John Paxson Quotes

You can have a team full of guys who play hard and hustle... But let's not fool ourselves. You need talent to win. - John Paxson

Whether they choose to go out and get an offer sheet (the Bulls can match), I don't want that to happen. I think they want to be here. I expect us to sit down and negotiate and get a deal done that's good for them and good for us. - John Paxson

What we have available to us now in terms of technology is unprecedented. With that said, I'm not sure there is a foolproof way of safeguarding against something that could possibly go undetected in an athlete and that is the greatest concern. - John Paxson

We've done everything in our power to be protective of Eddy, show our concern and passion for him... All we want to do is get as many answers as we can get. It's coming to a point where, next week, there's going to be a decision made. - John Paxson

We're very happy that we have come to terms with Tyson and that he will
remain a member of the Chicago Bulls... Tyson's play last season was an
important factor to our success and we hope to take the next step forward with
Tyson being a major contributor to our team. - John Paxson

We're not under any obligation to anything we don't want to. I respect the fact that he wants to play. We're also playing his contract, and we have the right to make sure it's the best thing for us. - John Paxson

We're not allowed to make any agreement like that. The only thing I could do was get the financial situation the way I wanted it. That's what we did. - John Paxson

We're closer than that. I've tried to look at this all along and say, 'We obviously value Tyson.' We acknowledge a lot of things out there and that because of his size and athletic ability he's a valuable player. So I've approached the negotiations that way. - John Paxson

We'd love to have a guy that could score 25 points a night, but they're hard to come by. Teams don't give up on them unless their whole philosophy changes. If there's a team like that out there that we can [deal with] and we don't have to mortgage everything we have, of course we'll try to do it. - John Paxson

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