http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/bulls.asp Bulls decline to sign former top pick Williams By Mike McGraw Daily Herald Sports Writer Posted Saturday, September 17, 2005 The Bulls have taken a pass on re-signing former first-round draft pick Jay Williams. Williams, a 6-foot-1 guard, promised the Bulls they would get the first chance to re-sign him when he was ready to mount an NBA comeback. The second overall pick of the 2002 draft spent the last two years rehabilitating hip and leg injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. The Bulls negotiated a $3 million contract buyout and released Williams on Feb. 17, 2004, making him an unrestricted free agent. Williams has worked out for Houston, Toronto, Cleveland and Miami in hopes of joining a team in time for training camp next month. Williams visited the Berto Center recently and worked out while several Bulls played pickup game. But general manager John Paxson felt the Bulls did not have a roster spot available for Williams, which comes as no surprise since the team already has several small guards. “Our guard corps is set,” Paxson said. Paxson is including third-year veteran Jannero Pargo in that group. The Bulls have decided they will match any reasonable offer given to the restricted free agent, which almost certainly means Pargo will spend another season playing in his hometown. Besides his clutch shooting, the Bulls like Pargo’s presence in the locker room. He’s a hard worker who also keeps things loose as the team comedian. The Bulls expect to sign 6-9 Sacramento forward Darius Songaila to a $2.2 million offer sheet early next week. The Kings have no plans to match an offer for Songaila, and his addition to the Bulls has essentially been a foregone conclusion for weeks. There has been no progress in contract negotiations for fourth-year center Eddy Curry, another restricted free agent. Curry’s camp is telling the Bulls they should trade him now or lose him for nothing in return next year. But the Bulls’ stance all summer has been if Curry or Tyson Chandler decided to sign the one-year qualifying offer and become an unrestricted free agent in 2006, so be it. Chandler agreed to a six-year, $63-million deal earlier this month. Because of his heart condition, the Bulls’ offer to Curry includes just one guaranteed season worth about $5 million to $6 million, according to a team source. A trade is unlikely because a team would not only have to be willing to risk more money on Curry, it would also have to give the Bulls something significant in return. The Bulls are giving consideration to keeping veteran swingman Adrian Griffin after originally planning to re-sign him only if they succeeded in trading Eric Piatkowski. 有說到一些消息： Jay Williams的部分，Paxson似乎並沒有簽下他的打算，尤其是在可能留下Pargo後 那Pargo目前的確留下來機會愈來愈大，除了關鍵一擊的能力外， 休息室的態度與認真敬業的精神同時也是球隊的搞笑的笑匠ＸＤ 這些都是公牛喜歡Pargo的原因, 那另外Curry的部分也如前幾篇文章說到可能會接受QO，然後在這個球季後成為UFA 而拖很久的Songaila也預定會在下星期初對他提出Offer Sheet 另外公牛隊也考慮留下A.Griffin 之前計畫留下的可能僅在於成功將Piatkowski交易出去後。 --

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