Chicago Bulls Losses: Kris Dunn, Shaq Harrison, John Paxson (general manager), Jim Boylen (coach) 2019-20 Record: 22-43, 11 th in Eastern Conference Analysis: For the third straight season, the Chicago Bulls missed the playoffs. While 2021 might not reverse that trend, there is significantly more optimism around the Bulls now than the previous few years. After a long run with John Paxson and Gar Forman leading the front office, Chicago finally made a change at the top of the organization. The Bulls hired Arturas Karnisovas from the Denver Nuggets, and he revamped the entire front office. Karnisovas built a reputation as a savvy talent evaluator in Denver and was part of a group that built one of the Western Conference’s deepest teams.