None of the Bulls candidates are of African American descent, which is troubling in a league that is about 75% black.

There are eight black head coaches out of 30 teams (27%). Black players account for 75% of all players. 13% of America is black. Are there not enough black coaches and players, or too many?

Or that's what the undefeated implies:

https://theundefeated.com/features/blac ... ce-search/

Maybe Jerry had enough of seeing his minority baseball GM sign players 10 years past their prime and had no interest in acquiring Vince Carter.

One thing you cannot impugn jr with as an owner is his devotion to diversity hiring both in his organizations and leagues

Well kudos to the Bulls for trying if true. Plus back to my original comment in the other thread about not getting worked up about race here. We don’t know the facts or complete outcome.

Of all leagues, the NBA needs to have diversity in its ranks. And generally they’ve done an okay job coaching wise.

LTG also linked a Yahoo article mentioning the Bulls were turned down as well.

Since this is coming out, will Mulli, Haugh, Kaplan, The Undefeated, etc. all apologize for not digging deep enough to see if the Bulls actually tried to interview minority candidates?

KC Johnson said this morning that he believes the Ferry and Wilcox interviews occurred some time ago; bad optics interviewing those two for sure and contributed to the media's narrative of the interview process.

Does the NBA have a "Rooney Rule" when it comes to interviewing candidates for head coaching or front office jobs?

Well kudos to the Bulls for trying if true. Plus back to my original comment in the other thread about not getting worked up about race here. We don’t know the facts or complete outcome.

Of all leagues, the NBA needs to have diversity in its ranks. And generally they’ve done an okay job coaching wise.

They should have a Rooney type rule for the draft so theyll have more white players to better fit the demographics of the country.

Kenny Williams is a total dick, and started fights with many White Sox legends. But it cannot be denied that he made some great trades, won a World Series, and he always went for it.

Does the NBA have a "Rooney Rule" when it comes to interviewing candidates for head coaching or front office jobs?

Turned out to be the correct choice

I just hated the petty fights with Frank and Ozzie that played out in the media.

I just hated the petty fights with Frank and Ozzie that played out in the media.

Forgive me, but the Ozzie and Kenny tiffs were great.

Ozzie and that idiotic kid of his had a lot to do with that too though.

As far the media goes Ozzie had Cowley in his pocket. Just like Thibs and Jimmy Butler did. That's why all of the coverage was always heavily skewed in favor of each.

Oh Ozzie's kid was way worse. Frank is a great guy though, and the best player in franchise history. I know it's hindsight, but if they kept him and Rowand that 2006 team would have been great down the stretch.

Reinsdorf has his flaws but I have never gotten the idea that this was one of them.