John Paxson has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Vinny Del Negro should the Bulls make an in-season coaching change.  Phil Jackson recalled how he pushed his former player into coaching following his retirement.

"I wanted him to be in coaching," Jackson said of Paxson.

"[Paxson] felt he was a little too combative for that and didn't want that side of his personality to come out. He quit after getting a double technical and getting thrown out of a summer-league game."