The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Tim Thomas has struck a raw nerve with Bulls GM John Paxson.
Paxson took exception to recent comments by Thomas saying he could have helped the Bulls win 20 more games this season and advance to the playoffs.
On a morning radio show, Paxson responded by calling Thomas "delusional" and said the ninth-year forward reported to training camp out of shape in October.
Thomas, waived by the Bulls and now with the Suns, made the remark in a published report, and it wasn't the first time he has criticized the Bulls. He spent less than two months with the Bulls before Paxson asked him to stay home until he could be traded or waived.
Paxson didn't back off his comment when he spoke to reporters at the Berto Center after Bulls practice.
"I am not going to apologize for us having a certain standard," Paxson said. "That's what it comes down to. He didn't fit into that standard. He can say whatever he wants. He's entitled to that. But so can I."
"I'm not going to apologize for asking our players to work hard and be in shape and those types of things. It's really as simple as that. If he thinks we would have won 20 more games with him, then I used the right word this morning on the radio."
Via Chicago Tribune
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The talk among those on the outside looking in has been less about the Bulls reaching the playoffs than the likelihood they'll package those picks and players currently on the roster for a stud along the lines of Kevin Garnett or Paul Pierce, or get younger still by taking two first-rounders.
A deal gets tougher to make the worse the Bulls' own draft pick is. The current Bulls, of course, would like to drop in the draft order by earning the privilege of being stomped on by Detroit in the first round of the playoffs.
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Celtics rookie forward Ryan Gomes once served as an unofficial draft consultant to the Chicago Bulls.
Gomes had just completed his junior year at Providence when he flew to Chicago for a tryout and interview with the Bulls. Chicago general manager John Paxson used the occasion to tap Gomes’ knowledge of the Big East.
“I watched him a lot and that year he came out and I knew he was going to be a good player in this league,” Gomes said after yesterday’s practice in Waltham. “When I worked out for Chicago my junior year they asked me what player in the Big East that I thought was really good and I said Ben Gordon.
“I didn’t get any credit for them drafting him that early, but I’ll take it. I remember him (Paxson) asking me during my interview what guy do you think is the best player in the Big East not at my position and I said Ben Gordon.
“I talked to Paxson and I gave him my draft (choice). I don’t know if I deserve any credit. These guys know what they are doing. They have been doing it for a long time.”
Gomes never told Gordon that he had talked him up to the Bulls.
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Bulls Mar 2006 Archive
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Press Release | Mar 25, 2006
The Chicago Bulls today signed rookie Luke Schenscher for the remainder of the 2005-06 season.
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Press Release | Mar 22, 2006
The Chicago Bulls today signed guard Randy Livingston to a 10-day contract.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Mar 22, 2006
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bulls are exploring the possibility of adding another guard to the roster prior to tonight's game against the Indiana Pacers.
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Chicago Tribune | Mar 20, 2006
Coach Scott Skiles was impressed that Luke Schenscher played against Washington on Sunday despite a sprained right ankle, which was black and blue.
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Chicago Tribune | Mar 20, 2006
Kirk Hinrich is saying that his injured elbow, suffered in Sunday's loss at Washington, is minor, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.
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RealGM | Mar 18, 2006
With last night's loss to the Knicks, their 14th of the season, the Detroit Pistons drive for a 70 win season officially ended, leaving the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls as the only team in NBA history to eclipse the mark.
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Press Release | Mar 15, 2006
The Chicago Bulls today re-signed rookie Luke Schenscher to a second 10-day contract.
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Daily Herald | Mar 14, 2006
Al Harrington, Nene and Drew Gooden figure to be the Bulls’ primary targets this summer in free agency.
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NY Daily News | Mar 14, 2006
Gar Forman, player personnel director of the Bulls refused yesterday to gloat in public over the deal that sent Curry to the Knicks.
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Press Release | Mar 13, 2006
The Chicago Bulls have announced that guard Chris Duhon did not practice today due to lower back pain and is now listed as questionable for tomorrow's game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Press Release | Mar 13, 2006
The Chicago Bulls announced today it has recalled guard Eddie Basden from the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League.
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Newsday | Mar 12, 2006
The second-year expansion Charlotte Bobcats beat the $125-million Knicks, 116-109, Saturday; Charlotte's second blowout win in as many meetings this season dropped the Knicks to last in the league.
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Press Release | Mar 11, 2006
The Chicago Bulls announced today that forward Darius Songaila has a sesamoid fracture of the right foot and will be out six to eight weeks.
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Daily Herald | Mar 10, 2006
Darius Songaila changed teams last summer and this summer he wants no such thing to happen.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Mar 7, 2006
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Kirk Hinrich, the Bulls leader, had a meeting with Jerry Colangelo regarding possibly representing the United States in the 2008 Olympics, but pulled out because of the time commitment.
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KRT Wire | Mar 5, 2006
"If they continue that trend where apparently they never foul, that will go a long way toward them advancing." -- Bulls coach Scott Skiles on the Pistons
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Press Release | Mar 5, 2006
The Chicago Bulls today signed Luke Schenscher of the NBDL to a 10-day contract.
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SI.com | Mar 2, 2006
"In the event that Tim Thomas clears waivers, I hope to work something out with Phoenix," his agent Arn Tellem said in a statement released by his office.
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Bulls Press Release | Mar 1, 2006
The Chicago Bulls announced today it has waived forward Tim Thomas.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Mar 1, 2006
The Ledger reports that while the Nets were Tim Thomas’ first choice, he now appears to be headed to the Phoenix Suns where he will step in for the injured Kurt Thomas.
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Daily Herald | Mar 1, 2006
Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald reports that Tim Thomas should be released today, and depending on how he wishes to proceed, should be free to join a new team and be eligible for the playoffs.
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AP | Mar 1, 2006
Chicago Bulls forward Malik Allen was carted off the court on a stretcher and taken to a hospital for precautionary measures after suffering an apparent head injury early in the second quarter of Tuesday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
