REINSDORF RIPS D'ANTONI

 
Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf said Mike D'Antoni "misled" him in talks with Chicago, saying the former Suns coach didn't want to coach the Knicks. "I'm disappointed in him," Reinsdorf told the Chicago Tribune. "He chose to go to New York knowing... [link]

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The crying of the Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are crying that Mike D’Antoni has taken the Knicks job, and Jerry Reinsdorf is now calling him rude, because he didn’t return his phone call. The Bulls had the best chance of signing him because of a myriad of reasons. The reason the Bulls didn’t get Mike D’Antoni is because they never made an offer. The Bulls are mad that D’Antoni didn’t wait for their offer, but everyone ...
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It’s hard to bash two guys who have been as great to the Bulls organization as Jerry Reinsdorf and John Paxson have been over the course of their careers. Six titles, championship-clinching shots, and rebuilding from the Floyd-Cartwright mess is great. Those two guys deserve a lot of credit for all that. But since this mini Bulls resurgence started a few years ago, the two have had all the ...
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Can the D'Antoni hire lure LeBron to Knicks?

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D'Antoni's response to Reinsdorf

The Tribune just posted this in the morning, so I thought I would post it for my Bulls fans out there. It is D'Antoni's response to Reinsdorf, and it also talks a little bit about what Paxson and the Bulls are going to try to do next.
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