Bill Simmons Names Bulls Bleakest Team In The East
July 7, 2025
Bill Simmons Names Bulls Bleakest Team In The East
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I’m glad the national media is talking about the mess that is the Chicago Bulls. Optimistic fans don’t want to hear it but it’s true. Every team in the East has a direction or a way out of a dark path besides the team who won’t trade away assets or try to get a better pick… they actually want to stay at 35-39 wins and the 10th seed ….
He’s not wrong, no other owner in the East, and probably in the league would have been satisfied with AKME’s work to the point of giving them an extension. People clown the Kings, but at least Vivek fired McNair when he saw that things weren’t going in the right direction.
Brooklyn has performed at least two rebuilds since AKME has taken over the bulls. Think about that for a second.
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I mean you guys didn’t do anything. What the hell is going on? lol
What Atlanta has done in a few days since the first of July We haven’t done in 5 years, we look pathetic, we’ve become the laughing stock like the Knicks
Bill hits the nail on the head. Bulls may not have have the worst roster or assets in the East but along with the ownership situation, we are in the worst position of any team in the conference.
We know
Don’t sugar coat it like this, tell us straight.
He is bang on. The bulls are the biggest missed opportunity in sports since MJ retired.
brutal lol.
God we suck
It really puts it into perspective how bad the ownership has been when you compare us to other poverty teams. Ted Leonsis is a notoriously bad owner, but even he fired Tommy Sheppard after 4 dysfunctional years for the Wizards. Tom Gores put his foot down after the Pistons had the worst season in franchise history.
As long as Jerry Reinsdorf gets his money, who cares, right?
he probably didn’t hear about the tre jones signing 😂😂😂😂😂
over the wizards? damn
Spot on. On paper it might not seem the bleakest but when you consider ownership and front office, it absolutely is. Also a great monologue that is 100% true. I remember about a year ago Bill was in Chicago for some podcast tour and he did an insta story walking around downtown and talking how cool and awesome Chicago is and how much it sucks that they’re irrelevant in the nba.
This team has had no real direction since Krause left
The most relevant this team has been was when we lucked into the number 1 draft pick. before that and since then, there hasn’t been a cohesive team-building plan other than ” Draft the best player available. For Context, the Thunder have built 2 separate generations of teams that have gone to the finals since the Bulls have drafted Derrick Rose.
Additionally they have drafted 4 players who went on to be MVPs ( something that needs to be studied tbh)
My point is the Outlook is bleak as long as the ownership stays the same. Reinsdorf has never cared about public opinion and never will. The man has been scrutinized for a large part of his ownership tenure.
If you want things to change, we as fans have to stop going to the games, stop buying merch and stop watching the Bulls on TV. the only thing Jerry listens to is the almighty dollar.
And no one is surprised about this right? I mean. I’m not.
The bulls are a sleeping giant, unfortunately only a change in ownership can wake them up.
Meanwhile the Miami Heat just got Norm Powell for free, basically. Bulls never ever ever do any moves like that. Freaking Settlers.
I actually dislike when franchises fire and hire others when you don’t see immediate success, but AKME has had their time. The worst sin is that we don’t have a direction at all. It’s time to move on, but it’s important that we hire new people who have a clear vision and aren’t from the NBA’s revolving door.
I’m not going to put in the brain power to really think about it and argue otherwise (as if there are some I’d deem worse, it’s not many)
I just wanted to say the real F’d up thing is I think it’s a much better situation than coming into last year.
Where in the podcast does he talk about the Bulls?
If we were offered it… not accepting that trade the Pelicans made with the Hawks is a fireable offense. Glad Bill pointed that out
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I’m glad the national media is talking about the mess that is the Chicago Bulls. Optimistic fans don’t want to hear it but it’s true. Every team in the East has a direction or a way out of a dark path besides the team who won’t trade away assets or try to get a better pick… they actually want to stay at 35-39 wins and the 10th seed ….
He’s not wrong, no other owner in the East, and probably in the league would have been satisfied with AKME’s work to the point of giving them an extension. People clown the Kings, but at least Vivek fired McNair when he saw that things weren’t going in the right direction.
Brooklyn has performed at least two rebuilds since AKME has taken over the bulls. Think about that for a second.
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I mean you guys didn’t do anything. What the hell is going on? lol
What Atlanta has done in a few days since the first of July We haven’t done in 5 years, we look pathetic, we’ve become the laughing stock like the Knicks
Bill hits the nail on the head. Bulls may not have have the worst roster or assets in the East but along with the ownership situation, we are in the worst position of any team in the conference.
We know
Don’t sugar coat it like this, tell us straight.
He is bang on. The bulls are the biggest missed opportunity in sports since MJ retired.
brutal lol.
God we suck
It really puts it into perspective how bad the ownership has been when you compare us to other poverty teams. Ted Leonsis is a notoriously bad owner, but even he fired Tommy Sheppard after 4 dysfunctional years for the Wizards. Tom Gores put his foot down after the Pistons had the worst season in franchise history.
As long as Jerry Reinsdorf gets his money, who cares, right?
he probably didn’t hear about the tre jones signing 😂😂😂😂😂
over the wizards? damn
Spot on. On paper it might not seem the bleakest but when you consider ownership and front office, it absolutely is. Also a great monologue that is 100% true. I remember about a year ago Bill was in Chicago for some podcast tour and he did an insta story walking around downtown and talking how cool and awesome Chicago is and how much it sucks that they’re irrelevant in the nba.
This team has had no real direction since Krause left
The most relevant this team has been was when we lucked into the number 1 draft pick. before that and since then, there hasn’t been a cohesive team-building plan other than ” Draft the best player available. For Context, the Thunder have built 2 separate generations of teams that have gone to the finals since the Bulls have drafted Derrick Rose.
Additionally they have drafted 4 players who went on to be MVPs ( something that needs to be studied tbh)
My point is the Outlook is bleak as long as the ownership stays the same. Reinsdorf has never cared about public opinion and never will. The man has been scrutinized for a large part of his ownership tenure.
If you want things to change, we as fans have to stop going to the games, stop buying merch and stop watching the Bulls on TV. the only thing Jerry listens to is the almighty dollar.
And no one is surprised about this right? I mean. I’m not.
The bulls are a sleeping giant, unfortunately only a change in ownership can wake them up.
Meanwhile the Miami Heat just got Norm Powell for free, basically. Bulls never ever ever do any moves like that. Freaking Settlers.
I actually dislike when franchises fire and hire others when you don’t see immediate success, but AKME has had their time. The worst sin is that we don’t have a direction at all. It’s time to move on, but it’s important that we hire new people who have a clear vision and aren’t from the NBA’s revolving door.
I’m not going to put in the brain power to really think about it and argue otherwise (as if there are some I’d deem worse, it’s not many)
I just wanted to say the real F’d up thing is I think it’s a much better situation than coming into last year.
Where in the podcast does he talk about the Bulls?
If we were offered it… not accepting that trade the Pelicans made with the Hawks is a fireable offense. Glad Bill pointed that out