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The youth movement continues for Arturas Karnisovas, who agreed to a deal with Williams, 22. In the last week, Karnisovas added Josh Giddey and first-round pick Matas Buzelis before making sure Williams didn’t hit the open market.
With the league turning its attention to free agency Sunday night, it’s time to put a bow on the two-night NBA Draft and break down the winners and losers.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” we also asked about the Bulls’ offseason and your soccer viewing habits on TV.
The additions of Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis have not come by accident. The youth movement is alive and well for the Bulls, but now they need help with the start of free agency to continue to push it.
“We don’t know what he’s going to look like in a month or two, so we’re just going to take one step at a time, and hopefully he’s going to be ready for training camp,” Karnisovas said.
The Bulls have started the process of slowly turning over the roster after three years of continuity, and added a promising wing in G League Ignite’s Buzelis.
Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas finally seems ready to climb down the hill of continuity that he spent the last few seasons dying on.
The first Sunday of the season brings Caitlin Clark to Wintrust Arena for one of the games of the day in all of sports. After that, though, Chicago fans might look at the states of some of their teams and realize there’s a lot to complain about.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” voters also were asked about the Bulls’ and Blackhawks’ upcoming drafts.
Bulls executive VP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas promised changes this offseason, and the first domino fell Thursday, when he sent defensive standout Caruso to the Thunder for Giddey, a promising playmaking guard.
The Bulls will start the first round with pick No. 11, but there’s a chance they don’t stay there. Does executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas have a card to be played or will he stay the course in a mediocre draft?
It’s not a great draft class, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t gems to be found. Considering the recent state of the Bulls and the confusing direction of the organization, exec Arturas Karnisovas & Co. need to hit it big.
For decades, it made sense whenever a proverbial program CEO turned down the grind of the pros. But now, with the nonstop, Wild West nature of life with the transfer portal and NIL, an escape plan will be more attractive.
The Bulls inducted Walker, a seven-time NBA All-Star, into their new Ring of Honor in January.
Where we’ll find the network is still in the works. CHSN plans to announce distribution agreements and other news through the summer. But who has the patience to wait that long? Let’s examine three ways things could go this fall.
Replacing NBC Sports Chicago, CHSN said it will launch with agreements with cable, streaming and over-the-air providers, though it didn’t name any in its announcement.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” we also posed questions about the Sky’s game against Caitlin Clark and the Fever on Saturday, and the Cubs’ Shota Imanaga and the White Sox’ Garrett Crochet.
James, the son of NBA great LeBron James, played one year at USC and averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
Even if the front office can make changes to the core this summer, the Bulls still might not be able to make headway in the Eastern Conference.
Wade hopes Translatable, which is funded by the Wade Family Foundation, will provide a community to “support growth, mental health and well-being, and that this space ignites more conversations leading to greater understanding and acceptance.”
After winning the Hustle Award, Caruso earned second-team All-Defensive honors. He made the first team last season.