Chicago Bulls VP Arturas Karnisovas says he's "disappointed" with the team's current state and vows to fix it

Arturas Karnisovas assesses the team's current state and vows to take action.

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Despite all the rumblings about rebooting the team and starting over, the Chicago Bulls entered the 2023-2024 season with renewed hope that things would work out this time. They brought back the same core of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, and Nikola Vucevic and added a few solid role players in Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig.

Obviously, the Bulls’ campaign so far has been an abject disaster, and on Tuesday, the Bulls’ executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas—the man who oversaw the team’s roster moves—expressed his thoughts on the current state of the team.

Frustrated and disappointed

In a short chat with the media, Karnisovas said he sees the team’s performances and feels the same way as the fans.

“We see what everyone is seeing and are just as frustrated,” Karnisovas said.

Karnisovas added that despite the disappointment of the season so far, he is still hopeful that the team will be able to turn things around.

“We’re disappointed, but I’m not running from it. It’s my responsibility,” Karnisovas added.

It remains to be seen what Karnisovas and the rest of the front office will do to steer the ship past the choppy waters of the early season and into smoother waters. But one thing is for sure: everyone in the organization is determined to get things back on track and put a winning product on the court. This includes Bulls coach Billy Donovan.

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— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 29, 2023

Donovan takes ownership

While Karnisovas put the roster together, it’s Donovan’s job to make the pieces work. To that end, Donovan has taken ownership of the situation and is trying to figure out ways to get the team out of the extended slump it’s been in.

"What do I need to do better? What does our staff need to do better?" Donovan said.

“Those are things I’m trying to work at, so certainly there’s things from my vantage point as I look at it coaching-wise that we have to be better to help the group.”

"Yeah, I take ownership in this, too, in terms of what I’ve got to do. I’m not obviously making the decisions that maybe Arturas is making, or Jerry and Michael [Reinsdorf] are making, and I’m not making decisions on the court that the players are making. But what do I have control over? What’s my responsibility? Where can I get better, and how can I improve to help?"

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— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 29, 2023

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