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...
coming decision next point
It's coming to a point where next week, there's going to be a decision made.
based fault high reaction regard
It's always unfortunate. I have as high a regard for Antonio as I do for anyone. I think he is as professional as they come in our business. His reaction was based on what he saw, and I don't fault that at all.
asking bottom doctor incident suggested
The bottom line, ... is if Eddy had not had any incident and a doctor hadn't suggested it, we wouldn't be asking for it.
teams
That's when teams try to make over their roster more than any other time.
helps hopefully maybe next people talking week
I've been talking to a lot of teams. But there are a lot of people in the same boat: Is there something they can do that helps but maybe strap them for the future? Hopefully there is something in the next week that we can do that can make us better. But if there's not, there's not.
situation unusual
This has been about as uncomfortable and unusual a situation I could ever imagine,
chance four prove
This is his time. He's four years into the league, and now he has a chance to prove it.
correct
I don't now if there's a correct answer.
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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.
believes betrayed care comments convince feeling good hurting middle painful people reading saying time trying
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.
achieve allow decide directions expect goal sustain ultimate
All I can say is we expect to have different directions that we can go in this summer. What we have to decide is which would allow us to achieve our ultimate goal ? to become a championship contender, and sustain that long-term.
athlete two important
The two most important things to athletes, playing time and money.
reality games decision
I do like our young talent here, but it needs to get better. And we need some better veterans if we can go out and get them. We all get discouraged by losing. I sit there every game and see the little things that happen and you feel like they cost you games. But the reality is that we are still some time away from being what I hope we can be. And that's going to take some good decision-making on our part.
funny basketball player
Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.