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A recent report suggesting the Chicago Bulls might want to keep Jim Boylen as head coach is almost unbelievable.
If it wasn’t the Chicago Bulls, it would almost be too ridiculous to believe. But welcome to the current state of things for the Bulls, where reality has become stranger than fiction over the last couple of seasons. The most recent example of this phenomenon is a recent NBCSports Chicago report in which the team apparently is very open to the idea of Jim Boylen remaining the head coach next season. The implication of that alone should be justification for launching the entire organization into the sun.
As you know, the Bulls current general manager (in title only) Gar Forman has been pushed to the side, and the team will be looking to hire his replacement this offseason. However, the de facto general manager, John Paxson, will not be going anywhere despite his atrocious track record, because he is highly respected and valued by the Reinsdorf family. In as much as he figures to continue to play a prominent role in the organization, it appears he will try to continue to exert influence over the process of selecting Forman’s replacement.