The new executive vice president of operations of basketball Arturas Karnisovas said : "After conducting a thorough assessment, and gave the process the time it deserved, I finally decided that a new approach and a change in leadership was necessary."

The Bulls have not announced the successor of Jim Boylen. According to the reporter, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the deputy of Denver Wes Unsel Jr., and the former coach of Brooklyn's Kenny Atkinson, held the rope to take up the post.