Marshall Harris

You've got international players leading the way.

I understand your trepidation on that matter specifically, except everything we've heard.

From Bryson Graham, from people who've worked with Bryson Graham, from people who know Bryson Graham, the man is a collaborator.

And I don't think Arturis Kardasovas was much of a collaborator in any stage of his time as the lead Bulls executive.

So that's what gives me a lot of hope for what we can expect going forward.

He's not going to just be like, I'm getting this done the way I want to get it done.

No, I want to hear everybody in the room and see if somebody's making more sense than I'm making.

That's the way it should be handled when you're talking about, I don't know, the number four pick in the NBA draft.

Or who to hire as the Bulls head coach.

Who knows how many people ultimately had a part in making the decision that Splitter was the guy.

The other thing, Mark, I feel like the Bulls just stole something from the Portland Trailblazers.

Well, that's the problem with them is they don't pour the resources into anything because of who their owner is.

Tom Dundon, the owner of the Blazers.

came out and said, I want to hire somebody for basically what a lot of assistant coaches in the leagues are being paid.

I don't want to pay top dollar for a head coach.

And I think that's one of the things that probably helped Tiago Splitter make his decision to go, I don't know, Chicago as opposed to Portland for his next full-time head coaching opportunity.

And this is a guy who actually is celebrating today, Tom Dundon.

You know why?

He's also the majority owner of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Okay, yes.