![]() Joakim Noah wasn’t an obvious frontline NBA player when the Bulls took him in the top 10 in 2008. The following year, after struggling to figure out how to tank properly (how hard could it be?), the Bulls took Carter, who fits perfectly with The Finnisher and looks like the steal of the 2018 lottery outside the top three. When it was time for Jimmy to leave Chicago, the Bulls swapped picks with the Timberwolves so they could draft Lauri Markkanen, who looks like an absolute gem. He has four all-star nods, two All-NBA honors, four All-Defense teams, and a Most Improved Player trophy to his name. In 2011, Paxson and Forman took Jimmy Butler at No. 1 pick in 2008, Paxson and Forman drafted Derrick Rose, who would become the youngest MVP in league history within a few years. Going back to Luol Deng in 2004 and up through Wendell Carter this past draft, Chicago has consistently pulled good value and good players no matter where it picks. The Bulls under Paxson and Forman have been one of the best teams in the NBA at drafting amateur and international players. So why then have Paxson and his deputy Gar Forman stuck around? Why have the Bulls been decent or even good at different times during their tenures? Why doesn’t Chicago have some Kingsian playoff drought and a huge international target for ridicule in its logo? For the past decade of Paxson’s reign over the Chicago front office, it’s been embarrassment after embarrassment for the franchise. 2017: Bobby Portis punches Nikola Mirotic in the face during a practice, both stay on rosterĪs Ricky O’Donnell wrote with a scalpel and a blowtorch at Blog-a-Bull, this is not new for John Paxson’s Bulls. 2017: Bulls players suspect an assistant coach is actually a front-office mole 2017: Toxic relationship between Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler, and Rajon Rondo spills out on Instagram.įeb. May, 2015: Bulls announce Tom Thibodeau’s firing in mean, direct press release May, 2015: Bulls assistants suspected Tom Thibodeau was being spied on ![]() May, 2013: Bulls downplay severity of Luol Deng’s spinal tap procedure Here are just a few recent examples of Bulls dysfunction under John Paxson and Gar Forman:Īpril, 2010: Paxson choked then-coach Vinny Del Negro after Joakim Noah went over his minutes limit ![]() P.- Position GP.- Games played GS.- Games started MIN.- Minutes played PTS.- Points scored RB.- Total rebounds BL.- Blocks AS.- Assists FG.- Field goals 3P.- 3-pointers FT.- Free throws ST.- Steals TO.- Turnovers PF.- Personal fouls EF.John Paxson’s reign of terror Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images PLAYER P GP GS MIN PTS RB BL AS FG 3P FT ST TO PF EFī. ![]()
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