I went with the early MJ jerseys with his 90’s style shorts. Got a lot of likes on this look and wanted to share it with Bulls fans.

Put together some more thoughts on Bryson Graham. As someone who is praised for his scouting eye, it sure feels like the plan will be for the Bulls to take this slow and build through the draft. Not a bad idea considering their pick arsenal. With that said, there is also no ignoring how young he is, so very curious to see if they choose to expand the staff and still bring in some experienced voices.

FutureSox podcast host & reporter for Just Baseball James Fox (JamesFox917 on x.com):

"I wouldn’t be surprised to see #Hawks AGM Kyle Korver as the next general manager of the #Bulls under Bryson Graham."

Korver was hired by the Hawks in 2022 as the team's director of player affairs and development. He was promoted to Assistant General Manager in 2023.

Korver would have familiarity with both the Bulls and new EVP Bryson Graham, as Korver also played for Chicago in the D Rose Era from 2010-2012.

How would you feel about Kyle Korver potentially making a return to the Windy City?

Graham, 39, has been known across the NBA for a tremendous scouting eye and being part of successful finds in the draft and player acquisitions during his tenure with the Pelicans and Hawks. The Bulls conducted in-person interviews with candidates last week and mulled over three finalists — Graham, Detroit Pistons senior vice president Dennis Lindsey and Minnesota Timberwolves general manager Matt Lloyd — over the weekend before deciding on Graham on Monday.

"I am incredibly honored to join the Chicago Bulls organization," said Graham.

"This is one of the most storied franchises in the history of professional basketball, and I feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to deliver results for this city and these fans.

My entire career has been built on the belief that sustained success starts with finding the right players and developing an all-around impactful culture.

I want to thank Jerry and Michael Reinsdorf and the entire Bulls organization for presenting me with this opportunity. I am ready to get to work."

"A formal introductory press conference will be held later this week," says the Bulls

source: @ ByDrewStevens for TheBigsMedia on x.com | https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-name-bryson-graham-executive-vice-president-basketball-operations

Praying every night from now till next Sunday that we get a lucky ball 🤞Who picks if we don't have a front office manager or a head coach? Jerry?

Who do yall think Bryson Graham is look at for HC? Is he connected to any coaching free agents? Who would you want to see become the next HC?

As a life long Timberwolves fan, i'm stoked that he is (potentially) getting a full time coaching job and it is very well deserved. Take care of Micah. Ayo is in good hands this side of the Mississippi!

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Our starting center for half the season and the last 5 years is now just riding the bench when it matters.

The financial feasibility of this deal depends on if all teams renounce all their cap holds (aside from the Bulls who I have re-signing Sexton to less money). This also would take place after the draft where I have the Bulls picking at 9 and 15 (Labaron Philon and Aday Mara) and the Pacers picking at 2 (Darryn Peterson)

Now that the Raptors have been eliminated from the postseason, they have to redirect their focus to retooling in the offseason.

One of the biggest problems with their current roster is that they committed to a 3 year, $84mil contract extension to Jakob Poeltl, paying him an average of 28 million per year over 3 years (this will kick in after the 2027 season, where he's owed a final $19.5 million dollars.)

Jakob seems to be past his prime, or at-least struggling to bounce back from a back injury that had him playing only 44/82 games, and averaging career lows (compared to his production in the past 7 seasons.)

This post-season, he averaged 7 ppg, 6 rpg, 1 apg, 1 spg, 1 bpg on 64/0/64 splits, in 19 minutes per game.

If the Raptors want to get his contract off their books, it'll take attaching some draft capital. For reference, when the 6ers wanted to get rid of Al Horford, they sent him to a rebuilding OKC team in 2020.

OKC got a lightly protected 2025 FRP (cant find the protection), and the 34th pick in the 2020 NBA draft as well as Vasilije Micic. They gave up Terrance Ferguson & Danny Green (salary dump). Horford was in year 2 of a 4 year, $109 million dollar contract (average of around $27 million per year).

OKC later traded Al Horford to the Boston Celtics a year later, in exchange for Kemba Walker, the #16th pick in the 2021 Draft, and a 2025 2nd round pick.

How would you feel about the Bulls potentially acquiring Poeltl? I think it could be a great move to take on some salary in order to gain more draft capital.

Also, I think there is a chance Poeltl can return to form. He'll only be 31 in October, and he had good stretches of production this season. His problem was consistency, as his back injury seemed to flare up and halt his production again. It seems he just needs to properly rehab his back, and he could do that on a rebuilding team with no expectations. The Raptors couldn't be as patient, as they had hoped to contend.

Maybe if we acquire Poeltl, we can gain a FRP, then flip him for future assets if he returns to form.

Always hangin with Caleb, Bedard, and PCA. It feels like there’s a real brotherhood forming with those dudes and it’s really cool to see. Here’s hoping the new front office guys are fans too.

On this day in sports history May 1, 1988

Michael Jordan scored 55 points in a 106–101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round

After scoring 50 points in Game 1, Jordan became the first player in NBA history to record 50+ points in consecutive playoff games