Nick Friedel

I think the Bulls just need to find somebody that Bryson is comfortable with.

And who can make younger players better because this team is about to get a lot younger.

They need a lot more depth and they need time to grow within the framework of what is being built.

I don't think it's absurd Layla only because the guy at his core in his heart is a basketball coach and he wants back in and whether it's in Chicago where he has all this history or somewhere else.

Tibbs wants to be an NBA head coach.

He's one of the best that's done it over the course of the last 10 or 15 years.

He's had success in every place that he's been and I'm sure it's hard for him to watch the Knicks right now because they're rolling and he felt like

With one more push after last year, he could get them there, and he got bounced.

And he's done the same thing over the last year that he did after he got fired the previous times.

He's gone through all these different...

Places in the league and talk to different coaches.

He was out around the Warriors.

I saw him a few months ago talking to Steve Kerr and Ron Adams.

He just wants back in.

So to the point about is it a surprise?

No, the surprise would be if the

The breakup led to everybody getting back together.

And again, for context, I think that Tibbs' relationship with Jerry and Mike is in a much better place.

I think his relationship with Pax is in a much better place.

I think the air has been cleared.