Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says the Chicago Bulls gave Fred Hoiberg the short end of the stick.

The Bulls fired Fred Hoiberg Monday after hiring him in 2015 to replace Tom Thibodeau. Hoiberg got the same contract as Steve Kerr received in 2014: a five-year, $25 million fully guaranteed deal. The difference is that Kerr inherited a great roster in Golden State, while Hoiberg took over a Chicago team that had been together for too long and was getting old.

After Chicago traded Jimmy Butler in the summer of 2017, they embarked on a full rebuild. Kerr believes the Bulls didn't surround Hoiberg with any talent since then.

The Bulls missed the playoffs in  Hoiberg's first year as coach. That team had Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah on it. Chicago traded Rose to the New York Knicks in the summer of 2016, let Gasol and Noah walk in free agency, and signed Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade to free agent deals.

The 2016-17 Bulls — led by Butler, Rondo and Wade — made it to the playoffs but lost to the Boston Celtics in the first round. Chicago then dealt Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night for Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine and the draft rights to Lauri Markkanen, signaling the beginning of the rebuild. Wade and Rondo didn't return either.

The Bulls went 27-55 last year. They started this season 5-19 before Hoiberg was fired. The 46-year-old coach wasn't suited to be in the NBA, but Kerr has a point: Chicago's front office didn't do him any favors with the roster they gave him.