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Bulls make surprise move in adding Doug Collins to management mix

CHICAGO - Doug Collins' opening statement after the Bulls named him senior adviser of basketball operations at an out-of-the-blue Tuesday news conference lasted 6{ minutes.

Given that it came 28 years after the same franchise he led to the 1989 Eastern Conference finals fired him and eight years after executive vice president John Paxson advocated his hiring to return as coach before Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf nixed the idea, Collins had a lot to say.

Collins always has a lot to say. Considering he's in the media wing of

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