Bulls’ Artūras Karnišovas on Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan’s future, Billy Donovan’s leadership, more
Chicago Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas gave his season-ending press conference on Saturday. Karnišovas was asked about Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan’s futures with the team, Lonzo Ball’s injury status, Patrick Williams’ contract situation, his confidence in coach Billy Donovan and more.
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AK a fraud
We're running it back with the same unit
In translation I don't care if we're average
What are you doing out there KC Johnson?
AKME is a bigger clown joke than GarPax! As is old man Reinsdorf, & his petulant son.
I stopped watching the Bulls in late January , I only watched the play in game the other day . When I heard Jimmy Butler wasn’t going to play on Friday I had a feeling the Bulls would figure out a way to lose some how . Our owner is to cheap so we’ll never get back to the top .
Poor team😢 Could not have done much when they had all their teeth knocked out in the first quarter.
It's time. It's time to focus on the young guys, developing them, building thru draft, building a young core with your main 3 being coby white, ayo, and Patrick Williams. We draft ethier a wing or big in this year's draft.
I think also hire a coach that is focused on player development and that brings a defensive mindset or grit and grind type of style.
Billy is not coach
AK has a tough job. You have to figure out an identity and style of play but, that comes with settling on your superstar to work off of. We don’t have a superstar player. We have very good players who are 3 to 5 options on a championship team. You cannot force teams to make deals. And you cant anticipate injuries. You also want continuity to build chemistry. Tough mufucken job. Caruso is nice to keep if you want to have a great defense and a team that communicates on D. But, he’s oft injured and a valuable asset for other teams. To build an offense around Lonzo is just not realistic cuz his surgery has never been done before and cannot trust he will remain on the court or the same player. DeMar will be to expensive to retain. He’s a tremendous locker room guy and as clutch as they get but, he’s nit a # 1 or 2 option on a championship team. I loved how LaVine played before he ended his season. He was moving the ball and not over dribbling like before and playing solid D. But, he’s a #3 option at best earning superstar $. Vuc doesn’t look happy with his role and is beginning his downside of career. If were gonna develop kids, then Billy is good for that. We need a legit superstar thats not old. We need an athletic big that defends and rebounds. After that, the pieces will be easier to put together.
"To be in the top 6" tha's the goal to be the in the 6 top teams, not a championship just to be in the playoff checks…
why change the front office when the fans are coming selling out the building…
Get thibbs back
Aye yo if they run this team back again eye promise eyema rewatch this interview 😂
Hold on… AK said we had 39 wins, and we somehow need to generate an extra 10 wins… so, is he seriously telling this fan base that 49 wins is acceptable? A total that essentially equates to a 6-seed in the East? THAT is the goal??? But we're supposed to believe that this organisation is truly serious about winning? He couldn't even tell us that the goal is to have the most wins in the NBA, like we did in the season when Rose won MVP? The Celtics just won 64 games… why don't we want to win 65, next season? There is clearly an agenda to keep this franchise operating in middle-of-the-conference mediocrity, because they know that staying "competitive" just enough will generate enough interest & dollars from the fan base. We will NOT believe anything AK says about "winning" until we actually see it! Shame on y'all for constantly disrespecting Bulls Nation! We deserve BETTER‼️
Trade Zach to Orlando for Isaac n a draft pick for this year draft. Trade Vooch for w/e. Draft a big. Would bring Demar back only if he accepts bench role n being the locker room glue like Thad was.
Coby
Ayo
Pat
Johnathan Isaac
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Get rid of vooch! If u can't trade then bench him.
Get Thibbs back to Chicago
This is a year to late should of make changes last year !!!
Where can I get a job that pays that much to absolutely nothing😂😂😂
Vuch soft
FINALLY THEY ASKING ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS 😑
I want the bulls to make changes, but not ones the mortgage our future. Keep our draft picks and either trade for future picks or young players only. No 34 year old Demar or Vooch trades.
Tired of injuries to Patrick Williams and Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball!
This is on the garbage owner and the stupid fans buying tickets to watch mediocrity and accepting it. Next season we are running it back all those clowns will still buy tickets. We are in basketball purgatory with many years of failure to come
Horrible GM
Bulls fans that keep going to games are the ones to blame
Think about every answer AK gave regarding the outcome of the season. He avoided talking about Zach Lavine at every turn. Zach's contract vs his production is the proverbial ball and chain that has and is holding us back from being what we could be. Vuc & DeMar put their best foot forward, Ayo and Coby improved and AC was consistent outside of injuries. Pat showed major statistical improvements when Zach was out of the rotation. Drummond outplayed his contract. Billy showed major improvements in tight games and all of our young guys are developing.The we bottom line is Zach's contract and Lonzo's injury have been the two major issues along with Pat's injury. Lonzo can't do anything about his injury but try to recover. Pat showed that he has more to offer when he was healthy. Zach is gone this off-season and Vuc will likely be gone due to his age.
Need a new coach…..no timeouts again during Miami runs, just before half no timeout to draw up a play…instead get a 40 ft three pointer… o match up changes in a proactive fashion instead in a reactive mode..
Billy is back…boo
So the Bulls found some quick success after reworking the roster 3 years ago and decided Billy D and his staff were IT and signed them for FOUR MORE YEARS… but didn't tell anybody. So the Bulls are now STUCK with 2 more years on those deals. Oops
Fire him fire him now.
He's the worst GM in the NBA. His goal is not to win championships, but it's just to be top 6 in his conference. That says everything you need to know about him. Bulls will NEVER win until he's gone. I can't believe he said he wants ten more wins… so 49 wins is acceptable to this loser of a GM
We need some rim protection!! We gotta move vooch.. Keep Drummond N go get a mitchell Robinson type center.. Keep zach or demar.. One of them N replace who you let go with a defensive minded player.. N go Get a scorer off the bench
How about adding a fn pf for the first time in the last 4 years?!
GOOD MORNING BROTHERS AND SISTERS I'M JUST SAYING HELLO WE NEED TO TRADE NIKOLA NUMBER 9 THE MAN DON'T 👨 PLAY DEFENSE AT ALL AND HE DOESN'T PROTECT THE RIM OR TRY AND BLOCK THE OTHER TEAMS SHOT EVERYBODY WE PLAY THE CHICAGO BULLS EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS GOING TO THE HOLE WITH LAYUPS AND DUNK 👎 NIKOLA DOESN'T EVEN TRY TO BLOCK NOBODY SHOTS THAT'S CRAZY MAN STAY BLESS AND BEAR-DOWN 👍
I'm gonna say the absolute truth and you may not like it but it's the truth and AK or Billy Donovan will not say it out loud. The Bulls as an organization have had some misfortune and have decided it's not their fault and no need to do anything until contracts have subsided. Why? Because Lonzo Ball literally solves all of the Bulls problems. When Lonzo, Zach, Demar, Vooch, and Jevonte Green were all on the court together they were the 1st seed in the East, and after injuries finished 6th. Lonzo Ball was incredible ball distributor and was shooting 42% from 3pt and brought the defensive intensity with Caruso. The disparity in play with the Bulls with and without Lonzo changed everything.
in 22 Ball was out, Zach was hurt, Caruso was hurt, and Coby White was not evolved nor PWill
in 23 Ball was out, Zach was out, Caruso was hurt
So they don't wanna trade Zach for peanuts, and sign players when they're still paid 2 stars contracts with no production in return.
The Bulls management doesn't care, the fans pack the united center and business was good. Reinsdorf is happy with the coach and gm president
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All I can do is laugh 😂😂😂😂😂
They won’t win a championship while this guy is here or while the coach is here. Sad
You are absolutely right!
I don't believe in one word that idiot is saying.
We are lucky to have a great owner like Mr Jerry reinsdorf lucky to have Ak & Billy we will prevail Go Bulls
Fire this Dude NOW!