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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Everybody tried to make this an ethical employer-employee issue, which we never thought about. We wanted to do everything we possibly could to safely put him back on the floor. We were never allowed to do that.
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At some point, I think everybody has to accept the fact we're in this business to get to the playoffs, ... It's important we put expectations on these guys because there hasn't been any real urgency to start the season the last five years.
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This is a very easy decision for the organization and I am extremely excited to watch these players continue to develop as Chicago Bulls.
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It's negligent not to take the test. Though it cannot rule anything out absolutely, it is something we all could use to help figure this out.
I never think about it. You can't. What's done is done. It's over and done with.
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In essence, our guys are complementary-type players. We still have to find a mix that works and is balanced.
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It's coming to a point where next week, there's going to be a decision made.
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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.
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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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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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We're very happy that we have come to terms with Tyson and that he will remain a member of the Chicago Bulls, ... 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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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.
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This has been about as uncomfortable and unusual a situation I could ever imagine,