I’m a big fan of fairness, so I’m going to tweak the historical record of former Bulls execs John Paxson and Gar Forman. It’ll honk off some, maybe most, Bulls fans. That’s OK. They’re usually in mid-honk anyway.
Gar-Pax’s decision to trade Jimmy Butler in June 2017 is a hot topic of discussion again, thanks to the eighth-seeded Heat’s improbable run to this season’s NBA Finals, led by the former Bull. The debate is whether trading Butler and a first-round pick to Minnesota for Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine and a first-rounder that became Lauri Markkanen was the worst deal in Chicago sports history. That discussion is more than fair. Butler stayed great, while the Bulls never got traction with LaVine and the rest.
