Money Talks, Bulls Walk

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Spouting off about their "defensive philosopy" (to paraphrase Mr. T, “You drafted a running team, fool!”), the Bulls decline to make D'Antoni an offer and let the Knicks have him. Get ready for an assistant coach to get promoted on the cheap. [link]

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MUCH ADO ABOUT D’ANTONI
Published 5/15/2008 by The Zoner at Zoner Sports
... Indignant Sports lays it out nicely: “The Knicks put a serious offer on the table.  The Bulls wanted to talk to other people.  If it was D’Antoni’s preference to coach the Bulls, and plenty of insiders think it was, the Bulls might have been able to just match his $4.25M contract and get the deal done. Did the Bulls do that?  No.  They said “we’ll think about it.”  Let’s see… $6M/year on the table or waiting to see if a notoriously tight-fisted organization decided to make a possibly low-ball offer at a later date?”. ...

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