Zach Lowe scared some Bulls fans this week when sharing what he heard from a highly respected former executive at some point over the last year. He told this person that he believed the Bulls’ job could be among the most appealing in the NBA, only for this former exec to disagree: <\/p>\n
\u201cI talked to \u2013 maybe six months a year ago \u2013\u00a0a front office free agent. And let\u2019s just say he could have his pick of any job \u2013 most jobs, if they became open,” Lowe said on the Zach Lowe Show<\/a>. “And he said to me, \u2018What would you do if you were me? What job intrigues you.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Whoever saves the Chicago Bulls will be a legend in the NBA forever.\u2019 \u2026 He said to me, \u2018That sounds great in theory, [but] I don\u2019t trust the ownership.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n There is no way of knowing for certain who Lowe is speaking about (though the description makes it sound as if it could be Bob Myers<\/a>), but this is not what you want to hear from a voice with this much supposed cachet. If anything, it confirms the fear many Bulls fans have had over the years \u2013 nothing will change as long as ownership stays the same. <\/p>\n With that said, it’s also the thought of only one party. Might there be more with a similar feeling? Sure, but that’s why conversations are had and interviews are held. Especially if the Bulls plan to hire some outside assistance, it’s likely only a matter of time before ownership learns how the rest of the league views them and potentially adjusts. <\/p>\n Reinsdorf also stressed how important gathering information on how other organizations do things will be during this process. In other words, maybe he will learn things that can help him sell himself and the franchise to prospective candidates. Too optimistic? <\/p>\n Additionally, let’s not ignore that ESPN’s Shams Charania sent a very different kind of message on Wednesday. The NBA insider stated that Chicago’s opening is immediately being viewed as one of the most intriguing in the NBA: <\/p>\n \u201cBut the Bulls’ job is still viewed as a premier job. One, because of the market. Two, because you see the loyalty the Reinsdorfs have had for years, for decades. When I talk to people around the NBA, it is viewed as a top job under those circumstances,” Charania said on NBA Today.<\/a> <\/p>\n Brian Windhorst and The Hoop Collective <\/a>crew were also quick to tout the quality of the opening in Chicago. While they leaned toward the Dallas role being that much more intriguing thanks to the presence of Cooper Flagg, they pointed to the market, fan base, and future financial flexibility. <\/p>\n Considering the Bulls’ longstanding irrelevance and repeated refusal to spend the big bucks, any hesitancy on the current front office opening is reasonable. At the same time, there are only 30 of these jobs available and only a handful in a market as big as Chicago. Throw in all the pedigree, and it’s hard to imagine any executive refusing to hear out what the Bulls have to say. <\/p>\n At the end of the day, the only way we will truly know how this job is perceived is by a list of interviews and candidates that trickle out. If No. 1 executives for other teams begin to pop up, perhaps the ownership concerns were overblown. If the majority of names are No. 2s looking for a new opportunity, perhaps the Bulls have learned a hard truth.<\/p>\n Sign up to our\u00a0free newsletter\u00a0<\/a>and follow us on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Lowe scared some Bulls fans this week when sharing what he heard from a highly respected former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-706253","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-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116372129956086995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706253","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=706253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}