Shakeia Taylor

Oh, my God.

I fell asleep on the couch and woke up to my phone buzzing with people talking about just the state of Chicago basketball.

Like we are chaotic to the rest of the country.

I feel like everyone in sports has said the same thing over the last two days, right?

Nobody really knows what the Bulls were doing.

I feel like the plan was kind of flying by the seat of their pants from season to season.

It didn't really give we're trying to win.

It didn't really give we're trying to please the fans.

It definitely didn't produce any positive results in any direction.

I think the Bulls for the last at least decade have been trying to find their compass and they're not in alignment.

And so therefore, there's no direction.

And the Pacers, as an example of that, I think it's kind of funny.

Because for the Pacers, what I saw being around them for the entirety of the 2025 NBA playoffs was that it's cultural.

And I think we could use both Chicago basketball teams as an example of this.

Culture starts in the front office.

Culture starts with a foundation.

If you don't have that, it's not gonna just magically blossom in the locker room.

It's not gonna magically happen on the court.

Culture starts at the top.

And I don't think the Bulls established any sort of culture to get them going in a good direction.