The Bulls have fired longtime general manager Gar Forman, the team announced Monday.
Forman first joined the Bulls as a scout in 1998 and performed a variety of roles throughout his two decades before being named GM in 2009. He was named the 2011 NBA Executive of the Year and led the Bulls to the playoffs in seven of his 10 years as general manager.
Forman's firing comes after Arturas Karnisovas took over as the team's new Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations on Monday.
Earlier this month, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Bulls started a search for a new top executive, and it appeared the team would be moving on from Forman and longtime executive vice president John Paxson during its rebuild.