Ricky O'Donnell eviscerates Bulls: 'Worst team in the NBA that tries to win'
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What are the Bulls' current struggles and recent performance?
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Murphy again at the stripe. It is up and it is good. 1-13, 1-10. Bulls 94 feet away with 2.3 left. Giddey and the pass deflected. Stolen by Nembhard. The ball game is over. Oh, no! The Indiana Pacers win for only the 12th time this season. Three of those coming at the expense of the Chicago Bulls.
Rahimi Harrison-Grody on the score. That one hurt last night. Did not feel good to see the Bulls go to 0-3 against what is now a 12-36 Pacers team. Indiana beat the Bulls last night, 113-110. Heard right here on the score, Chuck and Bill. Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington on the call. I took in some Chuck and Bill yesterday as I was, believe it or not, walking around after dark, not ordering Uber from the Jimmy Johns in my building, walking about the town trying to feed myself. The Bulls blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead. They had chances at the end, and the Bulls did not win. That said, let's talk more Bulls now. Let's talk more Bulls of the future, and let's do it with Ricky O'Donnell, writer, editor...
and Associate Director of Programming at SB Nation. He is on X at SBN underscore Ricky, and he joins us right now on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline, CircaLasVegas.com. Ricky, hell of a game last night. What did you think?
You know, it's just more of what we've seen from the Bulls this season, which is that they cannot beat the worst teams in the league. As you mentioned, now three losses to the Pacers. They have 12 wins all year. You know who else has 12 wins all year? The New Orleans Pelicans and the Brooklyn Nets. The Bulls have also lost to both of those teams twice. The Bulls, if you take that 0-7 record in those games, you know, it's not unreasonable to think the Bulls could have gone 6-1 if they were actually a serious team. And if that were to happen, they'd be sitting kind of pretty in the Eastern Conference standings. Now, at least it wouldn't look like another 39-win disaster for Arturas Karnaschovas. They have had some good wins this year, but, you know, this is what a 500 team does.
You blow it. On games you should win, just no consistency with this roster. So a pretty disappointing loss for the Bulls, but you can't be too surprised right now because as presently constructed, this is a 500 team.
We're a week away from the trade deadline. Talk to me, Ricky. Talk to me. What should the Bulls do, and what do you feel like they will do given how Archeris, Karnaschovas, and Mark Eversley have treated previous trade deadlines and off-seasons?
The Bulls are not close to accomplishing anything this season, and getting the eighth seed in the East is nothing to be proud of. Arturis constantly holds on to his guys too long, refuses to sell high on anyone, and he has to learn from his mistakes, plain and simple. I mean, what was the stat? Like, four years in a row, the Bulls started the year 18-21. That should be enough to get fired, just with that stat alone. So... If the Bulls were smart, if Arturas knew what he was doing, I think that you got to take a small step back this year to try to improve yourself for the future. So I would make a couple moves. The first one I would do, and it would be painful because he's been a great Chicago Bull and a great Chicagoan, but you got to trade Io DeSumo.
What should the Bulls do before the trade deadline?
The guy is shooting 46% from three this year. He's having the best season of his career. He's probably in line to double his salary in free agency i would expect him to get around mid-level exception money maybe 15 million dollars a year four for 60 so i'd be looking to trade io the team i'm looking at is potentially the portland trailblazers who they owe the bulls a lottery protected draft pick i would be trying to lower the protections on that pick maybe make it top four protected instead of top 14 protected take back matisse theibel who's expiring salary
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the Bulls' current struggles and recent performance?
0:00–3:55
2
What should the Bulls do before the trade deadline?
3:55–8:36
3
How has Arturis Karnaschovas impacted the Bulls' direction?
8:36–12:43
4
What trades should the Bulls consider for future improvement?
12:43–14:47
5
Why is Patrick Williams considered a liability for the Bulls?
14:47–15:24
Speakers
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