Bulls Reportedly Give Contract Extensions To Arturas Karnisovas, Marc Eversley

The Chicago Bulls are believed to have given contract extensions to executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley, per Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Both men have been in their current positions since 2020. The Bulls haven’t advanced past the first round of the playoffs in that time, or at any time since the 2014-15 season. They have made the playoffs just once in the Karnisovas/Eversley era.

Along with extensions for those two, the Bulls reportedly have agreed to a contract extension with head coach Billy Donovan.

“This will be the second time Donovan has been extended, as the coach had one year left on his current deal,” Cowley wrote. “The last time the Bulls extended him, however, ownership made the decision to not make it public. There were no indications if that would be the procedure this time.”

As for Karnisovas, well, it seems that extension will be done quietly.

“Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf never makes front office extensions public, but it’s safe to say that Karnisovas — fair or unfair — had a strong selling point in his own extension considering he has set the stage for what could be another roster overhaul next summer when six current players come off the books,” Cowley wrote.

Chicago finished in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings this season, before getting bounced by the Miami Heat in the play-in tournament.