The Bulls can hire anyone they want. The real question is whether Michael Reinsdorf will spend

Charles Barkley, as he so often has through the years, said the quiet part out loud while answering a question about the Chicago Bulls.“They’re irrelevant, and it’s sad,” Barkley said last week during an interview on ESPN’s “Waddle and Silvy” radio show, “because Chicago’s my second-favorite city in the world. … They’re irrelevant. They’re not even in the Play-In. … If you’re not even in the playoff conversation, you’re not good as a team.“You’re not even close.”Advertisement