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| Tribune reporter 12:31 AM CDT, May 11, 2008 An action-packed, intense 24 hours now likely will cede to a slow march to the next Bulls coach after Mike D'Antoni took his run-and-gun fun to the New York Knicks on Saturday. Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf's Friday meeting with D'Antoni in Phoenix couldn't convince D'Antoni to bring his unique offensive style to Chicago and ignore the Knicks' ... [link]

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D'Antoni's Decision Making As Fast As His Offense
Published 5/11/2008 by Hot Shit College Student (noreply@blogger.com) at Thank You Isiah
Can you smell the desperation? Though I doubt the Bulls would have shelled out $6 million per year for a coach who may have done for the Bulls offensively what Skiles will likely do for the Bucks defensively, the latest from K.C. Johnson describes a situation you'd expect to see at 3:30 am in Ty's Lounge rather than a coaching search. Patient, sober decisions ...

No timetable, indeed.
Published 5/12/2008 by your friendly BullsBlogger at Blog a Bull: Front Page Posts
... But in classic "why don't you stop talking for a while, champ" mode, Paxson, instead of saying that it just didn't work out, instead whines that he in fact was willing to work with D'Antoni's demands, but didn't have the chance to make an offer: ...

The Bulls are ridiculously incompetent
Published 5/13/2008 by Rickhouse at Tremendous Upside Potential
... You would think the Bulls brass would have learned. But no. They did it again, this time with former Suns coach Mike D’Antoni. It’d be one thing if Pax felt Coach D wasn’t a good fit with the organization. I’d disagree, but could see his point. Then, after D’Antoni signs with the Knicks, you read this: ...

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FACE IT: WALSH BLEW THIS CALL

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