Nikola Mirotic is no stranger to coming off the bench. After all, that’s how he spent most of his first year in the NBA last season.
So call Friday a reunion.
Not exactly a good one for the second-year power forward.
Prior to the game with Dallas, coach Fred Hoiberg announced that not only was Mirotic was out of the starting lineup, but the experiment to play him at the three-spot was going to take a few steps back.
“The big thing is talking to him, try and build up the confidence,’’ Hoiberg said of Mirotic.
