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Old 05-14-2008, 06:05 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Re: Reinsdorf: money wasn't an issue
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Originally Posted by jnrjr79 View Post
Do you have anything to back up that timing? That doesn't sound at all like what I've read.
Here you go!

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In a separate telephone interview, D'Antoni agreed to respond about why he didn't even allow the Bulls to make an offer after meeting with Reinsdorf last Friday in Phoenix.

"I didn't want it to get into a bidding war," explained D'Antoni, who insists it was his best way of taking the high road. "I was reading I was only going to New York for the money [estimated at four years and $24 million]. I thought [after meeting] John [Paxson, general manager, he] wanted me. But I'm being honest. I'm making, what, $5 million, $4.5 million in Phoenix. I knew Chicago would be up there somewhere. It doesn't matter. There's no difference between $6 million or $4 million or $5 million. It's all too much. It's more than I ever had. I was looking at what I wanted. I didn't want it to be about the money, so I didn't want them to make an offer."
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