{"podcast":{"title":"Third Apron","slug":"third-apron-6939033","podcast_index_feed_id":6939033,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/podcorn/14b000e4134348005f21e52ac49cb34e","website_url":"https://thirdapron.com","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/660/0/0/0/0-8314826.jpg","author":"Yossi Gozlan","episode_count":237,"summary":"A fun NBA podcast about transactions and the CBA. Hosted by salary cap analyst Yossi Gozlan and NBA writer Sam Quinn.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T12:20:13.300443+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/third-apron-6939033"},"episode":{"title":"What's Next for the Bulls + Thoughts on 18 Team Lottery","slug":"what-s-next-for-the-bulls-thoughts-on-18-team-lottery","published_at":"2026-04-10T17:32:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/third-apron-6939033/what-s-next-for-the-bulls-thoughts-on-18-team-lottery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/third-apron-6939033","url":"https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F8166367_2026-04-10-171607","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/serve.castfire.com/audio/8166367/8166367_2026-04-10-171607.128.mp3?rssID=5203","summary":"Yossi and Sam open with a full postmortem on the Bulls after the firing of Arturas Karnisovas and Mark Eversley, focusing on where the front office held on too long, what a reset should look like, and how Billy Donovan’s job candidacy elsewhere factors in. Then they touch on the NBA’s proposed 18-team lottery, why the reform would likely move tanking rather than solve it, before closing on a late cap tangent about the 65-game rule and a potential Wembanyama/Rose Rule issue. 0:00 Intro/Why the Bulls finally moved on  6:24 The AKME timelines and when Chicago should’ve pivoted 16:43 What the Bulls should do next and Billy Donovan's future 38:28 The 18-Team Lottery Proposal 47:33 Unintended consequences and impact on outgoing draft picks 1:05:07 More 65 game rule nonsense You can follow Yossi on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlan BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.social Salary cap sheets: www.capsheets.com You can follow Sam on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBS  Third Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlan You can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!: https://thirdapron.com","meta_description":"Yossi and Sam open with a full postmortem on the Bulls after the firing of Arturas Karnisovas and Mark Eversley, focusing on where the front office held o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4343,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/third-apron-6939033/episodes/what-s-next-for-the-bulls-thoughts-on-18-team-lottery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/third-apron-6939033/what-s-next-for-the-bulls-thoughts-on-18-team-lottery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}