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While the NBA has yet to make a final decision on the 2019-2020 season, the Chicago Bulls have been restructuring their entire operation.
At last, the coaching rumors for the Chicago Bulls have begun. Needless to say, current head coach Jim Boylen should start touching up his resume, as he shouldn’t (and probably won’t) be a part of the organization for much longer.
According to Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic, multiple sources around the league are expecting Boylen to be ousted by new EVP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and his newly appointed GM Marc Eversley.
The hottest new gossip around the soon-to-be-vacant position includes two potential candidates, both of whom have had ties with the Bulls in the past, though Karnisovas has said that “[Boylen]’s not my hire, we wanted to evaluate him and the players”.
The rumors around Boylen being fired have been persistent ever since the demise of GarPax, but nothing had been solid until the Eversley hiring.
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Bulls fans will finally get what they have been demanding seemingly since Boylen took over with his “crawl, then walk, then run” approach, which matured into an abysmal 24th-ranked eyesore of an offense and a 39-84 record.
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To his credit, Boylen has brought the Bulls defense into the top half of the league statistically (13th), but his blitzing off the screen-and-roll has failed the visual test while also contributing to the less than impressive record.
Bulls defenders have consistently had slow efforts on closing out when they don’t come up with a steal.
Meanwhile, their opposition has shown that the only thing needed to break Boylen’s strategy is swinging the ball around; that usually ends up in with either a corner 3-pointer or a wide-open lane to drive.
The biggest key for whoever replaces Boylen will be to maximize the potential in Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr., while also preparing Coby White to be a premier lead guard in the NBA.