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Ding-dong, the Bulls are dying. It's now been spat out across every news wire that GM John Paxson will resign after the break. This is a good first step, but now the team needs to ditch quasi-coach Vinnie Del Negro, and make some major move -- possibly utilizing Larry Hughes's 2010-expiring contract -- to bring coherence to their roster. What that is, I don't know. Getting Amare Stoudemire to pair with Derrick Rose, the franchise's sole bright spot, would work, but that's one of several thousand Amare rumors out there at present.
You'd like to think that this is just the beginning, that soon the coach and most of the players, will be gone. Or maybe Paxson left exactly because this franchise is in such a hopeless, or at least uninspiring, way. He tried, and others did, too -- some chosen by him, some not. But now, the net result is a mess, and he's bowing out gracefully. Or out of frustration. Or abandoning his problem. At the very least, it seems like he recognizes it's time for him and the team to move on.
Oh, and I'd say this means the Bulls aren't getting Amare.
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This could be a blessing in disguise if the Bulls can get someone to make a move or two before the trade deadline. The only thing Paxson has done over the past 8 or 9 months that has made any sense was drafting Derrick Rose. Hiring Vinnie Del Negro was a mistake. But Vinnie did his best with a jumbled roster full of point guards and power forwards so we can only blame him for his inexperience. John Paxson might be bailing out now but he quit on the Bulls sometime last summer. Paxson knew for weeks he was leaving and with him leaving at the last minute leaves the Bulls looking desperate in trying to right some wrongs. Not that they shouldn’t be desperate.
by damiraclekid on Feb 16, 2009 10:13 PM EST reply actions
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