Floor Burns

I hope Rick Hahn sent Arturas Karnisovas a Christmas card, better yet a nice gift. I mean, Karnisovas makes Hahn look good, which is no easy feat. Let me put this another way—at 19-24, the Bulls are a creeping disaster, sure to get worse. This is the team Karnisovas built: Lonzo Ball hasn’t played in a year due to injury; Alex Caruso shows on any given night how much he depended on LeBron James to look good; and Zach LaVine shows on any given night why he shouldn’t have been signed to a $215 million deal. You give that kind of money to a player and expect him to play both ways. Not LaVine. Defense isn’t his thing. Unfortunately, he sometimes loses the feel on his shot, as in last night’s 124-110 loss to the Thunder. LaVine shot five-of-nineteen from the floor. The fourteen free throws rate as no more than a consolation prize. But, hey, Nikola Vucevic, another Karnisovas’ acquisition, led both teams with four turnovers. That has to count for something.