Paxson: Bulls on right path, Boylen could get extension:
Paxson said chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has not given him or general manager Gar Forman a win-now-or-else mandate, though they understand"the reality of this business." For now, they're safe and so is Boylen. He got off to a rocky start and finished with a 17-41 record after getting promoted from assistant coach when the Bulls fired Fred Hoiberg.
In his first week, Boylen insisted the team's conditioning and toughness needed to improve. The Bulls suffered a franchise-record 56-point loss to Boston in which he used five-man substitutions and kept the starters out for about the final 20 minutes. Things boiled over the following day, when he called for practice after back-to-back games and a few players responded by raising the possibility of a boycott.Paxson said he saw enough to believe Boylen is the right coach for this team.
"What I've seen is his ability to show these guys that he genuinely cares about them," Paxson said."That his goal is to get them better as individuals. I'm the first to admit that first week was like dynamite blowing up. It was a rocky week. What I've seen since then is a guy that embraces this challenge. He embraces individuals he's coaching.
being significant players in this league. ... I do believe that when we establish winning again that this city is a draw, this organization is a draw. But that's down the road."Though Paxson isn't banking on lottery luck, the Bulls could use some. Chicago has a 12.5% per cent chance to land the No. 1 pick and, presumably, Duke's Zion Williamson in the drawing May 14 in Chicago. Moving up to No. 2 could mean getting Murray State's Ja Morant.
"We have great confidence in our strength and conditioning staff," he said."The thing that I tried to impress upon the players night is that we have everything here for them to work and improve this summer."
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