John Paxson

Will John Paxson, the general manager of the Chicago Bulls be out of job?

This is the big rumor that is going around during the NBA All Star Weekend.

It has been reported by Peter Vescey of the New York Post that he will resigned after the NBA trading deadline. The Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf is denying the rumor but Peter Vescey is usually right. He is not the type of journalist who wants to be first on story, he just wants it to be right.

If you follow the nba at all, you see that other journalist come out with rumors and then a few days later Vescey calls them on it and then tells you what his sources have told him. 9 out 10 times Vescey's version is the one that actually happens.

Now whether or not this rumor is true, John Paxson has put together a very good team of young players. One problem is that he never had a dominant inside presence. The team that he has presently built is a doughnut, no center.

I also did not agree with the hiring of Vinny Del Negro has head coach last summer. This is a guy who has no head coaching experience and you have a team of young players. He should have hired a coach who can teach these young guys how to play in the nba. So far, I have not seen much improvement from the young guys and they have actually taken a step back from a couple of years ago when they were in the playoffs.

John Paxson who was a big part of the Chicago Bulls first three peat and is a solid general manager, needs to pull of a trade for a dominant big man or he will be out of a job.