You had a lot on your chest. Hope you're feeling better. Where to start? I actually think last summer was the prime chance to max out Butler's trade value if that's the direction the organization wanted to go. At the time, he had three seasons on a value max contract, signed before the new CBA. And while a two-time All-Star at the time, he took another jump this season to elite status and All-NBA. So trading him now basically assures you won't get equal value. The Deng trade was simply a financial move to get out of the luxury tax because, with Rose on the shelf again, the franchise didn't feel it could compete for a title. It saved the Bulls roughly $20 million. As for the Bulls' talks with the Celtics, there were a lot of moving parts and proposals exchanged. One story I heard is that the Celtics kept changing their parameters for a deal. But it's definitely true that the Bulls also couldn't reach organizational consensus on whether to trade Butler. As for accountability, ownership believes in Paxson and Forman. They sign the checks. So nobody else's opinion really matters. Even though Paxson's title is higher than Forman's, ownership would have to sign off on any changes.