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Former Bulls forward Carlos Boozer can really pick \u2019em.<\/p>\nFormer Bulls forward Carlos Boozer can really pick \u2019em.<\/p>\n
He proved that during the summer. Boozer walked onto the show \u201cThe Kings Court\u201d looking for love, and when all the elimination dinners were wrapped up, he found it, by all accounts. He\u2019s still in a relationship with his final choice, Janaye Robinson.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s lottery gold.<\/p>\n
So if Boozer can navigate his way through the shark-infested waters of reality-TV dating, he surely can fix what ails his old franchise.<\/p>\n
Appearing on SiriusXM NBA Radio last week, Boozer was given the general-manager hat for a few minutes and was asked what he would do to help get the Bulls out of mediocrity hell.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would make a splash and go get somebody that doesn\u2019t want to be on their current team,\u201d Boozer said. \u201cI would trade some assets for a potential superstar, and then I would load up on the \u201926 draft. The \u201926 draft is loaded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone has a plan, but as obvious as Boozer\u2019s plan was, he did hit on two glaring points.<\/p>\n
The Bulls still lack a superstar, let alone a recent All-Star, and the 2026 draft class is indeed loaded.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the issue that Boozer \u2014 and many \u201cwhy can\u2019t they fix it?\u201d experts \u2014 run into in dealing with the Bulls\u2019 front office.<\/p>\n
The people in the front office walk to the beat of their own drum, and they\u2019re the only ones hearing the music.<\/p>\n
Boozer was spot-on about the upcoming draft class. Selfishly, Boozer can praise that class because his twin sons are a key part of it. Cameron Boozer is a top-three or top-four player depending on the mock draft, and Cayden Boozer is in the 20-30 range in the class.<\/p>\n
Sitting atop of it is Kansas-bound guard Darryn Peterson, followed by A.J. Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, Nate Ament and Mikel Brown Jr. Memo to Boozer: This Bulls front office doesn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n
The 2025 draft class also was loaded, and Bulls executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas thumbed his nose at it, doubling down by tightening the belt on his slacks of \u201ccompetitive integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The result? French project Noa Essengue at No. 12. Go get \u2019em, rook.<\/p>\n
Boozer\u2019s first point has been asked of this front office for a long time, especially in the wake of trading perennial All-Star DeMar DeRozan in July 2024. What is the plan to get a difference-maker?<\/p>\n
To Karnisovas\u2019 credit, he at least flashes a pulse on this front. The Bulls were disappointed that the Mavericks didn\u2019t even call them before they traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers.<\/p>\n
Would they have had the assets or ability to acquire Doncic? Not in this lifetime. But they at least wanted an opportunity to stand at the plate and watch the fastball whiz by.<\/p>\n
And therein lies the problem for this front office and organization. When big swaps are happening throughout the league, the Bulls are an afterthought. They aren\u2019t even considered serious players in the game.<\/p>\n
Oh, sure, there are all kinds of trade rumors circulating as camp is set to begin at the end of the month. The Jonathan Kuminga interest remains real, they kicked the tires on Cam Whitmore before he was traded to the Wizards and veteran Nikola Vucevic is still being shopped, but those are all secondary moves.<\/p>\n
Warning-track power at best.<\/p>\n
While the goal for a global brand such as the Bulls should be an NBA championship, their front office seems content to just try to get out of the play-in round. It\u2019s a low-bar mentality yielding low-bar results.<\/p>\n
So, yes, all the former Bulls can say what they want as far as a solution. But it all has been said and written before with this front office in charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bulls need to add a superstar and must load up in the 2026 draft, but the front office has its own ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n