{"id":708692,"date":"2026-04-12T04:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708692\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:54:34","slug":"bulls-josh-giddey-backs-billy-donovan-amid-front-office-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708692\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls\u2019 Josh Giddey backs Billy Donovan amid front office changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulls guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/giddejo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=hoopswire.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-11_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Giddey<\/a> addressed the team\u2019s recent front office shakeup on Friday, offering a measured response <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopswire.com\/bulls-dismiss-arturas-karnisovas-marc-eversley-in-front-office-shakeup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following the dismissals<\/a>  of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nba\/players\/arturas_karnisovas\/911376\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arturas Karnisovas<\/a> and Marc Eversley, according to  <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/bulls\/2026\/04\/10\/guard-josh-giddey-speaks-state-bulls-moving-forward\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Giddey, who has been sidelined for the past week with a hamstring injury and is missing the final five games of the season, said he understood the business side of the decision while expressing appreciation for the former executives.<\/p>\n<p>He also made it clear where he stands on head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/donovbi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=hoopswire.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-11_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Donovan<\/a>, whose future remains uncertain pending a meeting with ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been awesome,\u201d Giddey said. \u201cI\u2019ve loved him ever since I got here. He\u2019s been very straightforward, and I think all the guys would say the same thing. He\u2019s very direct. He tells you what you need to hear and not what you want to hear, and he gives it to you straight. He coaches hard; he wants to win every game. You see how competitive he is on the sidelines. I couldn\u2019t speak highly enough about him. I hope he\u2019s here for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giddey described his own season as \u201cOK, up and down,\u201d adding that his focus moving forward is on contributing more to winning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to find ways to impact winning, and that\u2019s probably the next step for me as a player,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Second-year forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buzelma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=hoopswire.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-11_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Matas Buzelis<\/a> echoed that support for Donovan. Buzelis said he reached out to his coach after learning of the front office changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him \u2018I hope you don\u2019t leave. I\u2019m riding with you forever. You\u2019re a cornerstone for my career,\u2019\u201d Buzelis said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulls guard Josh Giddey addressed the team\u2019s recent front office shakeup on Friday, offering a measured response following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-708692","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\/116389954442786759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708692","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=708692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}