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Reaching out to Bulls players is Del Negro's 1st step -- ChicagoSports.com
| Tribune reporter 9:31 PM CDT, June 12, 2008 Nobody knows how the Vinny Del Negro experiment will work out, but two elements surrounding his hire are indisputable:•Del Negro comes off as secure and confident, willing to admit what he doesn't know and then work hard to change that.•Despite last season's train wreck, general manager John Paxson believes in his players. The former doesn't ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... seasons. Arenas, largely because of his unique skills and the way Ernie Grunfeld has acquired players who complement him, is still more valuable to the Wizards than to any other team, even if they have to overpay him for a player who has only once led his team out of the first round of the playoffs. The bottom line isn't whether the Wizards can keep Arenas, but whether keeping him ultimately facilitates getting any closer to every team's ultimate goal of playing in June." ...

First Cup: Friday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... seasons. Arenas, largely because of his unique skills and the way Ernie Grunfeld has acquired players who complement him, is still more valuable to the Wizards than to any other team, even if they have to overpay him for a player who has only once led his team out of the first round of the playoffs. The bottom line isn't whether the Wizards can keep Arenas, but whether keeping him ultimately facilitates getting any closer to every team's ultimate goal of playing in June." ...

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