Chicago Bulls: Karnišovas' Confidence, Blockbuster Trades, and Mixed Results.

Chicago Bulls executive vice president Artūras Karnišovas has expressed confidence that the team's ownership would pay the luxury tax to retain their free agents and improve the team in free agency. The Bulls have only paid the luxury tax once in franchise history, but Karnišovas intimated that he'd feel comfortable asking ownership to enter tax territory this offseason following a 40-42 campaign in which the Bulls didn't qualify for the playoffs. The Bulls need to address shooting and perhaps the point guard position, and if they re-sign their free agents and use the midlevel and biannual exceptions, they will enter luxury tax territory.