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0Bulls lead decisionmaker Arturas Karnisovas went on a state media podcast late last week. I truly do not to make every post about the front office\u2019s slow (so slow) descent into eventual firing, but:<\/p>\n

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  1. the team on the court is boring, and – despite AK\u2019s protestations – not informing us of anything<\/li>\n
  2. they so rarely speak that it\u2019s notable when they do<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It was another round of buffoonery from AK, despite having a safe space that can be described as \u201cwhen KC Johnson is too tough a questioner\u201d<\/p>\n

    There wasn\u2019t much, certainly not much different than what he said at the deadline, but as fans we are so starved for any kind of communicated plan that several jumped on the fact that Karnisovas\u2026merely mentioned future transaction periods and their cap sheet.<\/p>\n

    AK simply saying \u201c2025 draft\u20262026 draft, we get good player\u201d does not mean they are valuing the draft again, nor does a mention of 2026 free agency mean they actually plan on doing a major acquisition.<\/p>\n

    None of this was particularly confusing before (just insipid), and this wasn\u2019t clarifying even if it was necessary. I think it helps me to comprehend AK\u2019s talking points when you strip out his profession:<\/p>\n

    He is simply an over-promoted executive who knows he is in over his head, and saying anything to buy himself more time on the job.There\u2019s no consistent (let alone thoughtful) roster-building philosophy at work here, Karnisovas is simply saying this is part of a plan because it is the corner he has painted himself into.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s the reason why there\u2019s touting acquisitions of \u2018young players with experience\u2019 and Josh Giddey\u2019s progress (huh?), not because it is correct or even validated in this case, but because that\u2019s what you are stuck with. Keep insisting you don\u2019t need to tank, because it\u2019s far too late. Keep talking like a roster teardown needs to take years, because it kicks the can down the road to where you can be expected to actually build again. And mention a 20XX free agency plan with cap space, a classic GarPax play, not because you have a situation a free agent would want to be in, but because you have so few good players under contract.<\/p>\n

    Karnisovas is doomed, and he knows it. His only personal path forward is to delay and obfuscate how bad and hopeless things are, while not so bad to where he can\u2019t be the one to fix it, and quickly.<\/p>\n

    There\u2019s been reporting over the past year-plus that Karnisovas has ownership\u2019s faith in ability to clean up his own mess in any way he sees fit. I think that\u2019s only partially true. I think it\u2019s possible that ownership would support a swift completion of this teardown and then a multi-year wallowing in the league basement. They don\u2019t think it should be necessary, and as a general philosophy I agree (though not for the reasons they do).<\/p>\n

    But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible they\u2019d support Arturas Karnisovas doing this: for one thing, AK doesn\u2019t have the desire or aptitude to do it correctly. And while it\u2019s never too late to do the right thing, doing so now just means a longer time at the bottom due to prior missteps.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s why Karnisovas said that his goal in this \u201ctransition\u201d is not to be the best team possible in the future, but to \u201climit the period\u201d of downturn. It\u2019s a much easier sell to ownership that not only are they not embarrassments like other franchises at the true bottom of the league, but they won\u2019t be this bad for even another year longer.<\/p>\n

    Karnisovas has correctly given up on reaching the fans. He is just talking to one dumbass family.<\/p>\n

    We know they are even slower to react than the executives they employ, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if they express concern over the relative lack of fan interest (and more importantly, patronage). Ideally for everyone, that would be fixed with lottery luck. But if that fails, then – again, to stay employed – AK will target a \u201cyoung player with experience\u201d and some star power. LaMelo Ball? Trae Young? Zion?<\/p>\n

    I am not opposed to such a plan if looking at it objectively. But Karnisovas can\u2019t be the one to do it. Like nearly everything he\u2019s done in his tenure, he would screw up the execution and it\u2019ll backfire long-term, and in the short-term he will say anything to buy himself even more time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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