And this is all that needs to be said on the matter.

The Bulls have offered their head coaching job to Vinny Del Negro, which the Suns’ assistant general manager is prepared to accept, sources said Monday.

A deal still needs to be finalized, but a news conference officially announcing Del Negro as the 17th coach in franchise history is expected this week.

Del Negro, who has no previous coaching experience, first interviewed for the job on Thursday and quickly shot ahead of Kings assistant Chuck Person and former Minnesota coach Dwane Casey.

Those two candidates had second interviews with Bulls management, including team Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, last week. When Doug Collins withdrew from consideration for the job on Friday, signs started pointing to Del Negro.

Astounding. Paxson just made the whole Kevin-White-George-O’Leary-Ty-Willingham thing look like a carefully planned, well orchestrated affair. Yeah, I get that he has to work with Reinsdorf and company, but that’s nothing compared to the smoke-monster that is Notre Dame Expectations.

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