Mark Grody

Yeah.

I know you were told there would be no math, Layla, but since you bring up the order of operation, I got to tell you, this isn't inside the brackets.

This is inside the parentheses, inside the brackets.

That's where Billy Donovan stands right now because he's...

Jerry and Michael Reinsdorf and the understanding of this family, the way they do things, you can see kind of the similarities after hearing from Jerry talk about the White Sox.

And now, Michael, this is a very rare occasion where he's in front of a mic getting to tell his truth, answering questions from reporters.

And he lets you know early and strongly worded.

that Billy Donovan is his guy he is a hall of famer and guess what if Billy Donovan wants to remain with the Bulls he's going to be with the Bulls and if he wants to coach the Bulls he's going to coach the Bulls and if the guy that comes in and wants to be considered for this job to be the head basketball guy in charge isn't comfortable with that he's probably and I'm quoting here not the candidate for the job but listen Billy Donovan now everyone's staring at him and waiting for the Bulls regular season to end thank goodness it's about to end by the way

No, I think the answer is very simple.

It's no, you're not going to get the best candidate for the job because you don't even have people...

A full pool.

You have cut your pool.

I don't even know what percentage.

I'm not going to put a number out there.

But you've significantly reduced the pool of the best and brightest.

And guess what?

Part of being the best and brightest is to not run a fool's errand of understanding that you want me to run your team, but you're telling me who I have to hire as a coach.

The best and the brightest don't do that.

They have their own plan with their own people.

Now, if Billy Donovan just happens to be the coach that they choose to run it, fine.