Last season, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers sent the Chicago Bulls fishing early for the fourth time in his career. It was the third time in the last five years. And the disappointing finish was the last straw for the Bulls front office of Gar Forman and John Paxson.
They ended the somewhat successful, (but dysfunctional), multiyear relationship with coach Tom Thibodeau, whose set ways and insistence on taxing players with heavy minutes had worn management's patience thin. While the Bulls had positive results under Thibodeau during the regular season (255-139), the postseason was another story (23-28 and four series wins in five years).
Oftentimes, the Bulls that survived to the postseason were typically too wounded and worn to compete at the same level. And so, the duo colloquially known as GarPax replaced old-school Thibodeau with a new-school mentality in Fred Hoiberg.
Key Additions/Subtractions
Additions: 2015 first-round draft pick power forward Bobby Portis, Fred Hoiberg
Subtractions: center Nazr Mohammed, Tom Thibodeau
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