72 ordspråk av John Paxson
John Paxson
I feel bad for Eddy. He's a great kid [and] he doesn't deserve for this to happen to him. But it's reality to him and it's reality to us.
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I never think about it. You can't. What's done is done. It's over and done with.
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I respect the fact that he wants to play. We're also paying his contract, and we have the right to make sure it's the best thing for us. If we can get some financial relief out of the deal, then we'll certainly look into that.
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I would never put a player on the floor in a Chicago Bulls uniform if I didn't do everything in my power to find out all the information that was available. You can debate genetic testing till you're blue in the face. But from what I know, from what I've learned over the last six months, that test could have helped us determine the best course of action.
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I've been talking to a lot of teams. But there are a lot of people in the same boat: Is there something they can do that helps but maybe strap them for the future? Hopefully there is something in the next week that we can do that can make us better. But if there's not, there's not.
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I've not been contacted by any team.
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If we didn't explore all of our options, it wouldn't be in the best interests of the team.
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In essence, our guys are complementary-type players. We still have to find a mix that works and is balanced.
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In my heart, I would never put anyone in jeopardy. If this were a child of mine, I would have done the same thing.
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In this business, things don't always happen at the pace you would like, but I knew from the onset that we would make this happen and Jeff Schwartz played a key role in the negotiations.
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In this business, things don't always happen at the pace you would like, but I knew from the onset that we would make this happen,
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It is going to have to get done by Wednesday or not at all. I'm still trying and hope to have it done.
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It was during a conditioning drill, and Eddy complained of chest pain and lightheadedness, ... We took him to the hospital.
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It was during a conditioning drill, and Eddy complained of chest pain and lightheadedness. We took him to the hospital.
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It's always hard. When we brought [Holcomb] in, we didn't know how long Tyson was going to be out [with an ankle injury]. Tyson bounced back quickly. That Randy had been here before [made the decision to sign him] kind of an easy thing to do.
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