{"id":705630,"date":"2026-04-08T17:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705630\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:44:20","slug":"chicago-bulls-michael-reinsdorf-eyes-more-hands-on-ownership-open-to-new-structure-after-firings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705630\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls\u2019 Michael Reinsdorf eyes more hands-on ownership, open to new structure after firings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulls President & CEO Michael Reinsdorf voiced a belief in the \u201cneed to enter an era of hands-on ownership\u201d in remarks following the firings of EVP Art\u016bras Karni\u0161ovas and GM Marc Eversley<\/a>, according to Julia Poe of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The news conference \u201cmarked Reinsdorf\u2019s first public comments\u202fto the media\u201d about the Bulls in more than five years. As the team prepares for their fourth-ever hiring search to replace their top two execs, Reinsdorf \u201cwants to shift his approach.\u201d He said, \u201cWe do give a lot of autonomy to our people, but that doesn\u2019t mean they can just make any decision they want. It\u2019s our job to ask the right questions and to push back when needed. \u2026 I think I need to do a much better job of that.\u201d Poe noted Reinsdorf \u201cwill collaborate\u201d with former team GM and longtime adviser John Paxson and assistant GM Pat Connelly and JJ Polk. The Bulls will also \u201chire a search firm and consult with coach Billy Donovan on the process.\u201d Reinsdorf said that he is \u201cnot committed to a set structure for the front office.\u201d Poe wrote the team might \u201cstick with the previous hierarchy of an executive vice president and a general manager or shift to just a general manager with many assistants.\u201d However, Reinsdorf added that ownership had \u201cbeen considering a departure from the office since last summer\u201d (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4\/7<\/a>).<\/p>\n

DONOVAN\u2019S MOVE: In Chicago, Joe Cowley noted the meeting next week with Donovan to sit-down with the Reinsdorfs \u201cno longer would be about them trying to sell Donovan on why he should stay as much as them making sure there would be no reason to leave.\u201d Donovan speaking to the media Tuesday sounded like a coach \u201canticipating the future in an organization\u201d in which he will \u201chave a louder voice.\u201d Though, Reinsdorf \u201cdownplayed the idea\u201d of Donovan remaining the coach and carrying the title of VP of basketball operations, he is \u201cwilling to listen to all options in the meeting\u201d (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 4\/7<\/a>). Poe in a separate piece notes the respect between Bulls ownership and Donovan has \u201cbeen a rare throughline for the past six years.\u201d Despite posting a losing record in Chicago, Donovan \u201chas inspired deep loyalty at all levels of the organization for his work ethic, attention to detail and player-first mentality.\u201d The Bulls \u201care committed to Donovan.\u201d Now, it is \u201ctime to test\u202fwhether the coach is ready to recommit\u202fto Chicago\u201d (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4\/8<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulls President & CEO Michael Reinsdorf voiced a belief in the \u201cneed to enter an era of hands-on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,7457,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-705630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-leadership","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116370334201339653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}