Joe Cowley

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Chicago Bulls Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times

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Bulls have a decision to make at No. 12 as June NBA draft draws near

6 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

The intel is sparse. If that’s not the case this time of the year, then it’s probably a lie, floated out there by an exec trying to hide the footprints. But as adept as Bulls executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas is at ripping a branch off a tree and dusting away his trail, leaks happen. The Sun-Times reported last week that there are two absolutes with this draft class and the No. 12 overall pick held by the Bulls. One is they don’t care about position.
Bulls Interested In Drafting Egor Demin

1 week ago | basketball.realgm.com | Joe Cowley

The Chicago Bulls hold the No. 12 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Picking near the end of the lottery leaves Chicago with a lot options, but they Bulls are seemingly focusing in on drafting Egor Demin of BYU. Some outlets consider Demin to be a top 10 selection in the draft. Others have him available when the Bulls pick. Chicago is said to be focused on drafting a wing or big with their first-round pick. The 6-foot-8 ballhandler had an up-and-down season at BYU.
Matters of fact and fiction for Bulls' offseason

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

Wins haven’t been easy to come by during this NBA postseason. In the case of the play-in-game-losing Bulls, they haven’t come at all. But Bulls executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas should be feeling pretty good about the Eastern Conference’s suddenly shaky landscape.
The Bulls' Matas Buzelis earns NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

Matas Buzelis knew Rookie of the Year honors were out of reach by the end of the regular season. All-Rookie Team, however? The Bulls rook wasn’t shy about putting an individual achievement in the trophy case. “Any type of award in the NBA, I’d like,” Buzelis said very matter-of-factly last month. “Yeah, I think I belong on that All-Rookie team, for sure. It would be an honor to grab something like that.”Honor grabbed.
Bulls offseason position analysis: Well-guarded in crowded backcourt

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

Player A was a dud. In one 16-game stretch in November, it got so bad that he wasn’t even finishing games for the Bulls because of his defensive letdowns. And his offense wasn’t much better; he was averaging 10.6 points and shooting 29.1% from three-point range. Player B was a godsend. After the All-Star break, he averaged 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists, improved his defense and shot 45.7% from long range. So which Bull should get the big, fat contract extension this summer?
NBA mock draft: Bulls could eye South Carolina's Collin Murray-Boyles

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

As the odds expected, the Bulls ended up with the 12th pick after Monday’s NBA Draft lottery. ‘‘We’re going to look at everything,’’ Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas said. ‘‘Everything is on the table.’’Here’s an early look at who might go where in the NBA Draft on June 25. The next big thing in the NBA is about to arrive in Texas. Flagg instantly will be the face of the franchise for the next decade. Luka who?
No playing 'Capture the Flagg' as Bulls stay at No. 12 in draft lottery

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

Arturas Karnisovas got exactly what he deserved on Monday. Not what the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations hoped for when the balls finished bouncing around in the hopper for the NBA’s annual draft lottery and definitely not what Karnisovas wanted to see happen, but this is what he earned. He made that very clear throughout the 2024-25 season, and even before that.
Best strategy for Bulls in the NBA draft lottery? The pope and a prayer

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Joe Cowley

Share The pope and a prayer isn’t a real plan, but it just might be the best one Arturas Karnisovas has at this point. Heaven knows the current one isn’t working for the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations. Apparently, so do a lot of people. “I think the pope should be focusing on the Bulls because they’ve got the [draft] lottery,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters recently when discussing Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV and the focus of his fandom.
Best strategy for Bulls in the NBA draft lottery? The pope and a prayer

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

The pope and a prayer isn’t a real plan, but it just might be the best one Arturas Karnisovas has at this point. Heaven knows the current one isn’t working for the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations. Apparently, so do a lot of people. “I think the pope should be focusing on the Bulls because they’ve got the [draft] lottery,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters recently when discussing Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV and the focus of his fandom.
Forward breakdown: Bulls have put ball in Patrick Williams' court

4 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

If Bulls forward Patrick Williams was looking for another life preserver to be thrown his way last month, he was in for a long wait. Even executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, the man who bet on Williams by making him the No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 draft, wouldn’t make excuses for the 23-year-old during the Bulls’ exit interviews. ‘‘Patrick had a tough year,’’ Karnisovas said. ‘‘I think he struggled. I think he knows that; we know that.

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17 May 25

That’s actually a great question. Both took a lot of unfair blame. … I’d say Boozer because his teams got further. Who’s a better human … no contest. Boozer = bad guy!