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Reality came knocking by Tuesday.
Unfortunately for the Bulls, when they opened the door to answer no one was there.
That’s what executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas was facing just a few days into the free-agent period. Players to move, plans to try and carry out, and not one domino falling his way in order to help that process along. A good old fashioned ding-dong ditch.
First, there’s the elephant in the room that’s taken residency there for almost two years: What to do with two-time All-Star Zach LaVine and the three years, $137-plus million he has left on his max contract?