John Paxson
John Paxson
John MacBeth Paxsonis an American basketball administrator and former player who has been Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association since 2009, after serving as team general manager from 2003 to 2009...
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What we have available to us now in terms of technology is unprecedented. With that said, I'm not sure there is a foolproof way of safeguarding against something that could possibly go undetected in an athlete and that is the greatest concern.
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Kirk is a very big piece of this team's foundation. He is a great leader for our team both on and off the floor and I am very excited to watch him develop.
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You can have a team full of guys who play hard and hustle, ... But let's not fool ourselves. You need talent to win.
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Tyson's play last season was an important factor to our success and we hope to take the next step forward with Tyson being a major contributor to our team.
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Tyson is very important to our future. We think his best days are ahead of him.
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We are working on a way to resolve it. My only issue is I don't want Tim to go to a direct competitor with us -- someone we're chasing, whatever.
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We've done everything in our power to be protective of Eddy, show our concern and passion for him,
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We're not under any obligation to anything we don't want to. I respect the fact that he wants to play. We're also playing his contract, and we have the right to make sure it's the best thing for us.
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Whether they choose to go out and get an offer sheet (the Bulls can match), I don't want that to happen. I think they want to be here. I expect us to sit down and negotiate and get a deal done that's good for them and good for us.
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For what we're working for, he's a key component, a component that defensively could be special down the road.
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But the thing I know about our group is that they will compete. They will get down and dirty and get after it.
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He would have an above-average lifestyle that would put him in a position that most other people aren't in,
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From a basketball standpoint, I understand what I'm doing. But I have an obligation to this organization and the people I work for to do the right thing. And I did the right thing. That's all I've got to say.
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We are trying to get better and we are trying to do it the right way without making some crazy mistakes that other teams have made and have really become difficult to recover from.