Chicago Bulls Fire Karnišovas and Eversley After Six Seasons of Mediocrity

The Chicago Bulls fired Karnisovas and Eversley after six seasons that produced a 224-254 record and one playoff appearance.

“CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls have fired executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley, the team announced Monday Karnisovas and Eversley were hired to run the Bulls front office at the start of the 2020-21 season and went 224-254 across six seasons”

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Reinsdorf said the decision is about positioning the team for sustained success moving forward.

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At 29-49, the Bulls are sitting 12th in the Eastern Conference and missing the playoffs for a fourth consecutive year.

Karnisovas and Eversley undertook several bold moves including the 2021 trade for Nikola Vucevic.

At the February trade deadline, Chicago flipped over a large portion of its roster, dealing away seven players.

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Despite the shakeup, Chicago's lottery odds improved only slightly, with a 4.5 percent chance at the No. 1 pick.

Fan unrest has been growing, fueled by inconsistent results and off-court distractions.

“After missing the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, the Chicago Bulls have fired their top two executives, vice president Artūras Karnišovas and general manager Marc Eversley”

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The firing came one week after the team waived Jaden Ivey following inflammatory Instagram livestreams.

This season marks the fourth straight without a playoff berth.