The owner of two sports franchises in the city Jerry Reinsdorf was on hand for the Chicago Bulls taking on the Sacramento Kings on Jan. 24.
At this point of the 2019-20 regular season, the Chicago Bulls have to be scrapping and clawing just to stay in playoff contention in a weaker Eastern Conference. The Bulls own a record of 17-29 as they take on the Sacramento Kings on Jan. 24 at home at the United Center. And one key person was in attendance for the Bulls-Kings on Friday night, owner and chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.
The Kings controlled the game most of the way, but the Bulls really tried to fight back later on in the second half. Reinsdorf didn’t get to see the best first half from his team, but that wasn’t a huge surprise given the fact that power forward Lauri Markkanen is out for the next four-to-six weeks with a pelvic injury.
According to a post on the Twitter timeline of K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago in the midst of the Bulls-Kings game, Reinsdorf was in town for SoxFest and attended this showdown.
By the looks of it with the responses to Johnson’s Twitter post that Reinsdorf was in attendance for the Bulls-Kings game, he’s not a very popular figure in the Windy City right now. In fact, most sports fans in the Windy City have to be looking forward to the start of the Chicago White Sox season instead of seeing how the Bulls round up.
In town for SoxFest, Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is at Bulls-Kings.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) January 25, 2020
This is a Bulls team that isn’t very deep at this point. Markkanen is dealing with an injury along with numerous other key Bulls players. Center Wendell Carter Jr., small forward Otto Porter Jr., and rookie Daniel Gafford are all out too.
Win this game and the Bulls could get within three games of the Brooklyn Nets for the eighth and final spot in the East playoff picture. But that realistic shot for the Bulls to make the playoffs this season is fading fast, and their ownership was partly on hand to witness that Friday night.
Maybe attending this game will get Reinsdorf to realize that there needs to be changes within the Bulls organization. Watching the Bulls by now has to make the ownership realize that shakeups are much needed.