Pull the Plug, if Only

I watched, I wondered, I waited, and now I know. It’s time to pull the plug on this Bulls’ team, the sooner the better. They’re 3-6 over their last nine games, with losses to three of the worst teams in the NBA, Washington (6-33); New Orleans (11-32); and, last night, Charlotte (10-28). At 18-24, the Bulls are a team mired in mediocrity. Arturas Karnisovas is the new Rick Hahn. Anytime Karnisovas makes a move, you hold your breath for the basketball equivalent of Yasmani Grandal. If the Bulls’ front office did right by signing Alex Caruso, they’ve done wrong in dealing Caruso for Josh Giddey, a guard creative only in the ways he turns over the ball. Put Giddey on the floor with Patrick Williams, Karnisovas’ first first-round pick, and you realize how good a coach Billy Donovan is to have this team to within six games of .500. At least with the White Sox, there’s hope that kind-of new GM Chris Getz has made the right hire with new manager Will Venable. But for Jerry Reinsdorf’s other team, all I see is drift.