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Arturas Karnisovas got exactly what he deserved on Monday.
Not what the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations hoped for when the balls finished bouncing around in the hopper for the NBA’s annual draft lottery and definitely not what Karnisovas wanted to see happen, but this is what he earned.
He made that very clear throughout the 2024-25 season, and even before that.
The idea of tanking to increase draft lottery odds is just not in Karnisovas’ DNA, even when there is a can’t-miss prospect like Duke’s Cooper Flagg waving in the wind as the unanimous No.