John Paxson said he would like to call some potential new coaches about the vacancy in Chicago, but according to one prominent agent, plenty of candidates called Paxson on their own, writes K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.

Paxson is stressing to prospective candidates or their agents that the new coach will have to fit the team.

"This is still a business of developing guys you have," Paxson said. "We can't just abandon that. And we're not going to. We're going to try to get our guys better and turn it around."

"It's good to find out how people are going to use your guys and what they think their strengths are. I want to have a guy who believes he's going to get these guys to play. Part of being a really good coach is putting your players in position to succeed. What do they do well? Let's find a way to bring those out on the floor."