Report: Del Negro Emerges As 'Serious Candidate' For T'Wolves Job
Vinny Del Negro coached for two seasons in Chicago and three in Los Angeles previously.
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Vinny Del Negro coached for two seasons in Chicago and three in Los Angeles previously.
Vinny Del Negro's run with the Clippers has reportedly come to an end.
Somebody has to do something to make the coach understand that the goal of the regular season is not to pile up wear and tear on a team's most important veteran players.
Owning a late first-round pick in the NBA draft is supposed to be a sign of success. Unless it's due to a prescient trade, high picks are for last year's losers.
Del Negro was a curious choice from the outset in Chicago, where he believed a warmed-over Jim Valvano impersonation constituted coaching.
Riding high after his Game 7 victory over the Grizzlies, Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro took a final shot at the Bulls' front office.
Michael Jordan is one of the biggest draws during the American Century Classic celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe. Tournament organizers usually have to pay close attention to who they pair him with, and this year they'll have to be more careful.
When John Paxson kicked himself upstairs in May of 2009, he expressed a desire to spend less time in the limelight. He became the Bulls' VP of Basketball Operations, and installed Gar Forman to be his proxy as GM.
In his two seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, Vinny Del Negro lead the team to an 82-82 record. One year after firing him the Bulls are off to a 33-14 start and sit in third place in the Eastern Conference.
The Bulls have had a lot of turnover from last season. The new faces on the court have received the majority of the attention, but the one on the sideline is just as important.
After a so-so start, the Bulls were given a shot of energy by the debut of Carlos Boozer. In Boozer's first nine games as a Bull, the team is 7-2 and all seven wins came in a row.
It was the first game the Bulls were without Joakim Noah and they trailed most of the game against the Clippers. Chicago made a push to comeback in the fourth , falling short by one point. If that's not enough bad news, Taj Gibson left the game during the third with a concussion.
