Arturas Karnisovas has made too many errors as Chicago's Executive VP of Basketball Operations, but Josh Giddey's latest injury is a painful reminder of his most critical mistake.
Karnisovas has failed to get the Bulls a star.
Maybe it's just pure ineptitude, but it seems like the lack of star power in Chicago is by design. Karnisovas has preached the idea of a "competitive rebuild," an idyllic concept impossible to follow through on in the NBA. Even the Indiana Pacers have Tyrese Haliburton. And Pascal Siakam.
Building a championship caliber team while simultaneously changing its identity and overhauling its roster is not an accomplishable strategy.