Arturas Karnisovas and Billy Donovan sat side by side Monday in a United Center club for the annual trading camp media day. They smiled and seemed pleased. So much so they greeted media members fondly after a year of Zoom conference calls. Talk about preseason optimism. After all, the Bulls 2021 reboot no longer inchoate has mostly met community approval. If not excitement quite yet without any wins, there's certainly ebullience.
"We are optimistic and we believe in this group," said Karnisovas. "The pitch this summer to free agents was we're building something and we want to win.