John Paxson gave his State Of The Bulls Address on Thursday morning, and he naturally expressed confidence in the organization’s decision to “redefine their direction” last summer with the trade of Jimmy Butler that landed them Lauri Markkanen, Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn.
Paxson believes the Bulls are in “a better place today than we were at this time last year,” and he’s looking forward to what he calls “as important a summer as we’ve had in a long time.”
This importance doesn’t have much to do with acquiring talent outside of their two first-round draft picks.