K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune set Bulls fans into a deep depression with his article on Tuesday night stating that “sources familiar with ownership’s thinking” had indicated that executive vice president John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman’s jobs were safe this season even if the Bulls missed the playoffs for a second straight year.



The Reinsdorfs value loyalty and in a sense that is admirable, but what about loyalty to the fans? They are the ones who sold out the United Center when the Bulls were one of the worst teams in the league, they are the ones who have made the Reinsdorfs rich, and they are the ones who are being treated like idiots.



It is exhausting breaking down how many times and in how many different fashions the Bulls’ management group has straight-up lied to its fans. There was the repeated insistence in Tom Thibodeau’s last year that his job was never in jeopardy, the fake national search for a new...