Coaching
After Paxson's retirement, Bulls head coach Phil Jackson hired him as an assistant coach for the 1995-96 season. The Bulls won the title that year, fueled by Michael Jordan's return and the addition of another eventual Hall-of-Famer, Dennis Rodman. Paxson resigned shortly after the season to join Neil Funk on radio broadcasts, saying "I knew full well the time commitment coaching takes. But after that year I missed my wife and kids so much. I realized that if I didn’t prioritize, I’d miss everything that they were doing." When Jordan joined the Washington Wizards, he asked Paxson to consider the head coaching job, but Paxson declined for the same reasons.
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