Arturas Karnisovas Acknowledges Stupid Information Regarding Bulls’ Roster
Many of the components of Arturas Karnisovas’s past speaking engagements were present in his season-ending press conference, which was held in honor of the Chicago Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations. He restated his desire to see Patrick Williams and DeMar DeRozan return.
Karnisovas voiced trust in Head Coach Billy Donovan, but also bemoaned the way the season ended. He also mentioned the ownership’s faith in his ability to perform.
But it was Karnisovas’ comments about the larger group as a whole that stood out the most. Especially after the Bulls’ lost to the Miami Heat in the second round of the Play-In Tournament for the second year in a row.
“Going into free agency, I think we’re going to be pretty aggressive the way that we showed before going into draft and free agency,” Karnisovas told reporters on April 20. “We, obviously, cannot roll with the same team again and expect different results. So we definitely understand that even with some of the positivity – the clutch wins and overtime wins – we’re still at 39, and we’re Play-In. And we somehow have to generate additional 10 wins.
“Even with injuries that we suffered this year, I think we need to change things.
“This group, something doesn’t work. I’ve got to find ways to find a group that’s going to make improvements. Because we’ve done that for a couple of years now and it hasn’t worked. So everything is on the table.”
He did say they looked into making deals at the deadline in February but didn’t find anything to their liking. He said they will remain aggressive in trying to improve the roster.
Karnisovas preached continuity as the path to success and practiced that ideology for two years.
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