost. But the fact that he is shooting a sizzling 46% from 3-point range makes him a near impossible player to guard when he is locked in. You have to closeout hard on Dosunmu 3-point attempts knowing that he may pump fake and drive right past you, a tough position for even the best defenders to be in. 

Dosunmu has long been one of the Bulls more solid perimeter defenders, and that hasn't changed this season. Dosunmu has cut down his foul rate from last season while still being a physical defender who contests every shot taken against him.

Dosunmu's impressive 6-foot-8 wingspan helps him bother guards or wings, a big reason he transitioned into more of a wing over his Chicago tenure to this point. Opponents are shooting 2.6% worse when guard by Dosunmu, by no means a super impressive figure, but still a great mark when you consider the variety of assignments he takes on. 

Dosunmu is one of the rare Bulls players who in my opinion, rarely messes up on switches. On top of that, he always tries to fight back into the picture a contest from the side or behind on the rare occasions that he does get beat off the dribble. 

At the time of this writing, the Bulls are (finally) above .500 (22-21 to be exact), and they wouldn't be anywhere near that mark without Dosunmu's dependable contributions on both sides of the ball.