What They Said

I figure Bulls’ head coach Billy Donovan will be gone sometime within the next twelve months, then or whenever Arturas Karnisovas is shown the door. Karnisovas is so clueless someone will have to walk him through. Donovan, a good soldier and a smart man, will be able to manage that on his own. Karnisovas has assembled a roster full of guards who can’t guard anyone to go with a center who does a spot-on impression of a statue. For proof, consider last night’s 132-92 humiliation to the visiting Pistons. “I’m not going to sit up here and make excuses, ‘It was one game of 82’ or ‘It was one of those nights.’ No,” Donovan told reporters after the game. Instead, “We have to own it all the way through. Myself, the players, the coaches, everybody.” [Donovan quoted in story in today’s Sun-Times] A couple of White Sox tie-ins here. “Flushing” is just what ex-Sox manager Mickey Mouse would say, and scoring all of 29 points in the first half—as the Bulls did last night, eleven in the second quarter—is definitely reminiscent of the 2024 Sox, they of the 41-121 record. Speaking of which, their GM addressed reporters at spring training in Arizona yesterday. Weasels worldwide would’ve been embarrassed by the quality of weasel-words used. “You look at our record last year, we want to win more games this year,” Chris Getz, a better-looking version of Homer Simpson, offered from spring training. “What exactly is that amount [of wins in 2025]? Time will tell.” [Getz quoted in today’s Tribune] No kidding.