With the 4th Pick in the Draft the Chicago Bulls Select Vinny Del Negro

I was going to wait to post this on the day the Bulls fired Del Negro (or Paxson for that matter). But, I can’t resist.

David Stern: With the 4th pick in this year’s NBA coach draft, the Chicago Bulls select “Vinny Del Negro”, assistant general manager and radio man of the Phoenix Suns.

Charles Barkley: Wow, the Bulls just picked a coach with less coaching credibility than Kelvin Sampson.

Ernie Johnson: Well, they really wanted D’Antoni, but the Knicks scooped him up with the 1st pick. Remember they lost the rights to Doug Collins in free agency.

Kenny Smith: Wasn't Del Negro the white point guard from the Spurs?

Charles Barkley: If this were the NBA player draft, Vinny would be the 18 year old foreign player from Lithuania that no one has ever heard about. They just selected an amateur to be their head coach. I wonder if they'll get Dane Cook to do pre-game introductions.

Kenny Smith: Didn’t they draft Tim Floyd a few years ago out of college? They must be trying to get younger, because Del Negro has the coaching resume of a high school gym teacher.

Ernie Johnson: Well, we’ve got the man who picked him on the phone, Mr. Paxson?

John Paxson: Hey, boys.

Ernie Johnson: John can you tell us what you were thinking by selecting a coach that has never coached before?

Paxson: Well, we just wanted to get younger at the coaching position. All of our players would either be in college or high school had they not entered the draft and we just thought a young coach would fit in well with the guys.

Kenny Smith: Sure, but can he coach?

Paxson: I’m confident that with some time, he will grow into a great coach. But right now, he’s a project. We’ll be surrounding him with a lot of over the hill and complacent assistant coaches that no one would ever want leading their team. Sort of like our players.

Kenny Smith: Is Vinny your brother?

Paxson: I get that a lot. We both were un-athletic, white, slow NBA point guards that had nice hair and very tight shorts.

Charles Barkley: And you were both radio men before being offered very important positions without ever having the resume to back it up. I wish I were a white man. Maybe they would make me Governor of Alabama.

Ernie Johnson: Ahhh. Thank’s John. And good luck.