Occasionally, I may say something to see if I can get a response. Certainly, they responded, not that I want to take any credit for a comment like that. Each time they could have faded away, they found a way to come back and get after it again.

Our movement around the floor was not as sharp as it has been. We did a lot of stumbling around out there tonight.

It's not only that we talk to them. The league does a good job, and the players association, of going through all that at the beginning of the year. The players have union meetings where that's discussed.

[Bulls center Eddy Curry looks fitter than ever, and it's not just because he's sporting a new mini 'fro hairstyle. The 6-foot-11 man-child worked out most of the summer with personal trainer Tim Grover and showed up for camp at his listed 285, some 20 pounds lighter than he finished last season.] He's in the best shape of his pro career, ... We're excited about it. Hopefully he can settle in now and work on his game and have a great year.

We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response.

We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response,