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Sam Smith: Why Not Pippen For Next Bulls' Coach?

Dec 31, 2007 12:26 AM EST

Everyone needs to start somewhere, and even the best coaches needed a break to begin their legacy in the NBA coaching business, so Chicago Tribune writer Sam Smith asks why not Scottie Pippen as the next coach of the Bulls.

"What's my disadvantage?" Pippen asked. "No NBA coaching experience? [Scott] Skiles' record with the Bulls wasn't that great. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do what you've done your whole life. I've played basketball, run teams and won."

"They didn't put me at point guard because I could dribble good. They put me there because I could run a team. I wasn't the best dribbler, the best shooter. I wasn't a point guard. But I knew how to run a team."

Pippen, who is living in Ft. Lauderdale and dabbling in a few business ventures, clearly has given this some thought.

"With a guy who loved to touch it and shoot all the time, I was able to keep him under control," Pippen said, referring, of course, to Michael Jordan. "That didn't come from the bench; it came from making the right decisions. You try to make the game fun for everyone and then we were able to find Mike. The games I felt he was getting off too much, I'd find a way to get other guys off. And then guys weren't running at him all the time and he could take off in the right place."

Via Chicago Tribune

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Crawford Sits As Bulls Win

Dec 31, 2007 12:14 AM EST

Jamal Crawford missed the Knicks' game against Chicago on Sunday because of a bruised right hand, leaving New York without its normal starting backcourt.

Stephon Marbury was back with the team after missing most of the month following the death of his father but wasn't in uniform, and it isn't known when he will rejoin the lineup.

Crawford, who leads the Knicks with 19.2 points per game, was hurt Friday during practice when he banged his hand into a teammate's knee. X-rays before Sunday's game were negative, and the Knicks didn't say how long Crawford would be out.

Via ESPN

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Gordon Saying He Might Sign One-Year Tender

Dec 29, 2007 4:02 PM EST

Unable to reach terms on a contract extension before this season, Ben Gordon has told confidants he might sign a one-year tender offer next summer and become an unrestricted free agent after the 2008-09 season.

If they don't trade him first, the Bulls will make a qualifying offer of $6.4 million to keep Gordon as a restricted free agent next off-season. That would allow them to match any offers he might receive next summer.

The Bulls also can negotiate a long-term extension with Gordon next summer.

Via Chicago Tribune

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