Mark Grote

I'm sorry, it's all relative.

In the last introductory press conference I heard for our head coach of this magnitude was that of Ben Johnson and what he talked about and me being somewhat skeptical in terms of a timeline, right?

Because that was my thing.

We both had questions we wanted answered, and we'll get to those answers in just a moment.

Can the Bears be good right away with Ben Johnson?

Right.

And he said it depends on how much you're willing to work and how much you're willing to sacrifice, right?

Yeah.

They had a quote-unquote possible franchise quarterback.

I don't know that the Bulls have a possible megastar, a future Hall of Famer, under their control right now.

They've got Josh Giddey, and they've got Matis Bouzelis.

And...

A week from today, they'll have some other players on their team, a top four pick and maybe a top 15 or a top 10 pick even if they make a trade.

Waggler.

So I don't know exactly that they have the same type of framework that the Bears had when they introduced their head coach.

But I do know this, that from everything I heard from both Bryson Graham and Tiago Splitter, including the two sentences that you pointed out, Mark, that the future is looking brighter to me than it was a year ago today.

And also that the possibilities are much more boundless and expansive than they were a year ago.

There's nothing hamstringing the Bulls right now because that's what I take from the ground floor comment is that we can build whatever we want here because there's an open lot and we have foundational pieces in me, the general manager or the lead basketball executive.

And then we have, of course, the head coach, Tiago Splitter.

I think that the Bulls are in better shape right now, but only merely by the process of elimination at this moment.