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The Chicago Bulls have officially taken the next step in their rebuilding process, and it comes in the form of their hiring of new general manager in Marc Eversley. This update comes straight from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski:
Sixers assistant GM Marc Eversley has agreed to a deal to become the Chicago Bulls new general manager, league sources tell ESPN. Eversley will join EVP of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas to lead a reshaped front office.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020
Eversley, a native of Canada, will become the first black GM in franchise history. He comes to the Bulls after front office runs with the Sixers, Wizards, Raptors and a decade at Nike. Michael Reinsdorf has now fully remade the Bulls front office now. https://t.co/O4OYz4MxMe
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020
Recently, the Bulls named Arturas Karnisovas as the team's new executive vice president of basketball operations, and the addition of Eversley is another welcome development for the revamped front office.
Prior to being hired by Chicago, Eversley was the senior vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia 76ers. He was hired by Bryan Colangelo in 2016 and was promoted in 2018. Sixers insider Keith Pompey weighed in on Eversley's impressive track record, stating how Eversley has an impeccable eye for talent:
The Bulls got a great talent evaluator in Eversley. He first recognized the talent in DeMar DeRozan. He also called it Damian Lillard well ahead of everyone when he was an assistant GM in Toronto and was on Matisse Thybulle as early as his junior year.
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) April 27, 2020
Eversley got his start with Nike before joining the Toronto Raptors in 2006 under Colangelo. Eversley held several different roles with the Raptors until moving to the Washington Wizards in 2013, and then he made his move to Philly in 2016.
Things are certainly looking up for the Bulls, who have been struggling mightily over the past few years. It would not be surprising if the roster is likewise reshaped in the coming months. We do not know which direction this new front office will want to take, so it will be interesting to see if they decide to build on some of their core pieces or just opt to blow up the roster entirely. A decision will also have to be made on head coach Jim Boylen.
Thanks to ESPN's docuseries “The Last Dance,” we have all been captivated by Chicago's dominance in the 1990s over the past couple of weeks. The Bulls of today are a far cry from Chicago's Michael Jordan era, but these new developments do seem to be a step in the right direction, at the very least.
