Chicago Bulls need to fire general manager Gar Forman before it’s too late
It is time for the Chicago Bulls to fire general manager Gar Forman and find a new leader of their rebuild.
There are no two ways around it, the Chicago Bulls are the laughing stock of the NBA right now. They have been stuck in mediocrity and waited far too long to pull the trigger on a rebuild. Instead of starting the much-needed rebuild last offseason, the Bulls fooled themselves into thinking that a core of Jimmy Butler, Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo could compete. They couldn’t, and the Bulls’ front office were seemingly the only people who did not know it at the time.
When they finally decided to trade Butler just prior to the 2017 NBA Draft, it was too late. The Bulls accepted a low-ball offer from the Minnesota Timberwolves and are now in an inopportune position to start their rebuild.
There are a few interesting young players on the roster, but expecting this front office to go through a successful would be foolish. It is time to make a change before it is too late.
John Paxson and Gar Forman commonly get grouped together as the leaders of the Bulls’ front office. Their incompetence in recent years has been obvious. However, Forman really seems to be the weak link of the duo.
Forman took over as the Bulls’ general manager in 2009. He deserves credit for drafting Taj Gibson in 2009 and Jimmy Butler in 2011, but besides that, the Bulls’ drafts have been a disaster since he has been on board. The Bulls have done a terrible job of eyeing talent in the draft in recent years and Forman appears to be the one to blame.
I give Paxson a bit of a pass because he created the Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah core through the draft. He has undoubtedly had his share of misses as well, and I would not be sad to see him leave too, but Forman appears to be the issue here.
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It is this simple; the Chicago Bulls are going to have to build through the draft in order to have success in this upcoming rebuild. Ask yourself, do you trust this front office to make the necessary choices to come out ahead? The answer is clearly no and Forman is the one who needs to go.