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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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.
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It is going to have to get done by Wednesday or not at all. I'm still trying and hope to have it done.
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It's hurting me that Eddy's now saying that we didn't care about him. It's painful because Eddy's a good guy. We were trying to do the right thing for him, and for us, but more for him. As time went on, people were trying to get in the middle of it or trying to convince him we were trying not to do right by him. And reading his comments now, I really do get the feeling that that he believes that we betrayed him.
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It's hurting me that Eddy's now saying that we didn't care about him, ... It's painful because Eddy's a good guy. We were trying to do the right thing for him, and for us, but more for him. As time went on, people were trying to get in the middle of it or trying to convince him we were trying not to do right by him. And reading his comments now, I really do get the feeling that that he believes that we betrayed him.
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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.