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The Chicago Bulls have lost four straight games — and five of their last six — to fall to 10th in the Eastern Conference in what’s been another disappointing season.
But according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, head coach Billy Donovan remains secure in his job, as does the front office.
Per Joe Crowley of the Sun-Times on Thursday, “there were no plans to remove executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas from his position, and it was a solid bet that general manager Marc Eversley and head coach Billy Donovan were equally as safe.”
Since their most recent playoff appearance in the 2021-22 season, the Bulls have trended down, finishing under .500 in each of the previous two seasons and just 22-33 this year as they head into the NBA All-Star break.
The results aren’t all that surprising, especially after the team traded Zach LaVine to Sacramento before the deadline, which followed other moves that sent DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso out of town.
They haven’t totally torn down the roster, as Lonzo Ball and Nikola Vucevic remain on an otherwise young roster.
After shipping another good player, LaVine, to the Kings, Karnisovas talked about Chicago still potentially making the play-in tournament, which is somehow still feasible due to the number of bad teams in the Eastern Conference.
But he otherwise didn’t provide many answers.
“I know fans want a specific plan and we’re charting that path now,’’ Karnisovas said. “We are not done yet. We are in a transitional phase and there is more to come. We got through the trade deadline and as we move through the rest of the season, the draft and free agency, we’ll continue shaping the future of this team. That’s where the plan stands.”
Regardless of the plan — or lack of one — Donovan appears to be a part of the future.
As Cowley wrote, “Donovan, especially, is well-liked by both the front office and ownership, with all involved impressed with the way he flipped the offensive playing style so dramatically in just one season, as well as the relationships he has developed within the locker room.”
Still, Donovan has gotten the Bulls to the postseason just once since joining the franchise in 2020 after getting the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs in all five of his seasons at the helm there.
He’s also been unable to find the same success in the NBA that he had in college, where led the University of Florida to back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007.
And he also reached the Final Four as a player at Providence College under head coach Rick Pitino in 1987.
Donovan is set to get his jersey retired by the school this weekend.
