Best of the Bulls: What's the plan after a flurry of trades?
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What triggered the Bulls' recent flurry of trades?
In the past, you've been seemingly hesitant to enact this much significant change in one instance to seemingly take a small step back in the short term for a potential long-term game. What changed?
I think the timing. The timing of stage that we're in as a team. You know, we started this last year. You know, and going into this season, a lot of decisions had to be made. with a lot of free agents. And that was a great opportunity for us during trade deadline to address and get a lot of draft capital and target very specific players and take a look at them.
Mully and Hall, Chicago Sports Radio, 670 The Score.
That, of course, is the voice of Arturis Karnaschovas, the president of basketball operations.
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How has the Bulls' philosophy changed after the trade deadline?
Local 130. Plumbers, get the job done right the first time. KC, good morning to you, buddy. How are you holding up?
I run your show with Dustin this week, man.
Oh, my God.
That's the truth.
It's so true. You've been telling us everything that's going on. But, Casey, did you see seven trades happening?
No.
Did you see this coming? I mean, I got to tell you, it is just kind of insane that they've got this. There's been a change of philosophy. They've got all these assets, second-round picks, which they didn't need before.
What does K.C. Johnson think about the Bulls' future direction?
They've changed. And I don't know, are these duplicate players? Watching that game last night, it was kind of weird. They said on the broadcast it's like a pickup game at the Y, a bunch of guys just getting together.
Yeah, Joe Colley actually asked Anthony Simons exactly that in the post-game locker room. Like, did that feel like a pickup game? So, yeah, it was a pretty surreal night, pretty surreal. No, I did not see seven trades. I've gotten into a very healthy relationship with social media, but I got into loopy Twitter mode this week where I was just like, wee, let's go. Here comes another trade. I was just fired off. It was goofy tweets. It was pretty wild. That's why I asked that question you guys played. I mean, I
What are the implications of trading key players like Kobe and Io?
I told you guys multiple times leading up to the deadline, expect them to be active. People were skeptical. I did expect activity. I did not expect this much activity. And I also did not expect them to trade both Io and Kobe. That wouldn't surprise me for sure. Casey, seven trades in five days. You have done a terrific job in chronicling them all. I guess big picture-wise, when you take a step back, you want to know, is the plan more clear – now than it was before the trade flurry began, and are the Bulls any closer to a championship? I mean, I don't know the answer to the latter part. As far as the former part, I mean, he detailed what he's doing. He's tired of being in the middle, and so he is trying a different combination of players.
That's a phrase he kept. saying a lot and he went for it all by you know uh trading so many players that you have so many new players coming in you barely know like i had to do a depth chart before like yesterday afternoon to like remind myself yes i literally did now that said i mean there's there is you know other parts to this i mean he got nine second round draft picks so he has 14 total he's got
How does the Bulls' new roster impact their championship aspirations?
All his own first round draft picks, five tradable firsts. You still have expiring contracts this summer. You have opportunity to audition some of the guys who are expiring and see who fits and who doesn't. And then, you know, I've said this in other appearances with you guys or elsewhere, but This is just one part of it. I mean, this is a lot of change this week, but this is not obviously the roster that's going to report to training camp next fall. They've got a bazillion guards. They are thin up front. So he's not done. Like there's going to be more change this offseason. And so this was just one part of it. And that's why you can't really answer the second question until you see kind of everything that he's done.
I mean, I hate to say this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What triggered the Bulls' recent flurry of trades?
0:03–1:25
2
How has the Bulls' philosophy changed after the trade deadline?
1:25–2:02
3
What does K.C. Johnson think about the Bulls' future direction?
2:02–2:54
4
What are the implications of trading key players like Kobe and Io?
2:54–4:17
5
How does the Bulls' new roster impact their championship aspirations?
4:17–5:15
6
What are the fans' reactions to the recent trades?
5:15–6:16
7
What are the potential outcomes for the Bulls in the upcoming draft?
6:16–7:09
8
How does the organization plan to rebuild moving forward?
7:09–54:55
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