D'Antoni wants Bulls' gig

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While Bulls general manager John Paxson maintained his vow of silence with the media Monday concerning his coaching search, Paxson apparently is doing plenty of talking. After reportedly interviewing Denver Nuggets assistant Mike Dunlap on Saturday, Paxson was in Phoenix on Sunday and Monday to meet with Suns coach Mike D'Antoni. [link]

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Published 5/6/2008 by Wes Cox at Mavs Moneyball: Front Page Posts
... later this week? ------------------------- Kevin Sherrington jumps in a time machine and writes about the Mavs trying to sign a very interested Larry Brown to coach the team in 1996 and instead almost end up getting fined 5 million by the league office for tampering. This is a hilariously pathetic read, and makes you really appreciate having component people in the front office now. ------------------------- Mike D'Antoni is looking like the front runner in Chicago .  That's where I thought Avery had a good chance of ending up. ...

Linkage - May 6
Published 5/6/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... Word out of Phoenix is that D’Antoni told Paxson he wants to be the Bulls’ next coach. New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh also traveled to Phoenix over the weekend to interview D’Antoni. - Chicago Sun Times The Raptors were only a .500 team and were done in by what plagued them in the regular season: poor perimeter defence, lackluster rebounding and a dearth of secondary scoring around Chris Bosh. If anyone can get it turned around, don’t you have faith in Bryan Colangelo? ...

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