Van Gundy's comments about the Thibodeau situation reportedly upset the Chicago Bulls' front office earlier this season.

"I've got a couple comments. One, I'm pulling my name out of the Chicago Bulls running for head coach," said Van Gundy. "Nobody has a sense of humor anymore."

"The statement that they put out when they let Tom go proves once again that every organization needs a vice president of common sense," Van Gundy continued. "When you have a public relations, high powered public relations business put that out and then you have multiple people have to co-sign it to put it out, and it just absolutely reeked of a lack of class, it shows that you just need somebody to say whoa. Let's just acknowledge his greatness, Thiboeau's greatness, and let's just move on. But it didn't happen that way.

"And in some ways, in an odd way, I think it was good because, to me, that statement revealed exactly who each person was. It reveals who Jerry Reinsdorf is. It reveals who Gar Forman is. And Tom Thibodeau's statement reveals who he is. Everybody had to put their name finally on who they were, and they did. I think that's great."

does this mean that Jimmy will not re-sign?

Cartman718 wrote:yada yada yada...does this mean that Jimmy will not re-sign?

lol. yes i think he resigns with chicago (because they have the most money to offer) but id love to get him

It'll be interesting to see if some of these RFA go the Greg Monroe route and play out their qualifying offer to become unrestricted free agents in 2016 when the cap goes up.

As a Restricted Free agent expect Bulls to take all of the two weeks to match and make it harder for him to resign anywhere else.
Reinsdorf actually hired Thibs and thus created the riff when the President and Gm don't hire their guy. As for JVG the dude got tramatized when Phil was wooed to take his job in NY.
I like Jeff but he is in the entertainment business now and does create greater controversy as such to have a greater point of view. Thibs was his assistant for many years and is obviously loyal to him.
I don't disagree with his view here.

If anyone knows can the knicks pull a "Lin" type front loaded deal on Chicago that they can't match?

Cartman718 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Yeah, they're not letting Butler go. It's not his choice to leave.

It'll be interesting to see if some of these RFA go the Greg Monroe route and play out their qualifying offer to become unrestricted free agents in 2016 when the cap goes up.

would you sign and trade 4th pick for jimmy butler? i personally wouldn't.

I actually would do this. It's a 2 asset for 1 trade (we're trading cap and pick 4 for Butler at prob $16M per year)... but, yeah, he's so good I'd do it. I'd stretch Calderon, still be able to offer Monroe $15M

Galloway
Butler
Melo
Monroe
Cole/Bargs

That's a damn good team... other than that pesky center position.

But I don't see the Bulls moving him - I see them building around Butler and maybe moving Rose if anything.