Bulls News 30th September 2007

Gordon, Deng in line for contract extensions

September 30, 2007
BY BRIAN HANLEY bhanley@suntimes.com

The Bulls hope to come to terms on contract extensions for Ben Gordon and Luol Deng before the season starts.

But with training camp starting Monday, nothing is imminent.
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The Bulls' brass hasn't been thumbing through NBA preseason periodicals at the local magazine stand, checking to see how the prognosticators have tabbed the team's fortunes for the upcoming season.

''I don't read those things,'' general manager John Paxson said. ''Predictions aren't for us, they're for others. It rarely works out the way that they predict. But we can't worry about that. The fact is we ended up in the top four of the East last season, but we didn't win it.''

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