De’Aaron Fox
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Accountability and action.
Those are the biggest takeaways from Chicago Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas’ season-ending news conference on Saturday afternoon at the Advocate Center.
Granted, the first theme is just talk and the latter vow means little unless change actually is enacted.
But for the first time ever, Karnišovas publicly said his plan for continuity failed and that changes are coming.
“I’ve said numerous times today: This group, something doesn’t work. I have to find ways to find a group that’s going to make improvements. We’ve done it for a couple years now and it hasn’t worked,” Karnišovas said. “Everything is on the table.
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“I am going to look at totality of the group. This group hasn’t worked. There’s a lot of great things in certain individual players and a lot of young guys who took a step forward and it’s positive. But in totality as a group, it didn’t work. So I’m going to have to find these answers in offseason.”
Whether those changes are widespread and perhaps not merely limited to the roster remains to be seen. While Karnišovas emphasized that his front office staff as well as coach Billy Donovan are safe, the future of Donovan’s staff is open for discussion.
Regardless, it sounds like continuity will be replaced by another word that begins with a “c.” Change.
“I take full responsibility, however, and recognize when changes need to be made, and I believe that time is now,” Karnišovas said.
Multiple outlets, including NBC Sports Chicago, reported previously that trading Zach LaVine remains an offseason focus. Karnišovas reiterated his desire to re-sign DeMar DeRozan and Patrick Williams.
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